Bathinda : Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s family members had minted crores of rupees through illegal sand mining during his 111 day stint as CM.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the election office of SAD-BSP candidate Darshan Singh Kotfatta at Bhucho in this district, Harsimrat Badal said “now after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of the chief minister’s nephew and recovery of money and goods worth Rs 11 crore it is very much clear and the sand mafia in the State is being run by Channi”. She also demanded the self proclaimed “poor” chief minister should tell Punjabis how the relative identified most closely with him was found to be in possession of Rs 11 crore benami money.
Asserting that there were also reports that the chief minister had shifted huge amount of cash from his Morinda residence to his official accommodation in Chandigarh, Badal said “this is a very sensitive issue and must be probed thoroughly, preferably by a senior judge”.