I follow law, or would have sacked Bajwa in my previous govt: Capt
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday ridiculed Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa for trying to rake in political moolah over the alleged Rs 55.7 crore scholarship scam. He added that if he believed in following the jungle raj, he would have sacked Bajwa in 2002-2007 when as the then PWD minister, he was under the scanner in the bitumen scam and some other cases.
On Bajwa’s demand for the resignation of cabinet minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in the alleged scholarship scam, Amarinder added that the Rajya Sabha MP was behaving like an Opposition leader, whose only agenda was to attack the government on any and every issue.
“Clearly, Bajwa has a hidden agenda,” said the CM, adding that the MP’s slew of recent antiparty actions had exposed his intent to undermine the Congress in Punjab, where it was on a very strong footing.
Amarinder recalled that Bajwa had himself faced serious accusations and allegations as PWD minister between 2002 and 2007, including those relating to irregularities in the purchase of bitumen worth crores of rupees. As CM, he could have also given in to Opposition pressure to sack him, he pointing out, adding that he believed in the rule of the law.
The CM added that as in Bajwa’s case then, he would not let unsubstantiated and unproved allegations dictate his actions in the present case too, even if his own party MP was joining forces with the Opposition on the issue.
“By attacking his own party and government in the state, Bajwa is playing into the hands of the Opposition,” said Amarinder, adding that the party highcommand should haul up the MP for what clearly amounted to gross indiscipline.