Khaira now regrets swear words, but claims to have more info on ‘bribe to judge’
CHANDIGARH:With the municipal polls on December 17 being the new battle, the A am A ad mi Party (AAP) put up a united show behind a mellowed leader of opp os it ionSukh pal SinghKh air a on Saturday.
Flanked by state A AP president B hag want Mann and known dissenters such as MLA Baljinder Kaur, Khaira expressed remorse for use of swear words against CM Capt Amarinder Sing hand Congress leaders during a press briefing at the assembly on the concluding day of the three-day winter session. K hair a had unleashed a front al attack on Am arin der after the government brought a resolution against the Bains brothers of the Lok Insaaf Party, AAP’s ally, over allegations that a judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court was bribed to not stay summons against him by a Fazilka court in a drug case. A stay was given by the Supreme Court on Friday.
“It was an unfortunate development. They dragged the assembly into vendetta politics by bringing the resolution (against the allegations). I take back the wrong words used by me ,” he said at a press conference. He did not withdraw his statements on Am arin der’ s personal life .“That is a matter of record. I am collecting more information on the CM’s friend from Pakistan,” he said.
Claiming that he has the sup- port of AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,Khair as aidKejriwal is guiding him legally, and the petition in the SC was filed on his advice. To a query on Kejriwal’s silence over the summons, he said ,“Has Son ia Gandhi( Congress chief) ever reacted to court summons to Am arin der? Ia min constant touch withKejriwa land Manish Sisodia (Delhi deputy CM ). There solution proves A marinder is behind the payment of Rs 35 lakh bribe against me.”
Khaira had, on the day of the allegations, named Amarinder, SAD president Sukhbir Badal and power minister Rana Gurjit as the conspirators behind the court summons, but later dropped Captain’s name.
Referring totheaudio clipthat forms thebasisof the allegations, Khaira said a longer version of the recording (1 hour 39 minutes) also has reference to an officer of the IA Sand three advocates who work as “go-betweens”. The clip has a purported conversation between lawyer Am it Ch aud ha ry and TK Goyal, a dismissed PCS officer, about payment to a judge in connection with the Khaira case. “We have more information, which we will give at the time of an investigation ,” he said.
LIP chief Si marje et said A marind er is inflamed by his appeal in a court to become party in the Ludhiana City Centres cam case: “We were never scared of Bad a ls and we are now not scared of Amarinder.”
AAPSYMBOL IN POLLS TO3CORPORATIONS
On whether the party will contest the MC polls on its symbol, Mann said they will contest for three corporations, Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar, on the symbol and leave the rest to nominees’ choice between symbol and independent candidature.