Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 29
Making clear that no one convicted of complicity in the alleged scholarship scam will be spared, Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today asked the Chief Secretary to carry out a thorough investigation of the case.
Sack Minister: AAP
Reiterating his demand for the immediate removal of Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, AAP State Chairman Bhagwant Mann said that if the ruling Congress does not remove the minister, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi would have to give an explanation on the subject during the monsoon. session of Parliament.
Rs 959 cr fraud: BJP
The BJP claimed that the scholarship scam, which is said to be 55 million rupees, was in fact no less than 959 million rupees. Meanwhile, the Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday asked the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot to recommend a CBI investigation into the scam.
Dharamsot deserves a fair investigation
No one can be brought down without a fair investigation, which Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot also deserves. There is a rule of law that must be followed. – Captain Amarinder Singh, CM
“The Chief Secretary, Vini Mahajan, will examine all aspects of the case, and anyone who is involved, whatever their position within or outside the government, will be sanctioned and punished in accordance with the legal provisions,” said the chief minister. . The law will run its course, he added.
Captain Amarinder said that no one could be left on the canvas without a fair investigation and proper investigation, which Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot also deserved. “There is a rule of law, which must be followed,” said the Chief Minister, adding that he would not succumb to the judgment of the Opposition in the case.
However, it is not about protecting or shielding anyone, and legal action will be taken against anyone found guilty of any involvement in the case, he added.
The Chief Minister also lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for behaving like a rogue group by clamoring for Dharamsot’s blood without proper investigation.
“Are we living in a state of anarchy, without the rule of law?” Captain Amarinder asked, reacting strongly to the “completely unjustified and unjustified demand” by members of the AAP and the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP), who yesterday had created an uproar in Vidhan Sabha over the issue.
