Chandigarh, September 26
Condemning the inclusion of the people as ministers, with allegations of corruption in the Congress cabinet headed by new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) termed it an insult to democracy. In a statement issued from the party headquarters here on Sunday, senior leader of the AAP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema said the involvement of tainted ministers in the new cabinet made it clear that Charanjit Singh Channi was also part of the same gang and by only changing the face of the Chief Minister; the Congress was trying to once again rob the people of their votes. He said the Gandhi family wanted to further plunder the natural resources of Punjab by including the mafia rulers in the cabinet of Punjab.
Cheema said that before this, Capt Amarinder Singh and his cronies had looted a lot of Punjab in four-and-a-half-years and now to avoid public opposition in the run up to the elections; the Congress has changed them and pretended to be clean. He said the people of Punjab had high expectations from Charanjit Singh Channi that maybe he would do something different as he claims to be a common man but the difference between his words and deeds is clear.
The AAP leader further said that the Congress by changing the mask of Chief Minister has only changed the Ali Baba, while his forty thieves are still there. He said that Chief Minister Channi and the Congress state president Navjot Singh Sidhu should clarify their views on Rana Gurjeet now. On the letter being written by the Congress MLAs to the Gandhi family for non-inclusion of Rana Gurjeet in the cabinet, Cheema said it proves the allegation of the Aam Aadmi Party that Rana Gurjeet is the kingpin of the sand mafia in Punjab. .
Expressing strong objection to the inclusion of former Chief Minister Beant Singh’s grandson Gurkirat Singh Kotli in the Punjab Cabinet, Harpal Singh Cheema said it was unfortunate to include Kotli in the Cabinet on the occasion of International Daughter’s Day. He said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi should make their stand clear.
