Amritsar, October 17
Launching an attack on the Congress for appointing a Dalit face as CM, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said even though Charanjit Channi was made to sit on the CM’s chair, he could not take decisions independently.
“The post-matric SC scholarship scam during Capt Amarinder’s regime was committed under the nose of a minister who himself belonged to the SC category,” he said, questioning Channi’s silence over the issue.
On the extension of the BSF’s jurisdiction in the state, he reiterated Channi should explain to Punjabis why he had agreed to a move that was against the principles of federalism.
Sukhbir was here to pay obeisance at Valmiki Tirath Sthal as part of Pargat Diwas celebrations. While sharing his vision for the state, he said initiating the Atta-Dal and Shagun schemes were bold steps that had lifted the economic condition of the poor. — TNS
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