Chandigarh, January 2
Raghav Chadha, national spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and co-in-charge of
Punjab affairs, said that a political game is being played with the people instead of putting
an end to the heinous business of drugs in Punjab state. He said that as the Punjab
Legislative Assembly elections are approaching, Charanjit Singh Channi government of the
state has only pulled a political stunt by registering a weak FIR against Bikram Singh
Majithia.
In a press conference held at the party headquarters here on Sunday, Raghav Chadha said
that the Congress government of Punjab, which had promised to end the drugs trade in
Punjab within three weeks, did nothing in the last five years. Now that the assembly
elections are approaching, an unsuccessful attempt is being made to mislead the people of
the state by registering an FIR against Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia. He said that
the Aam Aadmi Party had already expressed apprehensions that under a ‘secret deal’
between the Channi government of Punjab and Sukhbir Singh Badal of Akali Dal Badal, it
was decided that an FIR would be registered against Punjab’s Akali leader Bikram Singh
Majithia but, he will not be arrested. Raghav Chadha told that this is being done because
when the brother of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who was involved in the
Ludhiana City Center scam, was accused, then Channi ‘begged’ before the Badal family to
get his brother out of the case.
Raghav Chadha expressed surprise that despite an FIR and rejection of anticipatory bail
against Bikram Majithia, he was not arrested. He said that it has been almost two weeks
since the FIR was registered on December 20 last month. Majithia is roaming freely despite
the denied anticipatory bail. Pictures of accused offering prayers at Sri Harmandir Sahib on
New Year, are going viral on social media. Despite the rejection of anticipatory bail, the
Punjab government is not arresting Bikram Singh Majithia. Raghav Chadha said that a
Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) is applicable in the whole country that the accused is
arrested immediately after the cancellation of anticipatory bail, but this is not being done in
the case of Bikram Singh Majithia in Punjab. He said that this substantiates a direct nexus
between Channi and Badal. He said that Channi’s government has tried to mislead the
people of Punjab by registering a weak FIR against Majithia. Raghav Chadha told that he has
been told by a senior police officer in Punjab that the Channi government has asked only to
register an FIR against Majithia and not to arrest him.
Raghav Chadha said that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhbir Singh
Badal have complete complicity in drugs trade. A game of 75 -25 is going on in the drugs
business, Channi himself is involved with the sand mining mafia of Punjab. He questioned
the Channi government as to what the Punjab government, which claimed to end the drugs
trade in Punjab, had done in the last 100 days of its tenure. Raghav Chadha said that Channi
should name even one place where drugs circulation has reduced or ended. He said that
even today intoxication is being injected into the veins of the youth of Punjab. The Punjab
government has not arrested a single drug dealer till date and now with the elections
approaching, they have tried to mislead the people of the state by registering a ‘weak’ FIR
against Bikram Singh Majithia.
Raghav Chadha said that the drugs trade will be ceased in Punjab on the priority basis with
the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government here. He further added that in order to
shape the future of the youth of Punjab who are addicted to drugs, they will be brought out
of the quagmire of drugs by providing all the help they’ll need.
Along with Raghav Chadha, state spokespersons of the party Malwinder Singh Kang, Jagtar
Singh Sanghera and Govinder Mittal were also present on the occasion.
