A delegation, including Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday and demanded a CBI inquiry into state excise policy.
The delegation alleged that a scam was in the policy. “There has been a scam in Punjab Excise Policy just like it happened in Delhi. Just like the Delhi LG has ordered an inquiry into the Excise Policy case, we demand a CBI inquiry along the same lines in Punjab,” said Badal.
“For the first time, profit in album licencing has been increased from 5 to 10. So, we have demanded a CBI inquiry,” he added.
Taking to Twitter, the SAD chief said that they have demanded CBI and ED probes into the Punjab Excise Policy.
“I have submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Punjab urging him to order CBI and ED investigations into the Rs 500 crore scam committed by the AAP government in Punjab through its’tailored’excise policy, framed in accordance with Delhi Policy, which has already been found illegal and a case has been registered by the CBI,” he tweeted.
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi is facing the heat over its now withdrawn excise policy, with the BJP taking on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who heads the excise department.