Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
The Congress today demanded an independent and comprehensive probe by some central agency after an Aam Aadmi Party Sarpanch Loverpreet Singh was nabbed with 4.5 kgs of heroin in Majithia in Amritsar district.
Reacting to the arrest, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that earlier also another AAP sarpanch had been arrested from Tarn Taran with heroin.
He pointed out, given the immense influence the AAP leaders wield over the police, it will be difficult to conduct and carry out an independent probe. He said, to ensure that the probe is fair and credible also, it must be investigated by some central government agency.
The PCC president noted that the Congress has been maintaining consistently that the AAP government had completely failed in curbing the drugs from the state and its ‘Yudh Nashya Virudh’ (war against drugs) was as bogus as any other scheme of the party.
Warring said, today’s arrest has exploded the claims of the AAP that it had succeeded in curbing the drug menace in the state while the smuggling of drugs was taking place under its nose. The AAP leadership cannot escape the responsibility for promoting and patronizing people like Lovepreet, he added.