A day after the arrest of one person by the Uttar Pradesh Police allegedly conspiring to kill SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday assured full protection by his Government for the Badals in view of the enhanced threat perception to their lives.

“I am cognizant of recent reports of increased threat perception to the lives of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, and will ensure full security is provided to both,” the Chief Minister said while talking to mediapersons after inaugurating a state-of-the-art Vigilance Bhawan, built over an area of 1.25 acres in Sector 68 Mohali at a cost of Rs 31.29 crore.

Amarinder, on the issue of stubble burning, said he was aware of the FIRs being registered against farmers who were burning paddy stubble in contravention of the prescribed guidelines of the National Green Tribunal. “The Government is bound to go by the law, even though I am sympathetic to the problem of the farmers,” he said.

To a query regarding the separate memorandums submitted by the SAD and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders to the Punjab Governor in support of the demands of the agitating teachers, the Chief Minister said that the Government was fully seized of the matter and was trying its best to resolve the issue.

“Services of nearly 40,000 employees, including teachers, needed to be regularised, which may take some time in view of the fiscal crunch faced by the Government,” he said.

“Meanwhile, the Government has already given an option to the teachers to continue in the existing pay scale or join at the basic pay of Rs 15,300 for three years before being regularised,” Amarinder added.

The new five-storied Vigilance Bhawan is a sprawling complex, equipped with work stations for employees, training or conference hall, meeting room etc, designed to provide a congenial atmosphere for efficient functioning.