CHANDIGARH: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia today demanded immediate withdrawal of the Z Plus security cover given to Bibhav Kumar, former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s OSD as well as Advisor to chief minister Bhagwant Mann.
Expressing shock over the development, Mr Bikram Singh Majithia said “forget norms, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has even thrown morality to the winds by granting Z Plus security cover to a person who was accused of molesting AAP MP Swati Mahiwal and even spent time in jail due to this”.
Asserting that there was no need to provide the security cover to Bibhav Kumar, Mr Majithia said “since Bibhav lives in Delhi his security can be overseen by the Delhi Police. Providing his seven security personnel round the clock is not justified under any circumstances”.
Asking chief minister Bhagwant Mann to tell Punjabis why he had taken this decision in his capacity as home minister, Mr Majithia said “the AAP government has failed to provide security and safety to tax payers in Punjab. It has failed to rein in gangsters and now even terrorist activities are on the rise. Jails have become a haven for criminals from where they conduct their criminal activities. In such a situation the chief minister should be allocating personnel on policing duties instead of taking steps to please his boss Kejriwal”. He also appealed to the Punjab Police to boycott this patently wrong decision. The struggle committee said that the pre-bidding conference for appointing a transaction consultant for the privatization of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam should be cancelled immediately, otherwise there is huge anger among the electricity employees. Electricity workers will strongly protest against the pre-bidding conference across the State.