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Badal convenes all-party meet on violence
CHANDIGARH, July 15: Accepting the vociferous demand of opposition parties, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has convened an all-p...
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CHANDIGARH, July 15: Accepting the vociferous demand of opposition parties, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has convened an all-party meeting here on July 22 to discuss the law and order situation and chalk out a common strategy to check revival of terrorism in the once trouble-torn border state.
Making this announcement in the State Vidhan Sabha during a one-day special session on Monday, Badal said it has been his endeavour to involve all sections in taking vital decisions. He sought the cooperation of “all political parties and all Punjabis” in maintaining peace in the State.
He also announced that investigations into two recent violent incidents in Bhatinda and Bagha Purana had reached crucial stages and affirmed that the culprits would be arrested soon.
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The demand for the all-party meeting was raised by leader of the Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Congress), Hardev Arshi (CPI) and Ajit Inder Singh Mofar (Akali Dal- Amritsar). The members voiced concern over the absence of a breakthrough in earlier incidents of blasts in Punjab and emphasised that the culprits should be brought to book with an iron fist.
The issue came up during the obituary references to those who had died during the past one month. These included victims of the bomb blast in a train at Lehra Khana.
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