Dullo demands CBI probe into SC scholarship scam

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, June 16

Former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Rajya Sabha member, Shamsher Singh Dullo, on Wednesday met lawyers at Garhshankar Court Complex .

While talking to reporters in chamber of advocate Pankaj Kripal, co-chairman, legal cell, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Dullo said the alleged scholarship scam of Rs400 crore had dented the future of lakhs of Dalit students. He said the Central Government was blaming the Punjab Government and the state government was blaming the Central Government.

He said in reality the Central Government, the incumbent state government and the previous Akali-BJP Government of the state were equally responsible for it. He said the investigation of the scholarship scam should be done by the CBI.

Dullo further said the BJP’s announcement of making Dalit Chief Minister in Punjab this time was just an election stunt. He said if the BJP was in favour of Dalit community, then they should appoint Dalit as CM in any BJP ruling state.

Speaking about the Akali-BSP pact, Dulo said in Punjab, the Akali Dal was taking recourse to crutches due to sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and weakening of the Akali Dal due to farmers’ agitation. He said there was a big difference in the ideology of Akali Dal and the BSP.

He said the people of Punjab would not support the SAD-BSP alliance. Speaking about the farmers’ movement, the Rajya Sabha MP said the Centre should have had considered the farmers’ organisations views before enacting the three laws.