Chandigarh, September 19, 2020 : Taking serious cognizance of the matter, Punjab Chief Minister on Sarurday ordered shifting of the Sardulgarh BDPO to Headquarters, and immediate withdrawal of the letter issued by him regarding some farm protests which he incorrectly claimed to have been organized by the Punjab Government.
The Punjab Government has not organized any such protest, as claimed by the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO), said a government spokesperson. Far from organizing any protests, the government, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, has in fact been appealing to all political organisations to refrain from organizing any public gatherings in the light of the Covid pandemic, he said.
The overzealous BDPO had, on his own, announced a protest dharna on September 21 and had issued a letter asking all Panchayat Secretaries under his block to intimate all sarpanches about the same. He had also wrongly claimed that Ministers/MLAs will also join these protests, said the spokesperson, rejecting any such plans by the state government.
The Punjab Government had neither planned such protests against the farm ordinances nor asked the BDPO to issue the letter in question, said the spokesperson, adding that the Chief Minister has asked the concerned officials to inquire into the whole affair and pin down the responsibility for this incorrect communication.
