Akali Dal and BJP allies in drug smuggling necessitating CBI probe: Bajwa

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today said the ruling Akali Dal and BJP were allies too in all sorts of crimes including drug smuggling which necessitated High Court monitored CBI inquiry as the issue concerned the future of the state.He said the latest case was the arrest of Ferozepur BJP leader Jarnail Singh Nimana and his associates by the Rajasthan police from whom opium was recovered. Earlier, the several associates of the state BJP President Mr Kamal Sharma have appeared in cases of smuggling, fake licences, fake currency and currency and these people including even his PA.“The BJP has suddenly stopped raking up the drug smuggling issue as its leaders are equally involved in this despicable conspiracy against the Punjabis. The Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and the BJP chief Mr Amit Shah should speak up as Punjab is a border state and it is too well known that drug money all over the world is siphoned off into terrorist activities too. Punjab has already suffered for more than a decade. It is for this reason that the Congress has been demanding court monitored CBI probe”, he added.Mr Bajwa said both the Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal have been in denial mode. However, they had not reacted to the naming of the Information and Public Relations Minister Mr Bikram Singh Majithia by the enforcement directorate investigating officer in the drug racket Mr Naranjan Singh for his transfer to Kolkata as he had questioned the latter in the money laundering case related to drug smuggling.