Stop political witch-hunt, arrest me: Badal senior

Chandigarh | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

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“Even before any inquiry was instituted into these incidents, Captain Amarinder Singh, PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar and senior party and cabinet colleagues had been pronouncing me guilty. Harsimrat hopes for a repeat in BathindaCHANDIGARH: A day after Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh said in the legislative assembly that the probe into the October 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan police firing cases “is going to go very high”, former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday offered himself for arrest. He also said that the political witch-hunt should be stopped. The SAD patron further added that after his arrival in Chandigarh, he rang up the state DGP, Dinkar Gupta, and told him that he was available in Chandigarh on Thursday for arrest and could wait if they needed time. He further informed the DGP, “Otherwise, I am available for arrest whenever, wherever you want me.”Attacking the Amarinder-led Congress government, a visibly upset Badal said, “There is no point in targeting and playing havoc with and harassing the whole state administration..