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SAD asks Capt Amarinder to sack Patiala Sr Dy Mayor for violating quarantine, endangering lives of 300 persons

Patiala, April 24, 2020 (Yes Punjab News)

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to sack Patiala Senior Deputy Mayor Yoginder Singh Yogi for violating quarantine and endangering the life of 300 persons.

In a statement here, former minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said it was shocking that the Senior Deputy Mayor had endangered the lives of 300 persons by distributing food packets at a time when he should have been under quarantine. He said the Senior Deputy Mayor had been directed to home quarantine himself till April 29 but he chose to violate this safety precaution and came out to attend a public function six days before his quarantine period was to end.

Urging the chief minister to take immediate action, Mr Surjit Rakhra said it seemed politicians in his home district were a law upon themselves. He said there had been a steep hike in COVID-19 cases in Patiala in the last one week due to actions like these. He said in Rajpura alone there had been 24 new cases which were a direct fallout of gambling and hookah parties being held in the town under political patronage. He said strict action should be taken against all politicians involved in the Rajpura case also.

Mr Rakhra said exemplary action should be taken against the Senior Deputy Mayor because he had not only violated quarantine but had also lied to the media when contacted by stating that the pictures showing him distributing ration yesterday were old ones.

The SAD leader also asked Punjab Pradesh Congress President Sunil Jakhar to take severe action against the Senior Deputy Mayor saying he should be sacked from the party to send out a clear signal that such transgressions would not be be tolerated under any cost.


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