Punjab CM misleading people on mining: AAP

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 6

AAP state affairs co-incharge Raghav Chadha has accused Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi of misleading the people of Punjab on illegal sand mining at Jindapur village in his Chamkaur Sahib constituency.

Chadha demanded registration of a case against Channi and the mining mafia, as he presented to the media statements by some area residents on illegal activity.

Chadha said a few days ago, he along with the media raided an illegally operated sand mining site at the village in Channi’s constituency and “exposed” the sand mafia.

Instead of taking action against the sand mafia, the CM visited a mining site at a river near Ropar and claimed he (Channi) was standing at the Jindapur mining site and illegal mining wasn’t being carried out there, he claimed.

“CM Channi lied about going to a sand pit at Jindapur village, when he was present at a sand pit near Ropar, 40 km from the village. In the CM’s video, a gurdwara on the banks of a Ropar river is visible, whereas there is no gurdwara near the Jindapur site.”

Chadha released videos of some local leaders of villages near Jindapur, who claimed illegal sand mining had put the lives of residents of 35 nearby villages at stake. The villagers claimed extraction was discontinued only for three hours when Chadha visited the site.

The AAP leader said if mining was taking place at Jindapur as per the law, why was the quarry not marked under rule No. 20 of the government notification.

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