GURDASPUR (PB): The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor was Monday marred by an ugly controversy over its plaque as both the ruling Congress in Punjab and the opposition Akali Dal vied to take credit for the project.
The trouble started after State Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa objected to the names of the former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal being engraved on the plaque just hours before it was be unveiled by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
A fuming Randhawa, who was reviewing the arrangements for event in Mann village, took up the matter with the officials responsible and said he does not want his name on a plaque with the Badals.
He even went to the extent of putting a black tape on his name, besides that of the CM and other Congress leaders. The harried officials finally got rid of the plaque and the project was inaugurated on a screen but members of both the parties heckled each other’s leaders when they were addressing the gathering. (AGENCIES)
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