by Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir
Singh Badal today rubbished the statement of Congress General Secretary Mr.
Rahul Gandhi regarding “7 out of 10 youth” of Punjab are drug addicts and said
that by making this baseless and exaggerated, sweeping statement Mr. Gandhi has insulted 52 % youth
population of Punjab painting every single youth with black brush.
Speaking
to mediapersons on the sidelines of conference on Power organized by CII here
today Mr. Badal describe the immature statement of Congress general secretary
as a diversionary exercise to deflect the attention of media from ongoing
Vadragate and Coalgate. Describing the visit of Mr. Rahul Gandhi a purely
political exercise, Mr. Badal said that by making this statement he has tried
to cover the internal contradictions and infighting in the Punjab unit of
Congress Party that was dominating the visit of Rahul to Punjab.
Holding Union Home
Ministry under whose command Border Security Force operates responsible for
increasing trans border smuggling of Drugs and Ammunition from across Pakistan, Mr. Badal said that Punjab
cannot be blamed for increasing flow of drugs as BSF has failed to check the
inflow of drugs. He said that Western borders was so porous that drug
recoveries by Punjab police during last five year were more than 50% of
National Recovery, indicating the total collapse of BSF. He said that it was
imperative for Union Government to properly seal the border with Pakistan to
check the menace of smuggling of drugs, ammunitions and fake currency.
When
asked about complaints of Congress leaders regarding reduction of security
cover, Mr. Badal said that security cover was decided by a committee in which
representatives of Central agencies were also there on the basis of threat
perception of each leader and security cover was increased or decreased as per
their reports. He said that he was not drawing any distinction between leaders
of various parties because as a Home Minister of the state he was responsible
for security of every citizen of Punjab.
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