Amarinder promises to punish “sacrilege culprits”

Tarn Taran (Pb): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh on Wednesday reiterated his promise to “punish” those responsible for the sacrilege at Behbal Kallan and other places if voted to power. He said “his government” will order reinvestigation to find out the “real culprits”. Addressing a political conference at Khaddor Sahib here, Amarinder said he will ensure that the resignation by the party MLA Ramanjit Singh Sikki to protest against the issue did not go waste. The PCC president blamed Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for “such incidents”, saying there was a “deliberate design” as the latter wanted to polarise people and create a sense of fear for his “narrow partisan ends”. “I will ensure that he is made to pay for all these sins,” he said, adding he will make all of them including, Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia, “to crawl on their knees to atone for their sins”. The former chief minister alleged the Badals have “destroyed and devastated” Punjab beyond redemption and it will need quite an effort to “retrieve and redeem” the situation. “I will work 25 out of 24 hours to redeem the situation and bring back the smile on every Punjabis’ face,” he claimed, adding, “I want to see a happy, progressive and prosperous Punjab once again”.-PTI