Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh BadalCongress Legislature Party chief in Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday demanded that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal be dropped from the cabinet while accusing him of “patronising mafias”. Quoting from an RTI reply, Channi claimed “every type of crime had multiplied including rapes and crime against women” despite claims made by the Deputy Chief Minister about Punjab being “the most peaceful state”. The highest of 873 cases were registered in Jalandhar followed by 652 in Jalandhar and 353 in Hoshiarpur,” he said. Channi also questioned the government’s claims about improvement in infrastructure including better roads, saying the road accident figures claim otherwise. “Punjab witnessed registration of an average 11 road accidents cases with aggregate figure being 27,149 cases in 15 districts,” he said.

Source: Indian Express August 17, 2016 16:52 UTC