Chandigarh: East Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday admitted that illegal mining was going on from his chopper near Sutlej in March 2018 and also had a name after the then cabinet minister and now chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. . appeared in the course of action.
Amarinder said that he had then asked the Ropar police to investigate the matter and it was found that several parties were involved. “As far as Channi’s case is concerned, her name had cropped up at that time. His name, apart from one or two other people, had surfaced at that time and was handed over to the investigation team,” he said.
The PLC chairman said that illegal mining was being probed by the special task force, but they had formed a second team under an IG rank officer to investigate illegal mining. “We cannot hide the facts. His (Chani’s) hand was definitely in Ropar, but to what extent it is a matter of investigation.
However, he refused to make public the names of at least 40 Congress leaders who, according to him, were involved in corruption, including illegal mining, and whose names he had earlier submitted to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
The PLC chief said that he would refrain from disclosing these names as no investigation was done as the Congress national president kept silent on the action that should be taken against the leaders involved in illegal mining.
Asked whether it does not show that in this matter he did not think about the people of Punjab but only about the Congress, Amarinder replied, “You can say whatever you want. The Malerkotla police on Sunday lodged an FIR against former DGP-rank officer Mohammad Mustafa, who was an advisor to Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, for his hate speech to promote enmity between different groups during elections, Amarinder said. should be arrested. “That man deserves to be arrested as he is completely ruining the atmosphere of Punjab. I hope the Election Commission will pay full attention to it and put him behind bars,” he said.
Amarinder said that he had then asked the Ropar police to investigate the matter and it was found that several parties were involved. “As far as Channi’s case is concerned, her name had cropped up at that time. His name, apart from one or two other people, had surfaced at that time and was handed over to the investigation team,” he said.
The PLC chairman said that illegal mining was being probed by the special task force, but they had formed a second team under an IG rank officer to investigate illegal mining. “We cannot hide the facts. His (Chani’s) hand was definitely in Ropar, but to what extent it is a matter of investigation.
However, he refused to make public the names of at least 40 Congress leaders who, according to him, were involved in corruption, including illegal mining, and whose names he had earlier submitted to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
The PLC chief said that he would refrain from disclosing these names as no investigation was done as the Congress national president kept silent on the action that should be taken against the leaders involved in illegal mining.
Asked whether it does not show that in this matter he did not think about the people of Punjab but only about the Congress, Amarinder replied, “You can say whatever you want. The Malerkotla police on Sunday lodged an FIR against former DGP-rank officer Mohammad Mustafa, who was an advisor to Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, for his hate speech to promote enmity between different groups during elections, Amarinder said. should be arrested. “That man deserves to be arrested as he is completely ruining the atmosphere of Punjab. I hope the Election Commission will pay full attention to it and put him behind bars,” he said.
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