Our Correspondent
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 14
Minister for Jails Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today said if drones could enter India from across the border, so could mobiles phones in state jails, but the staff had been seizing these devices and action was being taken against senior officials for negligence.
Randhawa was answering a query of mediapersons regarding free movement of gangsters in Punjab and their alleged network in jails after laying the foundation stones of several projects in Amloh, Fatehgarh Sahib and Bassi Pathana.
At Chanarthal village, where Randhawa along with MLA and PCC working chief Kuljit Singh Nagra had gone to lay the foundation stone of development works, farmers had gathered to protest his visit. However, the district administration arranged a meeting between the two sides, where they told farmers they had been supporting their cause and that the CM had raised the issue with the PM and Home Minister.
On the promises being made by PCC chief Navjot Sidhu regarding Rs 3 per unit electricity, scrapping of PPAs and opening of drug reports during the upcoming Assembly session, he said there were certain legal obstructions but these would be sorted out and all issues would be resolved.
On speculation over “two power centres” in the Congress, the minister said both Sidhu and Capt Amarinder Singh were doing their respective duties and there were no differences in the party. In Amloh, Randhawa laid the foundation stone of various projects worth crores, while in Fatehgarh Sahib, the minister accompanied by Nagra inaugurated and laid foundation stones of various development works.
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