The arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case was described as a ‘political vendetta’ by the party’s Punjab unit leader Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday, who stated that the party will fight till the end.
Khaira was arrested at his home earlier on Thursday and then placed on a two-day police remand by Fazlika’s Jalalabad court in connection with a drugs smuggling case from 2015. Fazlika’s Jalalabad court ordered Khaira to be held in police detention until September 30.
Warring stated that a delegation of the Punjab Congress had gone to meet Khaira ahead of protes by the Congress in Bhatinda, but they were informed that Khaira had been shifted to Fazlika jail.
“Vendetta politics is being done by involving him (Sukhpal Singh Khaira) in an old case. We will first meet Khaira and after meeting him we will decide what we have to do. This is being done to take revenge,” Punjab Congress chief Warring said while speaking to reporters.
“We can’t be silent. We will fight till the end,” he added.
Protests broke out in several districts across the state with Congress workers agitating against the AAP government on Thursday.
The Congress delegation also met with Governor Banwari Lal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Thursday evening and briefed him in detail on Khaira’s detention.
After addressing the Governor, Congress Punjab unit chairman Amarinder Singh Raja Warring told media that the border state was subject to Jungle Raj.