Shamsher Singh Dullo takes potshots at Charanjit Singh Channi over mafia in Punjab

Chandigarh, January 3

Coming out in support of PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on the mafia raj still prevalent in the state, Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Dullo on Monday said CM Charanjit Singh Channi should take stern action against those involved in the SC Post-Matric Scholarship scam and those responsible for more than 100 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor in 2020.

Dullo said the Dalits were upset as the Channi had failed to initiate action against those responsible for the misappropriation of the SC Post-Matric Scholarship funds and those operating illegal distilleries. He said he had written to the Chief Minister in this regard.

“A majority of those who died due to the consumption of spurious liquor were Dalits. Being a Dalit CM, Channi should feel the pain of the downtrodden,” said Dullo, while questioning double standards of the government in acting against Bikramjit Majithia in the drug case.

The future of more than 8 lakh SC students had been affected due to the SC Post-Matric Scholarship scam, he said. — TNS