Amritsar: BJP Senior Leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina today came down heavily upon the Congress’s state government for denying justice to the families whose loved ones were killed in the train mishap at Jaura Fatak. He said no responsibility has been fixed even after so many days of the mishap and the main organizers are scot free and are being `protected’ by the Congress leaders.
Calling the killing of 61 people as one of the worst massacre of negligence in Indian history, he said the Congress has lost the moral ground by protecting the culprits. Chhina added that the Congress party’s name is synonymous with the massacre as their Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Najot Kaur who was present at the Dushera function has virtually absolved themselves from the sad and shocking accident where innocent lives were mowed down by a train and has left the entire nation mourning.
Chhina demanded the immediate sacking of Punjab Local Bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and registration of a murder case against Navjot Kaur Si and organizers of Dussehra function including Madan Mithu and others who were responsible for abetting the Amritsar tragedy. Terming the man-made disaster as unparalleled on account of the criminal negligence and sheer abetment he termed the inquiry b chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh as sham as how can a Divisional Commissioner leve.
He said the Congress Government has muzzled the voice of the poor by instituting a tailor made inquiry with the sole aim of giving a clean chit to the culprits and putting the blame squarely on the Indian Railways like it was doing to every other section of society. It said this was being done despite the fact that the victim families were ready to present irrefutable evidence against a Congress councilor as well as Navjot Kaur Sidhu for abetting the tragedy.
He said there were ample evidences against them in the public domain and that this should be taken into account while proceeding against both of them. “Keeping all these facts into account there was no possibility of a free and fair inquiry by a magistrate who was reporting to cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu and his family.” said he condemning the casual attitude of Navjot Sidhu.
Expressing his anguish on the horrifying state of affairs, Chhina said that it was condemnable that the state was refusing to take action against the Congress leaders despite worldwide condemnation and a demand that the guilty be prosecuted however high and mighty they may be. He accused Sidhu of engaging in low level politics and practicing double standards by pin pointing fingers on BJP-SAD leaders for small incidents and at the same time denying responsibility and taking a U-turn on this grave issue.
“The videos surfacing on social media justify accusations against Congress leader Navjot Kaur for being close to culprits including Mithu and protecting him even now when he is required to be taken into custody. She is quoted in media saying Mithu is in regular touch with her after the incidents which self evident of Sidhu couple’s involvement in the case.