Sidhu spreading misinformation-AG Deol,Punjab CM backs legal team

Amid Navjot Singh Sidhu's ultimatum, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi backed the government legal team on the 2015 sacrilege case.Speaking at an event, Channi on Saturday also raised the critical issue of drugs: "Our legal team managed to get permission to interrogate Gurmeet Ram Rahim in sacrilege case. Our lawyers are also fighting the case of drugs in the court and hopefully on November 18, the sealed reports will be opened," the Chief Minister said.

Advocate General Amar Preet Singh Deol also lashed out at state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, accusing him of "obstructing the functioning of the government".  "There is a concerted attempt by vested interests to malign the functioning of the Congress party in view of the coming elections in Punjab for their selfish political gain, by politicizing the constitutional office of the Advocate General of Punjab," Deol wrote in a brief statement. Sidhu's repeated utterances seek to derail the earnest efforts of the State govt to ensure justice in the drugs matter and the sacrilege cases. Sidhu is spreading misinformation to gain political advantage over his political colleagues, he further said in the statement. 

Sidhu had also objected to the appointment of APS Deol and Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota as the state’s AG and DGP by Channi who took over as the chief minister following Capt Amarinder Singh’s resignation on September 18 amid a rift in the state unit.Punjab has been seeing high drama before the elections as the Congress continues to make attempts to resolve internal differences. Sidhu had earlier openly rebelled against Amarinder Singh before he finally quit as the Chief Minister and the Congress, his party of four decades, to launch his own party.