AKALI DAL TO PROTEST IN FRONT OF CAPTAIN’s HOUSE ON JUNE 15

9 June 2021: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal will lead a protest  outside Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s residence in Chandigarh on June 15 to demand the dismissal of health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged irregularities in sale of vaccines and procurement of medical kits for Covid-19 patients.SAD will also demand that land acquisition for national highways be done on market rates and displacement compensation be offered to the affected landowners.

Making the announcement, party spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the vaccine and Fateh kit scams had shaken the conscience of Punjabis as the elected government and its members were profiting from their misery during the time of pandemic.

In addition “The Congress government has admitted its fault that it sold vaccines to private hospitals at huge margins and in turn allowed them to charge a premium. Instead of dismissing the health minister, Capt Amarinder Singh is shielding him and trying to silence the opposition by registering cases against senior Akali leaders for holding a peaceful and democratic protest to demand justice in the case,” said Cheema.