Navjot Singh Sidhu Resigned : Was It Possible To Have Justice Under The Top Punjab CM Charanjit Sigh Channi’s Government Appointments?
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Was It Possible To Have Justice Under The Top Punjab CM Charanjit Sigh Channi’s Government Appointments?
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“16:50 (IST) September 28, 2021: It will be settled if he is upset...though he is not upset with me...: Punjab CM Charanjit Sigh Channi on Navjot Singh Sidhu being upset over bureaucratic set up and his commands not being followed after cabinet expansion in Punjab”: THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 28, 2021, 19:15:47 IST: Punjab Cabinet minister Razia Sultana resigns 'in solidarity with Navjot Singh Sidhu'
“The new AG: On Monday evening, the Congress government appointed senior advocate APS Deol as its advocate general. This led to the government coming under fire from the Opposition, as Deol was till recently the counsel for former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, the police chief during the incidents of sacrilege and police firing on protesters”. The Indian EXPRESS
“Chandigarh Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Subhash Sharma on Monday said that with the appointment of APS Deol as advocate general, Punjab government’s facade of securing justice in sacrilege cases seemed like a blatant lie.
“The true face of the Congress government stands exposed with Deol’s appointment, who is a personal lawyer of former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and Paramraj Singh Umranagal, both accused in the Bebhal Kalan case,” claimed Sharma, adding that chief minister Charanjt Singh Channi had lost the moral ground.
Condemning the appointment, he claimed that Punjabis were sad at the development, as everyone wants a logical conclusion into the incident in which two men were killed. “The Congress had come to power by promising that the guilty will be punished. Unfortunately, it has always been manipulative and follows no ethics,” he alleged”. BJP condemns Deol’s appointment as Punjab AG
The BJP has also accused the Congress government of Punjab of abandoning ethics by the appointment of Deol as the AG: BJP has claimed that the new Punjab AG, APS Deol, was a lawyer for two accused in Behbal Kalan police firing cases”. PUBLISHED ON SEP 28, 2021 01:32 AM IST: By HT Correspondent: https://www.hindustantimes.
The collapse of a man's character stems from the compromise corner. I can never compromise on Punjab's future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab. Therefore, I hereby resign as the President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. I will continue to serve the Congress," Navjot Sidhu, 57, wrote in his letter to Sonia Gandhi, which he posted on social media.
He had taken charge of the party in Punjab in July, 2021”. Navjot Sidhu Quits As Punjab Congress Chief, Surprises Gandhis: Navjot Singh Sidhu resigning as Punjab Congress Chief, months before the Punjab election, has shocked Congress leadership and is seen as a huge blow. All India: Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh: Updated: September 28, 2021 5:18 pm IST: NDTV
“The appointment of Advocate General, APS Deol who had legally defended former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in Behbal Kalan police firing case.
The high command had also ignored his take on top government appointments”. What led to Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation: Rajmeet Singh: Tribune News Service: Chandigarh
“Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, being the Director, Bureau of Investigation, was the head of a special investigation team formed in 2015 by then Akali government to probe sacrilege incidents.
Then Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, accompanied by then DGP Sumedh Saini and Sahota, had announced that the probe had led to the arrest of two youths who received funds from abroad to carry out the protests, which had also led to police firing at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura.
However, the claims proved false within a month and the youths had to be freed. Due to the backlash, the Akalis replaced DGP Saini with Suresh Arora and Prabodh Kumar replaced Sahota.
Sources said Sidhu was pushing for Chattopadhyaya, while Channi was rooting for Sahota. Both Channi and Sahota belong to the reserved category. Channi seems to have had the final say”. SIT head Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, who first probed sacrilege cases now officiating Punjab DGP: Reported By: Jupinderjit Singh: Sep 26, 2021 09:37 AM (IST): Tribune News Service; Chandigarh: https://www.tribuneindia.com/
The SIT was quick to claim a breakthrough at a press conference on October 21, 2015, terming the Bargari sacrilege incident “a handiwork of some foreign handlers”.
The SIT also arrested two brothers from Faridkot, alleging that they were in touch with someone in Australia and their funding by foreign-based handlers had been established. It also claimed to have intercepted their calls to handlers in Dubai and Australia”. By Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh: UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2021 08:14 PM IST: HT
“Sidhu's resignation comes amid the furore over Deol's appointment. Deol, who has, among his various high-profile cases, represented Punjab's tainted ex-DGP, Sumedh Singh Saini, was appointed through an official notification on Monday. Chief Minister Charanjit Channi has tried to downplay the controversy saying the case was just another one taken up in the course of Deol's professional duties”. September 28, 2021: Tribune News Service; Chandigarh.
“Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted his resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. “The collapse of a man’s character stems from the compromise corner. I can never compromise on Punjab’s future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab,” he tweeted, adding that he will continue to serve the Congress”. CHITLEEN K SETHI 28 September, 2021 6:23 pm IST: The Print
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