Support in Punjab Assembly for Sukhpal Khaira; MLAs call for resolution against ED

Vishav Bharti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 9

The issue of ED raid at MLA Sukhpal Khaira's house echoed in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.

Rebel SAD MLA Parminder Singh Dhindsa said Khaira was being targeted for raising the issue related to farmers. He demanded House resolution condemning the ED raids.

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Dhindsa said Khaira had been criticising the Centre on the issue of farm laws.

Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi supported Dhindsa saying the raids were a fallout of Khaira's support to the farmers' agitation. He said the "way the CBI had been taught a lesson by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh", the ED should also be tackled in a similar manner in Punjab.

He demanded a House resolution condemning the ED raid on Khaira's house.

Kharar MLA Kanwar Sandhu said the ED raid on Khaira's house amounted to interfering in the House's functioning. He also demanded a resolution against the ED.