Suicide of Punjab villager triggers political uproar across the state

…against the Finance Minister, demanding his resignation. Congress party’s Punjab affairs general secretary-in-charge, Sachin Pilot, noted that while the party has nothing personal against Mr. Cheema, he questioned “ doesn’t the law demand registration of an FIR followed by a detailed probe when a person has mentioned the Minister’s name in his dying declaration? ’ The BJP has been demanding a CBI probe into the matter, even as its State president Kewal Singh Dhillon, stated that Singh’s death has exposed the AAP government’s “hollow” claims of eradicating drugs from Punjab. The…

…opposition parties of playing politics over “dead bodies”. Asserting that he had nothing to do with the matter, and since the case was currently before the court, he would refrain from commenting on it extensively. “ The opposition is doing politics over dead bodies and I have nothing to do with the matter. The case is currently before the court and therefore I will not make extensive comments on it. The family’s original statement is already in the public domain. People have seen it and know the facts surrounding the matter,” he stated recently. What lies ahead With Punjab heading into Assembly elections, due in…