Chandgarh, February 25: Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the Kartarpur corridor would not be allowed to shut down “at any cost”.
He said the Punjab government had left no stone unturned to make the corridor a success.
Replying to the opposition demand to dismiss DGP Dinkar Gupta, over his purported statements on Kartarpur Sahib, the CM said the DGP had already apologised and the opposition was milking the issue for political capital.
“Everyone makes mistakes,” he said
Singh said everyone should understand security concerns of the country vis-à-vis a hostile neighbour.
MLAs stage walkout
The CM defended his cabinet colleague, Bharat Bhushan Ashu after a suspended DSP had alleged that he had harboured a group of terrorists in 1992.
“The TADA case being raked by the opposition against the Minister has already been closed,” he said.
When Singh said there was no need to discuss a “25-year-old closed TADA case”, AAP and SAD MLAs said they wanted to know why a 32-year-old case against Akali leader Virsa Singh Valtoha had been opened.
Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa said: “Why did the Akali government, led by Parkash Singh Badal, not open Anshu’s case for 15 years?”
SAD and AAP MLAs then marched to the Well of the House, demanding pending cases Ashu be opened. They proceeded to stage a walkout after this.
