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ED should probe Punjab CM & Vikramjeet family's role in Phillaur’s illegal sand mining: Damanvir Phillaur
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, January 28, 2022: Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) national general secretary Damanvir Singh Phillaur said that CM Channi's recent visit to Phillaur to canvas for Phillaur's Congress candidate Vikramjeet Chaudhary, points to his involvement with illegal sand mining in Phillaur, as Congress MP of Jalandhar Santokh Chaudhary and his son Vikramjeet's links with the illegal sand mining trade is common knowledge in Phillaur. Damanvir Phillaur said, "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently recovered Rs 10 crore in cash from the house of the Chief Minister’s kin in its illegal sand mining probe, which is a serious matter, and has established that Channi is a beneficiary of the illegal sand mafia trade."
Phillaur further said, "Channi's closeness with the Congress candidate from Phillaur - Vikramjeet Chaudhary who he specially visited canvas also needs to be investigated by the ED. The ED investigation for which I have been clamoring will also prove the Chaudhary family's involvement with illegal sand mining in Phillaur."
"When I was in the Congress I demanded an investigation into the illegal sand mining in Phillaur but CM Channi turned a blind eye to this. I have also personally given live updates of the brazen manner in which illegal mining was going on in Phillaur. This was not possible without the blessings of the Chaudhary family, which has considerable political influence in the region, as Vikramjeet is the son of the sitting MP of Jalandhar - Santokh Chaudhary," said Phillaur.
He added that CM Channi also never took any action on my letter detailing the corruption of the Chaudhary family which makes it amply clear that he is hand in glove with the Chaudhary's. "There was clinching evidence to initiate action against the Chaudhary father-son duo in the matter of corruption in Panchayati Raj Departments, as a viral audio on the issue had made the involvement of the Chaudhary family in promoting 'vasooli culture' in Phillaur quite obvious. I wrote a letter to Chief Minister Channi, requesting him to look into acts of corruption and coercion of local MP Santokh Chaudhary and his family members but Channi did nothing. In fact, he rewarded Vikramjeet with a Congress ticket.”
Phillaur is also Damanvir's political constituency from where either his father Sarwan Singh Phillaur or he himself will be fighting the upcoming assembly elections on the Shiromani Akali Dal(Sanyukt) ticket.
It is noteworthy that Sarwan Singh Phillaur a six-time MLA and former Jail Minister and his son Damanvir Phillaur had recently resigned from Congress and joined Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) a party founded by Rajya Sabha member and Ex Union Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.