Seed scam: SAD asks CM to sack Sukhjinder Randhawa and register a case against him
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday asked the chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to sack the Cooperation minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and order a registration of a case against him for cheating the ‘annadata’ through the Rs 4,000 crore inter-State Seed scam. It also demanded the chief minister to order a girdwari to ascertain the loss incurred by farmers by sowing spurious varieties of PR-128 and PR-129 paddy seeds in six lakh acres so that they could be adequately compensated for the same.
Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that a case under Section 120 (b) should be registered against Sukhjinder Randhawa for showing a fake bill during a press conference in the State Secretariat to cover up the crimes of his close associate and spurious seed producer Lucky Dhillon.
He also said that the blatant defence of Lucky, who is the proprietor of Karnal Agri Seeds, delayed the spurious seed producers arrest and gave him time to disperse the spurious seed in his possession. “As per my information as many of twelve trailers of spurious seed were taken out of Karnal Seed’s unit in Dera Baba Nanak”.
Majithia said that Sukhjinder Randhawa had lost all the moral right to remain in office. He said that an action should be initiated against him for giving shelter to the prime accused. He said no action was taken in the matter even now it would become clear that the Congress party and its central leadership including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi did not have any concern for the farmers of the country.
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Mr Majithia said the SAD had also informed Union agriculture minister N S Tomar about the scam and urged for an independent inquiry because the scamsters had distributed the spurious seed in neighbouring States also.
-PTC News
