Chandigarh: SAD Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited Takht Damdama Sahib under the influence of liquor. Sukhbir also accused Mann of surrendering his powers to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who, he said, has also begun ordering transfers of the state’s district police chiefs and deputy commissioners.
Sukhbir Singh Badal bowed at Takht Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo on the occasion of Baisakhi.
After that, addressing his supporters, Sukhbir Singh Badal made serious allegations against Bhagwant Mann.
He said, “Consuming liquor and visiting Takht Damdama Sahib is very wrong. It is unacceptable and violates the etiquette of Guru Ghar. The Chief Minister should act responsibly. The whole Punjab and the world is watching him.”
Badal also said that this was not the first time Mann had visited the holy place in a drunk state.
Sukhbir’s allegation of Mann visiting Takht Damdama Sahib under the influence of liquor was denied by Aam Aadmi Party. The party spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang said that the allegations were false and baseless.
He said it was unfortunate that the SAD president was indulging in false propaganda against the CM.
We strongly condemn the statement of the Akali Dal chief, Kang said.
He added that rather than making baseless allegations, Sukhbir Singh Badal should play constructive politics.
Accusing Mann of surrendering his powers as the chief minister to the AAP national convener, Badal said, “Kejriwal was not holding meetings with Punjab officials in Mann’s absence but also ordering postings of senior superintendents of police and deputy commissioners in the state.
During his address to his supporters, he also said that Kejriwal has not only taken control of the Punjab administration but was also using its resources like the state helicopter for electioneering in Himachal Pradesh.
In an official statement of SAD, Badal claimed that 90 commandos of the Punjab police have even been deputed with the Delhi chief minister.
SAD chief also said that the AAP government should protect the interests of the state.
He also accused the five AAP Rajya Sabha members from Punjab of not raising their voices against the Centre in Parliament for trying to dilute Punjab’s claim on Chandigarh or for the release of Sikh prisoners who had completed their jail terms.
It was left to former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal to raise these issues forcefully in Parliament, he said.
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