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BJP, Akali Dal demand FIR against Amarinder

Also dare Punjab Chief Minister to a debate on alleged scam

Ludhiana: The BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday petitioned the Police here to register an FIR against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and some others for their alleged involvement in a real estate "scam".

In a petition to a local police station, BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley and SAD general secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal said that a case should be registered against the Chief Minister, Local Government Minister Jagjit Singh and Ludhiana Improvement Trust Chairman Paramjit Sibia under Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the alleged scam.

He also dared the Chief Minister to join in a debate on the alleged scam in Ludhiana City Centre with Badal and party MP Navjot Singh Siddhu.

"We challenge the Punjab Chief Minister to participate in a debate on the real estate scam. From our side Sukhbir Singh Badal and Navjot Singh Siddhu will participate in it," Jaitley told reporters here.

He said the debate could be telecast on any national TV channel of Amarinder Singh's choice.

Asking Amarinder Singh why he was scared of ordering a CBI probe, Jaitley asked, "If he really saw nothing wrong in this project then why he had dissolved the Trust and ordered vigilance probe."

Terming the city centre project as a "deal structured for corruption", Jaitely alleged that at the behest of the Chief Minister the Government "deliberately changed the terms of agreement so as to allot this project to a private company". PTI

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