Ludhiana, May 9 –
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Ludhiana West candidate Parupkar Singh Ghuman today said he would approach the Election Commission to demand action against Aam Aadmi Party candidate Sanjeev Arora and Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Jain for jeopardizing national security by establishing a private phone line to give information amidst Indian strikes against Pakistan.
In a statement here, Mr Parupkar Ghuman said it was shameful that Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Jain had held a press conference along with AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora to establish a phone line to give information to people during the current crisis with Pakistan. “First of all, the DC had no business making Sanjeev Arora sit with him at the press conference. What is even more serious is that Sanjeev Arora has established the phone line at his private office, and his staff is running it instead of the administration. If there is any leakage of sensitive information received by the phone line, it will constitute a violation of the Official Secrets Act. I will myself file a criminal complaint as a concerned citizen against the AAP candidate and the deputy commissioner if this happens”, Mr. Ghuman added.
The SAD candidate asked the AAP candidate to immediately dismantle the “war room” he had created, besides asking the deputy commissioner to exercise his authority and ensure such phone lines were established by the government only. “We cannot have the deputy commissioner becoming a hand tool of the AAP candidate”, he added.
Mr Ghuman, who went live on the issue and talked to the staff of the “war room” and advised them that they should not indulge in any illegal activity at the instance of Sanjeev Arora, also told them that legal action would be taken against them if they did not desist. The staff of the phone line admitted that the same had been established in the private office of the AAP candidate.
