Orbit ban: Congress demands action against Sukhbir Badal

Despite the Parkash Singh Badal-led government ordering the ban on Orbit buses over the Moga incident, Punjab Congress Committee president Pratap Singh Bajwa on Saturday demanded action against Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.

"Sukhbir Badal should be booked under Section 304. Supreme Court says that not only employees but employer of the company would be held responsible if people's security is concerned," he added.

"Have appealed to courts that they must take this matter up suo moto and book Sukhbir Singh and Directors (of Orbit buses)," he further said.

Bajwa claimed that the state government got panicky after his party 'gheraoed' the Orbit company's headquarters in Bathinda and Mohali.

"When Congress decided to gherao headquarters of Orbit buses in Bathinda and Mohali, the government got panicky," said Bajwa.

Under sharp criticism over the Moga molestation case, the Punjab Government today jumped into action and ordered all Orbit buses off the roads with immediate effect.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who issued the order, asked the company to send its bus operating staff on orientation course.

He said no bus belonging to the company should be back on the road until the orientation course is completed.

A 13-year-old girl died after she and her mother were allegedly pushed off a moving bus after resisting a molestation attempt on April 29.

The incident took place in one of the buses owned by the transport company.

Sukhbir Singh Badal co-owns the Orbit Aviation Pvt Ltd, which owns the Orbit Transport Company.