Sukhbir Badal: Why rake up land ceiling issue?

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Ludhiana, December 12

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today questioned the government’s rationale behind raking up the land ceiling issue which had been settled decades ago.

Playing politics

CM Charanjit Singh Channi is playing politics on the drugs issue after having failed miserably to contain the menace. — Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD Chief

“A state government’s missive to revenue department officials to verify surplus land would result in harassment of land owners, besides encouraging corruption,” said Sukhbir, adding “this is another example of ways and means by which the government is trying to divert attention from its failures”.

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The BSP on Sunday fielded Kuldeep Singh Lubhana from Jalandhar North, Kamaljit Chawla from Dinanagar (reserved) and Harmohan Singh Sandhu from Chamkaur Sahib. The BSP has declared 17 candidates so far. TNS

He alleged Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu were coercing police officers to register false cases against him as well as former minister Bikram Singh Majithia. Talking to medipaersons after addressing a rally in favour of Harinderpal Singh Chandumarja in Sanaur, he said the Congress had taken over the police department and was forcing police officers to act against Akali leaders.

Accusing the PCC of resorting to vendetta to divert attention from its failures, Sukhbir said attempts were being made to implicate Majithia in false case days before the imposition of the model code of conduct. “We have earlier exposed a conspiracy to implicate me in a false case. Now, there is an attempt to register a false case against Majithia,” he alleged. He claimed police officers were refusing to get pressured from the CM, Randhawa and Sidhu to book him and Majithia.— TNS