JALANDHAR: The national president of the Bahujan Samaj Parly (Ambedkar). Devi Dass Nahar, has accused the Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, of indulging in nepotism

Talking to media person is Nahar sad that in view of the alleged corrupt practices resorted to by the Beant Singh government, it had no night to function in the state. He expressed concern over the appointment of AS Chatha, the former chic secretary the advance to the state government He said that if the chief minister would continue to oblige his “yes men, the Other senior officers in the state would be deprived of promotions

Punjab police chic XPS Gill be relieved of his charge to create promotional avenues for subordinate and junior officers

Lathing out at the Central government, Nahar accused it of shielding those involved in the various scam. Reforng to the sugar scandal head that the guilty had not been brought to book as the enquiries into such scams were solders completed and commissioners set up for the purpose were just an se wash Nallegos Jammu and Kashmir in spite of being the sensitive border area, was not going proper attention of the Prime Minister, P V. Narasimha Rao. He described the bomb blast on Republic Day at Jammu as a major security lapse

BSP Ligature leader Satnam Singh Kanth has charged the Punjab government with trying to recreate the fear of revival of terrorism in the state in its bid to divert the attention of the people from the basic is so of rampant corruption agitating their mind.

Talking to media persons, here on February 11, he alleged that the Beant Singh government, having failed to address to and redress the grievances of the people, has starting rousing this specter of terrorize which it claimed to have bottled up

He also challenged the government claim of having curbed the menace, saying it was the security forces under the district charge of Central government, internal fight in the ranks of militants and people’s revulsion again violence which has led to the collapse of the violent movement in Punjab.

He demanded appointment of a lok ayukta to check ministerial and Calcolic corruption in Punjab.

Article extracted from this publication >> February 17, 1995