Amid rift with CM, Punjab minister claims Congress MP Bajwa 'failed to prove himself'

Lashing out at Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa, Punjab cabinet minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, on Wednesday, claimed that MP had t 'proved himself' inspite of opportunities. Hinting at a rift in Punjab Congress, Sidhu said that Punjab CM was taking all right decisions for government and party. Bajwa had lashed out at CM for 'inaction' on Punjab Hooch trdy.

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Punjab govt withdraws state police security from Cong MP 

On August 8, Punjab government withdrew state police security from Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa after an assessment, concluding that Bajwa had virtually threat perception and was w getting central security directly accorded by Union Home Ministry. Two Congress MPs-  Pratap Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo had slammed Capt. Amarinder Singh government over hooch trdy which has killed 121. Bajwa had retaliated calling it - 'hitting below belt'.

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Punjab Congress seeks action on party MPs

Last week, Punjab Congress wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking disciplinary action against m. Both Dullo and Bajwa demanded an “impartial and thorough” probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate into illegal liquor business in Punjab. MPs - who are also ex-party presidents in state -  alleged that it was failure of CM and that trdy could have been averted if Singh had acted in ir complaints. y have also questioned inaction against govt officials and police, who y allege were involved in illicit liquor business. 

Punjab Hooch trdy: Congress govt revokes security to own MP who slammed CM's 'inaction'

Punjab Hooch trdy

121 people have died in Punjab’s Amritsar, Batala, and Tarn Taran districts since August 5 after consuming spurious liquor. Police stated that Moga-based hand sanitiser manufacturer - Ravinder Singh Anand had allegedly bought three cans of 200 litres each of spurious liquor at Rs 11,000 a drum from kingpin - Ludhiana-based paint business owner Rajesh Joshi. Each of se bottles was diluted by 10 percent to make 46 bottles, which was n furr diluted by an accused - Balwinder Kaur, by 50% water and sold a bottle of diluted spirit for Rs 100. Police have identified five businessmen - Gobinder, Ravinder, Darshana Rani, Triveni Chouhan and Harpreet Singh apart from Joshi himself.

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Punjab Police have arrested 54 people - including far-son duo Harjit Singh and Shamsher Singh - who have been charged with murder. While 887 raids have been conducted since July 31, Punjab Police has launched a departmental inquiry against two deputy superintendents of police and four station house officers have been suspended for negligence. CM  has anunced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh per victim.