Talking to reporters in Amritsar, Sidhu said, "The state government will give jobs to the eligible family members of those killed in the rail tragedy."
Sidhu also offered to take up the matter with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for any help from the state government in this regard.
Nobody would have blamed Dr Navjot Kaur had she not uttered this lie. First, she reached the venue late, gave her speech, and as soon as the accident took place, she just vanished.
Organizer of Dusshera event Saurabh Madan Mithoo releases video message,says ' Had taken all permissions,had alerted crowd atleast 10 times to not stand on tracks. I am extremely pained by the incident
The railways has said it was not informed by the organisers or the local administration that a Dussehra event was being organised near the tracks. It said Saturday the tragedy was a case of trespassing and ruled out any probe.
Saw a crowd of ppl around track. Immediately applied emergency brakes while continuously blowing horn. Still some ppl came under it.Train was about to stop when people started pelting stones & so I started the train for passengers' safety: Driver
Amritsar train accident: 40 out of 59 people killed identified, 36 bodies cremated
Don't give Amritsar train tragedy a political twist: Navjot Singh Sidhu
Defending his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was accused of leaving the accident site without bothering about the victims, the state culture minister said she was attending to patients at the hospital when allegations were being levelled against her.
Sidhu on Saturday had said he feels more comfortable in Pakistan than in South India.
Delhi: BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra addresses press conference on Navjot Singh Sidhu
After Mohammad Faisal’s statement, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) launched a scathing attack on Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and accused him of lying on this issue.
Kartarpur Sahib is the place where the founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev breathed his last. It is located 4 km across the India-Pakistan border.
Before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Congress party is trying to corner the government over the Rafale issue.
Sitharaman said that when a person of Sidhu’s stature hugs chief of Pakistani army it demoralises people of the country.
Calling Sidhu an 'agent' of Pakistan, she said that the cricketer-turned-politician was being used as a puppet by the neighbouring country.
Sidhu had alleged that the Parkash and his son-- former deputy chief minister of Punjab and SAD president-- had given orders to the police to open fire at protesters at Behbal Kalan in 2015 that led to the death of two people.
In 1999, a sessions court had acquitted Sidhu but the order was quashed by the high court, which convicted him. In 2006, HC awarded him a three-year jail term.
Sidhu, who was present at the swearing-in of his "friend" Imran Khan as the Pakistan Prime Minister on August 18 in Islamabad, has been claiming that he has been virtually instrumental in getting the Kartarpur corridor opened to devotees.
For the last several days, there had been media reports that Gen Bajwa was in favour of resuming dialogue with India, but his remark about "revenge" gives a totally different impression.
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