Bajwa demands CBI probe into snooping by Punjab government

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Congress President Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded CBI probe into snooping by the Akali Dal government in the state against political adversaries, members of the media and other sections of society while seeking intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in this sensitive issue.
In a letter to the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court with a copy to the Chief justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Bajwa said only a comprehensive and impartial investigation would unravel the manner and the extent to which the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal had converted Punjab into a police state by violating the constitution and the law with impunity.
He said what was alarming was that the state government was going in for the purchase of more sophisticated snooping and surveillance technology and equipment the purchase of which had been cleared by an empowered committee .The intended purchase of such sophisticated technology was indiscriminate eavesdropping of opposition leaders, judges and members of the media for the purposes of intimidation, browbeating, muzzling and arm-twisting by the ruling Akali-BJP alliance in the state.