Justice Ranjit Singh commission is yet to give report: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today dismissed allegations that Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh was denied an appointment for the submission of a report on sacrilege cases, saying the panel was yet to complete its probe and so the report was not ready for submission.

Interacting with reporters in the press gallery of the state Assembly, Singh said while the commission had completed its probe into the Behbal Kalan and Bargari incidents, other cases of sacrilege of scriptures such as the Srimad Bhagvad Geeta, Quaran and Sri Gutka Sahib were still being investigated.

Once the entire investigation was completed, the government would immediately take the complete report instead of receiving it piecemeal, he added.

To a question about Local Government Minister Navjot Sidhu's participation in television shows, the Singh reiterated his earlier stand that he did not find anything wrong with it.

It was Sidhu's source of livelihood, he said adding, "If someone asks me to give up agriculture tomorrow, do you really think I can do that, since it is my source of livelihood?"