Chandigarh- AAP Punjab Normal Secretary and Media In-Cost Baltej Pannu mentioned that at this time’s resolution of the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom has delivered the “largest shock” to Akali Dal (Badal), whose repeated threats to officers “didn’t work.” Addressing a press convention in Chandigarh, Pannu mentioned the Courtroom has rejected senior Akali chief and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia’s bail plea, reaffirming the seriousness of the vigilance case registered in opposition to him.
Pannu mentioned that earlier, the decrease courtroom had already dismissed Majithia’s bail, and now the Excessive Courtroom has additionally refused reduction after listening to detailed arguments introduced by the Punjab authorities. “For almost fifteen days, our AG Workplace staff argued earlier than the Hon’ble Courtroom, and after listening to the whole lot, the Courtroom understood that if Majithia is launched, as his previous behaviour exhibits, he can threaten and intimidate witnesses,” he mentioned.
He slammed the Akali Dal for repeatedly holding press conferences claiming that there was “no additional investigation after the challan” and subsequently Majithia needs to be launched. “However the Excessive Courtroom understood the seriousness of the matter and dismissed the appliance,” Pannu mentioned.
Pannu recalled how through the 2007–17 Akali-BJP rule, Majithia’s political clout and monetary rise grew to become so large that “he began calling himself the Normal of Majha.” Throughout that interval, he mentioned, “Punjab noticed what number of political careers have been destroyed, what number of lives have been ruined, as a result of the inflow of chitta in Punjab occurred in that very period.” Associates of Majithia “used red-beacon automobiles, got police gypsies and had a job on this total enterprise,” he added.
Speaking about DA (Disproportionate Property), Pannu mentioned the actual query was the supply of the large unaccounted cash. “Now it’s clear, somebody is giving Rs 5 crore, somebody Rs 10 crore. What sort of mortgage is that this with no paperwork, no instalments, no return? These firms have been created solely to transform black cash into white. They (Akali Dal Badal) believed they’d rule for 25 years, in order that they thought they’ll do no matter they need and nobody will maintain them accountable” he mentioned.
He mentioned even Captain Amarinder Singh has now publicly proved the “chacha-bhatija authorities,” allegations and at this time “Captain is defending the Badals greater than their very own get together.” Pannu mentioned the folks of Punjab gave AAP a brilliant majority in order that “large crocodiles of drug mafia might be arrested.” The Mann Authorities has at all times mentioned no corrupt, no drug trafficker, no gangster patron shall be spared.
“Those that claimed this case was political vengeance ought to introspect at this time. The Excessive Courtroom rejecting Majithia’s bail is itself a stamp on what occurred between 2007 and 2017,” he mentioned.On behalf of the Punjab Authorities and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Pannu warned: “Anybody who dealt in chitta, sheltered gangsters or mafias will face strict motion.”
