Balwinder S Bhundur says Suresh Kumar chose to exit after failing to oversee fulfillment of promises made to people as well as inability to act against Congmen indulging in multi-thousand crore scams
Chandigarh, July 22, 2020: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it seemed Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s chief principal secretary was convinced that the Congress ship was sinking in the State and that was why he was adamant on not taking back his resignation.
In a statement here, senior leader and mp Balwinder Singh Bhundur said earlier also Mr Suresh Kumar had tried to exit the Congress government twice because he felt that the government had failed on all fronts but the chief minister had persuaded him to stay on. He said however this time Mr Kumar was adamant on resigning and had even returned his official vehicles and staff because he did not want to have anything to do with the Congress government.
Mr Balwinder Bhundur said all upright officers were very concerned about their reputation as well as their legacy and this was true of Mr Suresh Kumar also who had joined the Capt Amarinder Singh government and was assigned with the task of fulfilling the various promises made to the people. “These included the complete debt waiver to farmers, ghar ghar naukari, unemployment allowance of Rs 2,500 per month to every unemployed youth and increase in social welfare scheme outlays. No headway has been made on any of these schemes forget fulfilling any scheme. That is why Mr Kumar is despondent and has chosen a gracious exit”.
The senior Akali leader said this was not all. “Obviously the plethora of scams during the Congress tenure must be weighing very heavily on Mr Suresh Kumar who is a very conscientious man. He must be feeling powerless to do anything vis a vis the Rs 5,600 crore liquor scam, seed scam and the central ration scam. Being the top bureaucrat in the State he must be aware how Congress leaders were looting the State exchequer. The fate of chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh, who chose to point out the loot of excise revenue, is before Mr Kumar. He knows it is not possible in the present set up to bring the corrupt Congressmen to book and this is why he has chosen to exit the government”, Mr Bhundur added.