Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab has “violated” the law by registering a disproportionate assets case against party leader Bikram Singh Majithia without holding either a preliminary or regular probe.
It accused the government of indulging in a political vendetta to gag Majithia as well as divert attention from the “failure” of its ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ drive.
Senior party leaders Balwinder Bhundar, Maheshinder Grewal and Daljit Cheema accused the government of misleading Punjabis and even committing contempt of court by stating that Majithia had been arrested in an Rs 540-crore drug case.
“This is not only absurd but a bundle of lies for which the AAP leaders will be held accountable,” said Grewal, adding “the government should tell why it has not released a single complaint with regard to the Rs 540 crore figure it had concocted in”.
He said in stark contrast, when AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia had been arrested in the Delhi liquor scam, there were specific complaints from liquor contractors that they had given bribe money to the duo.
He also cited how earlier Majithia had been granted bail by the High Court in the NDPS case registered against him by the previous Congress government after it found that there was no recovery of drug money, no transaction had been proved and that no money had been exchanged.
Grewal told the media that the public prosecutor stated on Thursday in the court that only a disproportionate assets case had been registered against Majithia. (IANS)
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