SAD condemns CM for trying to divert attention from Kisan Andolan at instance of BJP

(Dr Daljit S Cheema says CM deliberately twisting judicial intervention out of context)

Chandigarh,February 4 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to stop trying to hide his failure to do anything to bring those who had committed sacrileges against Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji to book and condemned him for joining the BJP led central government to resort to a blame game exercise to divert attention away from the Kisan Andolan.

In a statement here, former minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the chief minister had betrayed both his political compulsions as well as his nervousness through a motivated tweet. “The chief minister has deliberately tried to twist a judicial intervention which is totally unwarranted and out of context. It is shocking that the chief minister is now playing a friendly game with the BJP”.

Stating that Punjabis would not be befooled by such antics, Dr Cheema said “former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal does not need a certificate from someone who had always betrayed the interests of Punjab and was even now working against Punjab’s interests vis a vis the Kisan Andolan. Punjabis understand you (chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh) are under intense pressure to toe the BJP led government line on all issues to save your chair. This is why you have provided an opening to the BJP to divert attention from the ongoing Kisan Andolan”