AAP slams Charanjit Singh Channi, says 'State whose CM is facing ED probe can't develop'
Mohali, February 13: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha slammed the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi ahead of crucial assembly elections in the state.
Targeting the Congress leader, Chadha said that a state can not develop if it is led by a person like CM Channi who has been raided by Enforcement Directorate in connection with an illegal sand mining case.
Taking a dig at incumbent Punjab CM, the AAP leader said "Charanjit Singh Channi encouraged sand mafia. He himself is involved in it. How will a state develop whose CM himself is involved with sand mafia?" Questioning the merits of clean chit given by the Ropar district administration and the police to Channi over the allegations, Chadha alleged that "It's like the accused giving clean chit to himself."
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"Are we hallucinating the raids and seizures at CM's relative house," said Chadha, adding that if AAP comes to power the party will investigate all the matters related to the sand mafia.
"We will independently investigate each and every matter related to the sand mafia. We will make sure that justice is delivered," he continued.
Last month Enforcement Directorate (ED) had seized over Rs 10 crore, gold worth above 21 lakh and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh from the residential premises of Punjab CM Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey.
Punjab will go to the polls on February 20, with the counting of votes to take place on March 10.
In the 2017 Assembly elections in Punjab, the Congress had won an absolute majority by winning 77 seats and ousted the SAD-BJP government which had been in power for 10 years.
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