Jalandhar: After Outgoing Punjab After Pradesh Congress Committee president Sunil Jakhar last week attacked some unidentified party leaders, it emerged that he was already firing bullets at Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi in the 2014 land compensation case. Punjab PWD Department Guru Har Sahai has already filed a recovery suit against Sodhi and his family in the case in a court in Ferozepur district.
Last year, a sub-committee set up by the Punjab government accused Sodhi and his family of receiving double compensation for a piece of land acquired by the state government for a road project. Investigation had revealed that the land in Mohanki Attar village was acquired by the state government in 1962 and the family was given a compensation of Rs 7,384 at that time. The land was again acquired by the state in 2012 and a compensation of Rs 1.83 crore was given to the family in 2014 during the Akali-BJP coalition government. The Punjab government is also taking the matter forward. Supreme court The relief to the Sodhi family comes after the top court sought a review of an earlier 2019 order. The apex court had issued notice to the family in the first week of May last.
Raising the issue of ‘double compensation’, Jakhar highlighted the issue in his letters, urging the party high command as well as Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to remove Sodhi from the cabinet. It is learned that Jakhar also urged the Captain to initiate criminal proceedings against Sodhi as the civil suit was not sufficient to recover the compensation taken twice. All India Congress Committee general secretary K.C. VenugopalJakhar has also pointed out that during the Akali Dal-BJP regime, Sodhi’s family had received ‘double compensation’ and the Akali Dal is now silent on the matter. It is learned that the former PPCC chairman had also sent a copy of this letter to AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Rawat. Pointing out that the PWD department had chosen to ignore important facts and did not take legal recourse during the SAD-BJP regime, in his letter to Venugopal, Jakhar wrote that the biggest question was whether the previous SAD- Why did the BJP government go out of its way to help a Congress leader in such an illegal act as it is a difficult task to get compensation even in genuine cases.
He also highlighted that during the SAD-BJP regime, Sodhi and his family got the license to set up a distillery in 2015 and this fact came to the fore when residents of Hiran Wali village in Fazlica recently started the distillery. started protesting.
Sources close to the developments have revealed that Jakhar had written these letters two months back and it was learned that the former PPCC chief had questioned the CM on Sodhi during the cabinet meeting of April 26, in which he and minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa handed them over. Amarinder resigns
Even when Jakhar demanded the sacking of Sodhi from the Amarinder cabinet, he urged Venugopal to remove him from the party as well.
In his letter to Amarinder, Jakhar praised Sodhi for stopping the payment and getting the matter investigated and then filing a recovery suit. However, he wrote that it was mandatory to sack him from the state cabinet to ensure that the Congress party was not held responsible for this fraud. He said it was necessary to register a criminal case against Sodhi to keep the party’s position clear.
Asked about his letters to the Congress high command and the Punjab Chief Minister against Sodhi, Jakhar said the matter was between him and the party high command and declined to comment. On the other hand, Sodhi did not pick up the phone and did not answer either. WhatsApp and text messages.
In the first week of May, the BJP had raised the issue and attacked the Amarinder government for being soft on Sodhi and demanded his dismissal from the state cabinet. At that time, Jakhar had said that the Akalis and the BJP should instead explain how it happened under his government.
Denying allegations that the Amarinder government was soft on Sodhi, Jakhar had said at the time, “The shoe is really on the other foot. Both the BJP and the Akalis have a lot to explain. His government was in the state when this fraud happened. This would not have been possible without the blessings of the highest quarters of the government.”
Jakhar had also said that no one can commit such fraud without the patronage of the Akali government. He had also questioned why the Akalis did not raise the issue during the 10-day budget session of the Assembly.
Last year, a sub-committee set up by the Punjab government accused Sodhi and his family of receiving double compensation for a piece of land acquired by the state government for a road project. Investigation had revealed that the land in Mohanki Attar village was acquired by the state government in 1962 and the family was given a compensation of Rs 7,384 at that time. The land was again acquired by the state in 2012 and a compensation of Rs 1.83 crore was given to the family in 2014 during the Akali-BJP coalition government. The Punjab government is also taking the matter forward. Supreme court The relief to the Sodhi family comes after the top court sought a review of an earlier 2019 order. The apex court had issued notice to the family in the first week of May last.
Raising the issue of ‘double compensation’, Jakhar highlighted the issue in his letters, urging the party high command as well as Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to remove Sodhi from the cabinet. It is learned that Jakhar also urged the Captain to initiate criminal proceedings against Sodhi as the civil suit was not sufficient to recover the compensation taken twice. All India Congress Committee general secretary K.C. VenugopalJakhar has also pointed out that during the Akali Dal-BJP regime, Sodhi’s family had received ‘double compensation’ and the Akali Dal is now silent on the matter. It is learned that the former PPCC chairman had also sent a copy of this letter to AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Rawat. Pointing out that the PWD department had chosen to ignore important facts and did not take legal recourse during the SAD-BJP regime, in his letter to Venugopal, Jakhar wrote that the biggest question was whether the previous SAD- Why did the BJP government go out of its way to help a Congress leader in such an illegal act as it is a difficult task to get compensation even in genuine cases.
He also highlighted that during the SAD-BJP regime, Sodhi and his family got the license to set up a distillery in 2015 and this fact came to the fore when residents of Hiran Wali village in Fazlica recently started the distillery. started protesting.
Sources close to the developments have revealed that Jakhar had written these letters two months back and it was learned that the former PPCC chief had questioned the CM on Sodhi during the cabinet meeting of April 26, in which he and minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa handed them over. Amarinder resigns
Even when Jakhar demanded the sacking of Sodhi from the Amarinder cabinet, he urged Venugopal to remove him from the party as well.
In his letter to Amarinder, Jakhar praised Sodhi for stopping the payment and getting the matter investigated and then filing a recovery suit. However, he wrote that it was mandatory to sack him from the state cabinet to ensure that the Congress party was not held responsible for this fraud. He said it was necessary to register a criminal case against Sodhi to keep the party’s position clear.
Asked about his letters to the Congress high command and the Punjab Chief Minister against Sodhi, Jakhar said the matter was between him and the party high command and declined to comment. On the other hand, Sodhi did not pick up the phone and did not answer either. WhatsApp and text messages.
In the first week of May, the BJP had raised the issue and attacked the Amarinder government for being soft on Sodhi and demanded his dismissal from the state cabinet. At that time, Jakhar had said that the Akalis and the BJP should instead explain how it happened under his government.
Denying allegations that the Amarinder government was soft on Sodhi, Jakhar had said at the time, “The shoe is really on the other foot. Both the BJP and the Akalis have a lot to explain. His government was in the state when this fraud happened. This would not have been possible without the blessings of the highest quarters of the government.”
Jakhar had also said that no one can commit such fraud without the patronage of the Akali government. He had also questioned why the Akalis did not raise the issue during the 10-day budget session of the Assembly.
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