SAD-BJP delegation meets Pb governor

A joint SAD-BJP delegation Sunday met Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore here, accusing the SIT of implicating SAD leaders in false cases linked to the 2015 police firing incidents in Faridkot.

The delegation comprised Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Punjab BJP president Shwait Malik among others.

The delegation submitted a memorandum to Badnore and urged him to "safeguard the democracy and democratic institutions by directing the Congress government in Punjab to put an end to the politically motivated and vendetta-driven probes and ensure no elected member is implicated in false cases", said SAD in a statement.

According to SAD's statement, Badal told the governor that "the Congress government was politicising the unfortunate incidents of firing which occurred in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan (in 2015)."
The SAD on Thursday had said it would boycott the special investigation team (SIT), probing the 2015 police firings in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan at mobs protesting