Date | Jun 07, 2016:
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asserted that illegal mining of minor minerals would be dealt severely and no one would be allowed to indulge in this unlawful practice.
On the sidelines of his Sangat Darshan programme in Ropar Assembly segment, he said he had already directed the SSP Ropar to take stock of the situation and all out efforts should be made to put a stop to the menace.
He said severe of severest punishment would be meted out to those who are involved in such illegal trade. Badal said that by and large, mining activity was being carried out in a lawful manner in the region barring few incidents, which would also be checked closely in future.
On allegations leveled by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley targeting him, his family and especially his son Raninder by investigating agencies like Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate (ED), which were directly under his domain, he said “It is a sheer frustration on the part of Capt Amarinder to accuse anyone blindly rather he should be considerate enough to repose faith in the administrative system because ultimately truth will prevail.”
On the issue of clean chit given to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, Badal said, “everybody knew how the Congress leadership through its stalwarts in New Delhi perpetrated genocide in 1984 against innocent Sikhs by killing them”.
(Source: http://indianexpress.com/)