His reaction comes in the background of a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi being vandalised in Ludhiana by some persons on Tuesday.
SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia raised the issue in the state Assembly a day after his party colleague Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged in Delhi that Nath had a hand in the anti-Sikh riots.
"The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor is clearly a game plan of the ISI," CM Amarinder Singh said, adding a bigger conspiracy seems to have been hatched by Pakistan Army against India.
Many Punjab ministers have demanded his resignation over his jibe at Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and calling Rahul Gandhi as his 'captain'.
The Punjab chief minister, however, said that he acceded to Sidhu’s request for permission as he did not believe in stopping anyone from undertaking a “personal visit”.
The decision to build the corridor — from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district to the international border — was taken by the Union Cabinet on November 22.
A peaceful religious congregation in Amritsar was attacked few days ago, which claimed lives of 3 and wounded 19, including women and children.
“I'm happy to announce that police nabbed one of the two persons involved. 26-year-old Bikramjit Singh has been arrested. The other man will also be arrested soon. His name is Avtar Singh,” he further informed.
A reward of Rs 50 lakh was announced by the chief minister for anyone providing information on those involved in the blast that left three persons dead, officials said.
Commenting on Amritsar blast, Singh on Sunday said that the possibility of involvement of ISI-based Khalistani/Kashmiri terror groups could not be ruled out.
He also announced Rs. 5 lakh compensation for the kin of the dead and free treatment for the injured.
Amarinder Singh, who enjoys Z-plus category security cover, will get 16 brand new bullet proof Toyota Land Cruiser luxury SUVs in his fleet. Each of these vehicles will cost over Rs 1.70 crore
The teachers were trying to find out which of the girls was wearing a sanitary napkin, after one was found in the school toilet, officials said.
The prime minister was sympathetic to the problem of farmers, said Singh, who is pressing for Rs 100 per quintal compensation to farmers to check stubble burning.
Reiterating that there was no question of going soft on the former Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh told the media here that "it was not possible that Badal was not aware of the police firing".
To hold Rahul Gandhi responsible for an act, of which he was not even aware when it happened, was completely ridiculous, said the chief minister.
The Chief Minister has directed the Chief Secretary to work out the modalities and have the necessary notification issued in this regard, an official spokesperson said.
The CM said that the decision to realign the state board syllabus with the NCERT was taken by the SAD-BJP government in 2014.
The Chief Minister, who wrote to Sushma Swaraj on the issue, also called her to speak to her personally to ensure that the central government makes all efforts to bring the mortal remains of the deceased to India for the last rites.
The move is aimed at checking the trend of hookah, hookah bars, and the use of tobacco in various forms among youngsters, an official said.
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