Resolution Moved In Punjab Assembly For Withdrawal Of Centre’s BSF Move
Mumbai: Punjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday moved a resolution in the Assembly demanding the withdrawal of the Centre’s directive that increases the BSF’s jurisdiction in the state.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who holds the Home portfolio, demanded the withdrawal of the Union Home Ministry’s directive that extended the BSF’s jurisdiction in the border state.
Terming the Centre’s move as an attack on the federal structure and an expression of distrust towards the state police and the people of Punjab, Randhawa said the state government would challenge the notification in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The resolution said: “The decision of extending the jurisdiction of the BSF by the Union government is an expression of distrust towards the police and people of Punjab. This is their insult. The Union government should have consulted the state government before taking such a major decision.”
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi accused the Shiromani Akali Dal of bringing the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to Punjab.
Attacking the Akalis in his reply on the issue of BSF’s jurisdiction, he said, “SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal had supported the Center when the rights of Jammu and Kashmir were snatched away.”
“If I told the home minister to seal the border, it was to stop drugs from flowing into Punjab from across. Do you want drugs to keep coming into the state?” he said, hitting out at the opposition.
AAP and SAD legislators entered the well of the House and raised slogans against the government.
Channi said he asked the SAD and AAP MLAs to accompany him to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the BSF jurisdiction issue but they did not respond.
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and like us on Facebook for the latest updates and interesting stories.
