Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Abohar/ Lambi/ Bhatinda, Congress Legislature Party leader Charanjit Singh Channi today served 4-day ultimatum on the Parkash Singh Badal government to arrest and register a criminal case against Akali Dal leader and liquor baron Shiv Lal Doda and his nephew Amit Doda at whose farm house Bhim Tank, a Dalit was brutally murdered earlier by chopping his limbs while his associate was grievously injured.
He said in case of the failure of the government to act within the given time limit, all the safai karamchaaris of Punjab will stop their work in the state. This will be statewide strike and no safai karamchaari in the state will perform his duty.
Channi also appealed to all the like minded political parties of the state to come on a common platform to address this issue of a Dalit Family.
Channi accompanied by Sh. Sunil Jakhar, Senior congress leader and MLA Abohar visited the family of Bhim Tank earlier in the day and assured all legal help. Such help would be provided to every Dalit family that is victim of such atrocities committed by the Akali leaders.
“I myself born in a poor family and fully understand your pain. I will fight till the last to get you justice”, he told the family.
He announced that a 3-member committee of MLAs would be constituted in consultation with state party chief Capt Amarinder Singh to probe and help the cases of atrocities against Dalits in the state.
He termed the SIT constituted by the state government to probe the heinous crime of chopping of limbs of Bhim Tank and his associate as an eyewash saying going by the earlier experience, such probes had only been ordered to save the culprits.
Channi attacked Chief Minister S Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal for protecting the accused who are part of the Akali Dal. He warned that the Akali Dal-BJP rulers would have to pay dearly for working such atrocities against the weaker sections.
He assured them that the Congress would fight at every level against the Akali Dal-BJP combine to protect the interests of the Dalits in particular and the weaker sections in general. He said the brutal murder of Bhim Sain was an example of the brutal face of the Badal government that is anti-poor and anti-dalit.
