SAD-BJP alliance government making all out efforts to ensure release of sikh prisoners languishing in jails : Badal

SANGRUR : The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the SAD-BJP alliance government was making all out efforts, within the parameters of law, to ensure release of Sikh prisoners languishing in Jails across the country.
Interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of thanks giving tour in Dhuri assembly segment here today, the Chief Minister said the state government had been making persistent efforts to ensure the release of such prisoners, who were overstaying in jails after having completed their sentence. Mr. Badal said that this was a sensitive issue and state government was making all out efforts to deal with the situation arising out of it in an apt manner. He exhorted the people to properly understand the matter and refrain from getting swayed away by provocations on this emotive issue without verifying the facts.
The Chief Minister further said that law and order would be maintained at every cost and no one would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of the state. He said that the state government was firmly committed to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state for which every necessary action was being taken. Mr. Badal categorically said that it was bounden duty of the state government to promote the ethos of communal harmony and brotherhood in the state.
Terming the incident of protest against Cabinet Minister Jathedar Tota Singh in USA as highly unfortunate, the Chief Minister said that such incidents harm the interest of the state. He said that people who were not aware of the ground realities were indulging in such activities, which was totally wrong adding that Punjab has already suffered a lot due to such incidents. “Do the supporters of these incidents want to bring back the black days in the state” asked Mr. Badal.
On a query related to the havoc created in the state due to Ghaggar river, the Chief Minister said that the state government was making concerted efforts to ensure that this grave problem was solved in an year. Mr. Badal said that he had been racking up this issue with the Union government for its early resolution adding that half of the work of channelization of this river has already been completed. He said that they would against raise this issue with the Union government to ensure that this project was completed in the coming year so that people could be saved from scourge of Ghaggar water.