Chandigarh March 17
The Congress took on the ruling SAD-BJP alliance for what it called the latter’s complete failure to maintain law and order situation in the state.
Legislators from across the state raised several instances of police high handedness during Zero Hour and demanded the intervention of the government. But the government dismissed the allegations as mere rhetoric and refused to get drawn into any controversy.
Ishar Singh raised the issue of Kot Gangu Rai where an accused was yet to be arrested two months after he fired to kill an opponent. Similarly Gurpreet Singh Kangar from Rampura Phul raised the issue where the son of a trader who committed suicide due to indebtedness was picked up by the police on the eve of his board exams and asked to pay back his father’s debt. Balbir Sidhu from Mohali, while pointing out a notification of GAMADA, said that 80 riot-affected families living in 44 flats had been asked to vacate the flats in Mohali.
He wanted to know if the SAD-BJP government that had been fighting for the cause of the 1984 riot victims was deliberately trying to uproot these people or whether it was unaware. Again Samana MLA Brham Mohindra pointed out that for the past 33 months, 465 employees of the Sugar Mill at Rakhra Village in his constituency had not been paid salary. Out of these, 225 were regular employees and 240 were seasonal employees. He further stated that nine co-operative sugar mills in the state had been closed in the state.
Surinder Pal Singh Sivia, also of the Congress, raised the issue of extending work permits after the tendering process was over for Rajpur and Talwandi Saboo Thermal Plants. Harminder Jassi, however, expressed resentment over setting up large number of power plants in Bathinda, saying that the entire environment in the area had been polluted on account of fly ash from the plants.
The Congress took on the ruling SAD-BJP alliance for what it called the latter’s complete failure to maintain law and order situation in the state.
Legislators from across the state raised several instances of police high handedness during Zero Hour and demanded the intervention of the government. But the government dismissed the allegations as mere rhetoric and refused to get drawn into any controversy.
Ishar Singh raised the issue of Kot Gangu Rai where an accused was yet to be arrested two months after he fired to kill an opponent. Similarly Gurpreet Singh Kangar from Rampura Phul raised the issue where the son of a trader who committed suicide due to indebtedness was picked up by the police on the eve of his board exams and asked to pay back his father’s debt. Balbir Sidhu from Mohali, while pointing out a notification of GAMADA, said that 80 riot-affected families living in 44 flats had been asked to vacate the flats in Mohali.
He wanted to know if the SAD-BJP government that had been fighting for the cause of the 1984 riot victims was deliberately trying to uproot these people or whether it was unaware. Again Samana MLA Brham Mohindra pointed out that for the past 33 months, 465 employees of the Sugar Mill at Rakhra Village in his constituency had not been paid salary. Out of these, 225 were regular employees and 240 were seasonal employees. He further stated that nine co-operative sugar mills in the state had been closed in the state.
Surinder Pal Singh Sivia, also of the Congress, raised the issue of extending work permits after the tendering process was over for Rajpur and Talwandi Saboo Thermal Plants. Harminder Jassi, however, expressed resentment over setting up large number of power plants in Bathinda, saying that the entire environment in the area had been polluted on account of fly ash from the plants.
