Chandigarh: Criminal lawyer Amar Preet Singh Deol, who resigned as advocate general (AG) of Punjab last week, lashed out at state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, accusing him of “obstructing the functioning of the government”.
Sidhu had criticised Charanjit Singh Channi government over appointment of Deol and resigned from his post.
“Navjot Singh Sidhu’s repeated utterances seek to derail the earnest efforts of the State govt to ensure justice in the drugs matter and the sacrilege cases. Sidhu is spreading misinformation to gain political advantage over his political colleagues,” he wrote in a statement.
He was appointed on September 27, but resigned on November 1 as Sidhu had objected to the appointment of APS Deol and Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota as DGP by Channi who took over as the chief minister following Capt Amarinder Singh’s resignation on September 18 amid a rift in the state unit.