Amritsar/Chandigarh, December 25:
Chasing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after staging dharna outside his official residence at Delhi yesterday, Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, today again cornered Kejriwal at Amritsar over the issue of barring STU buses and allowing Badal’s buses plying up to IGI Airport.
Raja Warring reached the five-star hotel Hyatt here to meet Kejriwal, where he was staying and offered Kejriwal to meet him in front of the media but waited outside for hours but he didn’t come up. Finally when Delhi Chief came out for his program, Raja Warring stopped Kejriwal and asked him to come clean on his stand over allowing Badal family owned Indo-Canadian buses to ply all across Delhi and stopping Punjab Roadways and PRTC buses.
Volvo buses of State Transport Undertaking (STU) have been barred from going to Indira Gandhi International Airport despite these buses charge only Rs.1200 per passengers, said Raja Warring, adding that but private buses owned by Badal family have been given all kinds of permissions and they are openly looting Punjabis by charging Rs.3000 to Rs.3500 per passenger.
“By doing so, Kejriwal was supporting the transport mafia which has been looting Punjab”, said Raja Warring.
Punjab Transport Minister said that he was sure that Kejriwal will meet him in Delhi before leaving for Punjab yesterday but he had to reach Amritsar overnight as Kejriwal didn’t give him any time to meet him there at Delhi.
Raja Warring said, “after assuming office as Transport Minister, I wrote a letter to Kejriwal on October 7, 2021 asking for a suitable date and time for a meeting to resolve this long pending issue. My predecessor Ms. Razia Sultana also wrote several letters to Kejriwal but all in vain.”
