Citing the massive embarrassment induced to the federal government by the botched-up investigations into Kotkapura firing by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), PPCC chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar and Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa are learnt to have handed their resignations to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at a particular assembly organised quickly after the Cabinet meet on Monday.
Amarinder not solely rejected the resignation letters however tore them through the stormy assembly held at Punjab Bhawan right here. While Jakhar was carrying his resignation letter, Randhawa is learnt to have penned it through the assembly itself. “The CM tore both the resignations and rejected them,” mentioned a supply.
The CM had convened the particular assembly to debate the fallout of the High Court orders quashing the investigation into Kotkapura firing by an SIT led by former Punjab Police IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap. At the onset, the CM reportedly expressed his dismay at criticism of the federal government by a couple of members of the social gathering. Without naming anybody, he’s learnt to have mentioned that some “outsiders” in addition to “insiders” have been hitting out on the authorities. Former Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been brazenly criticising the federal government on the difficulty. Randhawa too lashed out on the authorities not too long ago.
After the CM spoke, Jakhar is learnt to have advised him that it was his prerogative to retain or sack anybody from the Cabinet. “For a moment the meeting saw heated exchanges. Things got so out of control that the CM had to say that anyone who had any problem could leave the meeting. Jakhar then took over and demanded that responsibility must be fixed for the investigation fiasco,” a supply mentioned.
Jakhar reportedly mentioned the federal government ought to have taken motion in opposition to the SIT members, who had refused to signal on the investigation report. He questioned why the lapses within the report, as identified by the HC, weren’t checked by these accountable. Jakhar additionally raised the difficulty of high-priced energy and Power Purchase Agreements. Later, he took out his resignation letter, and handed it over to the CM.
After Jakhar, Randhawa mentioned the federal government had allowed Kunwar Vijay to get larger than his footwear, and was now paying for it. He additionally handed over his resignation after writing it there itself.
Other ministers resembling Charanjeet Singh Channi and Gurpreet Singh Kangar additionally joined the refrain with Channi calling the quashing of investigation a giant blow, and Kangar complaining that SIT took 4 years however the internet end result was zero.
It is learnt that Advocate General Atul Nanda produced some letters by attorneys coping with the case which accused Kunwar Vijay of botching up the investigation. He mentioned he had introduced the matter to the discover of the CM.
Nanda can also be learnt to have produced a letter by a counsel stating that the police had agreed in entrance of the excessive courtroom that they have been prepared to decide on an choice to quash the SIT.
MLAs meet right now
The CM had scheduled a gathering with social gathering MLAs on Tuesday. It stays to be seen if he goes forward with it after the heated alternate on Monday.