BJP trying to destroy India’s diversity with their ‘divisive politics’: Amarinder

Kharar (Pb), Apr 21 :
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Sunday lambasted the BJP for allegedly trying to destroy India’s unique strength of diversity with their “divisive politics”. “The BJP is trying to destroy India’s unique strength of diversity with their divisive politics,” he said. Amarinder denied being soft on the Badals and asserted that he would not spare anyone found guilty, as per law, of any crime against the people of his state. “Even if Prakash Singh Badal is found guilty, he will be punished,” said the CM, but reiterated that he would follow the due process of law in accordance with constitutional norms. They (Badals) will have to face the consequences of their actions, if found responsible,” he added. “I believe in the Constitution and the rule of law, and am totally against politics of vendetta.., he said. He was referring to former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s earlier comment this year that his successor’s (Amarinder Singh) only aim was to put him behind bars. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch was then reacting to the chief minister’s address in the Punjab Assembly in February wherein he vowed to punish those guilty of the “horrendous” 2015 sacrilege incidents in the state. Badal had earlier termed the Special Investigation Team formed to probe sacrilege and police firing incidents in 2015 and Justice Ranjit Singh Commission set up by the Congress government as a “drama” and asserted: “Amarinder’s only goal is to put me in jail.”