Why such a long deadline? Warring asks Shah on finishing drugs Says, it is like post-dated cheque from a crashing bank Chandigarh 30 September ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today asked the union Home Minister Amit Shah as to why has he set such a long deadline, till December, 2029, for finishing the problem of drugs in Punjab. “Leave aside Punjab, who knows whether the BJP will be in power at the centre by then, as in all likelihood it will not?”, Warring asked while remarking, "it is like a long post-dated cheque of a crashing bank". He asked why did the BJP government at the centre woke up to the problem of drugs only on the eve of elections. The PCC president asked Shah as to why did it take his government such a long time to feel the severity and intensity of the drug problem in Punjab. “Why just on the eve of elections?” he asked, adding that the Congress has been raising the issue for the last so many years. Warring ...
SAD to take up demand for an impartial probe into the examination paper leaks and action against police officials responsible for beating SC safai sewaks in Barnala with the Governor.
SAD to take up demand for an impartial probe into the examination paper leaks and action against police officials responsible for beating SC safai sewaks in Barnala with the Governor. (SAD president Sukhbir S Badal to lead party delegation to submit a representation in this regard tomorrow) Chandigarh 30 July ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : A Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) delegation will meet Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria tomorrow to demand an impartial probe into the examination paper leak scams in the State besides action against police officials who resorted to brutality against scheduled castes in Barnala recently. A decision to this effect was taken following a meeting of the party’s senior leadership which was presided over by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Giving details, senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the SAD delegation would bring the repeated paper leaks occurring in the State to the knowledge of the Governor besides disclosing how the Aam Aadmi Party government...