Upping the ante over the alleged vaccine and Fateh Kit scams, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has introduced that it could maintain a ‘dharna’ on the official residence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on June 15 searching for dismissal of Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu. They additionally demanded a CBI probe.
This comes just some days after the Punjab police filed circumstances towards SAD and AAP leaders for holding dharnas in alleged violation of Covid pointers.
SAD spokesman Dr Daljit Singh Cheema mentioned, Sukhbir Singh Badal would lead the symbolic ‘dharna’ on the residence of the chief minister and that it could be attended by the social gathering’s senior management together with core committee and PAC members, legislators, former legislators, the constituency in cost, district presidents and youth workplace bearers.
The social gathering spokesman mentioned the vaccine rip-off, in addition to the Fateh equipment rip-off, had shaken the conscience of Punjabis who had been shocked that an elected authorities and its members had been taking advantage of their distress throughout a time of the pandemic. “Though the Congress government has admitted its fault in the vaccine scam whereby it sold vaccines to private hospitals at huge margins and in turn allowed them to charge steep premiums, no action has been taken against anyone. Instead of dismissing the health minister, Amarinder Singh is shielding him and even trying to silence the opposition by registering cases against senior Akali leaders for holding a peaceful and democratic protest to demand justice in the case”.
The opposition events have alleged that medical kits which had been to be provided to Covid sufferers had been jacked up repeatedly from Rs 800 to Rs 1,400 per equipment by inviting one tender after one other regardless of the actual fact the primary tender was legitimate for six months. He mentioned it was condemnable that even on this case the chief minister had refused to take any motion though it was conclusively proved that the tender was awarded at inflated charges to an organization, Grandway, which didn’t actually have a medical license.
The authorities has denied prices of corruption in these circumstances.
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