Punjab Cabinet Minister and senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday lashed out at Akali Dal, “directly responsible for the heinous crime of desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and firing on innocent Sikhs”, for conniving with its political ally BJP to shield the culprits through Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Randhawa said that Akalis were desperate to scuttle the ongoing investigations through moving an application in a CBI court, which had exposed the Badals trying to save the skin of those indulged in said crimes, with now the cat is out of the bag.

 “Whenever the SIT progresses its investigation, the perplexed Badal family bow before BJP’s national leadership to seek favour from its puppet CBI, which is dancing to the tunes of Akali Dal, which has already abrogated the rights of Punjab, Sikhs and farmers,” said Randhawa adding that subsequently, the Akali Dal has recently extended unconditional support to the anti-farmers ordinances.

Randhawa pointed out that Akali Dal never wanted that truth of sacrilege and firing incidents should come forth.

“The investigations into these heart wrenching incidents occurred in 2015 are being deliberately handed over to CBI to prolong the case so as to put it in under wraps,” he alleged.

He pointed out that when the Congress Government constituted SIT to investigate these cases, CBI submitted a closure report in the court.  Later when SIT was moving ahead in its investigation step-by-step to deliver justice by exposing real culprits, the CBI again on the behest of Akali Dal was creating hurdles in the Court.