Punjab to probe Amarinder Singh Pakistan friend links with ISI Captain hits back

Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has mentioned a probe could be carried out to establish whether or not Aroosa Alam, a Pakistani journalist who has been visiting former chief minister Amarinder Singh for a number of years, has hyperlinks with the ISI.

Singh hit again on the Congress chief, saying Randhawa is now resorting to non-public assaults.

The deputy chief minister mentioned it “could be probed” whether or not Alam has any hyperlinks with Pakistan’s spy company Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI), including that he has requested the director basic of police (DGP) to look into it.

Singh mentioned Alam had been coming to India for 16 years with due clearances from the Centre.

“You had been a minister in my cupboard@Sukhjinder_INC. By no means heard you complain about Aroosa Alam.

“And she or he’d been coming for 16 years with due GoI clearances. Or are you alleging that each NDA and @INC India led UPA govts on this interval connived with Pak ISI?,” the previous chief minister’s media adviser quoted him as saying on Twitter on Friday.

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Randhawa, who additionally holds the house portfolio in Punjab, claimed that Singh has been pals with Alam for years, she stayed in India for a few years and her visa was prolonged by the Centre every so often.

He advised reporters in Jalandhar on Thursday that it was solely after the latest developments within the Punjab Congress, which noticed Singh’s exit because the chief minister, that Alam went again to Pakistan.

Randhawa mentioned when Singh was the chief minister, he stored saying that being a border state, Punjab all the time confronted a menace with a number of seizures of drones and ammunition coming in from throughout the border.

“Aroosa was in India for four-and-a-half years and her visa was additionally prolonged every so often. Why did Delhi not cancel her visa? Why did she go away India once we went towards Amarinder Singh?” he requested, referring to developments within the Punjab Congress final month.

“I believe all this must be probed and Captain Amarinder too must give solutions to those questions,” the Congress chief added.

Hitting again at Randhawa, Singh mentioned, “So now you are resorting to non-public assaults @Sukhjinder_INC. One month after taking on that is all you must present to the folks. What occurred to your tall guarantees on Bargari & medication circumstances? Punjab continues to be ready in your promised motion.”

He mentioned as an alternative of focussing on sustaining regulation and order, the deputy chief minister has put the DGP on a “baseless investigation”.

“What I am frightened about @Sukhjinder_INC is that as an alternative of specializing in sustaining regulation and order at a time when terror menace is excessive and festivals are across the nook, you have put @DGP Punjab Police on a baseless investigation at the price of Punjab’s security,” he mentioned. Randhawa has stepped up the assault on Singh after the latter’s unceremonious exit as chief minister.

He known as Singh an “opportunist” after the previous chief minister introduced that he would launch his personal political get together.

Randhawa additionally accused Singh of betraying Punjab for the final four-and-a-half years.

On Tuesday, Singh mentioned he would quickly float his personal political get together and is hopeful of a seat-sharing association with the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) in subsequent yr’s Punjab Meeting polls if the farmers’ problem is resolved of their curiosity.

Randhawa had accused the previous chief minister of betraying Punjab and siding with those that by no means thought in regards to the welfare of the state.

“Punjab doesn’t worry Pakistan or China. If Punjab immediately faces any menace, then it’s from Amarinder Singh,” he had mentioned. 

With PTI inputs

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