Chandigarh, Dec 23: Terming the Ludhiana bomb blast incident as the most shocking and dastardly act, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said that forces inimical to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the state will never succeed in their nefarious designs in trying to destabilize the state.
Condemning this unfortunate and tragic incident, Mr Channi categorically said that everybody knows the timing and the handiwork of those forces, as the assembly polls are drawing nearer with every passing day, who were hell bent to hatch such conspiracies to disturb the hard earned peace and harmony in the state. He said, “It is the need of the hour to condemn such incidents in the harshest possible words by one and all.”
Giving directions to the Police authorities to carry on a detailed investigation to get to the bottom of this cowardly and inhuman act, the Chief Minister reiterated his firm commitment to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to book and give them exemplary punishment as a deterrent for others not to commit such crime in future. He said that any such attempt to disturb the law and order situation in the state will be dealt with sternly.
Connecting the sequence of the unfortunate attempt recently of sacrilege at Sri Harmandir Sahib and now the bomb blast in Ludhiana court complex at this juncture, Mr Channi said that all these indicates that several forces are actively involved in trying to create disturbances in the border state for their vested interests.
He said that people of Punjab must remain vigilant to curb the unholy designs of such forces threatening the very ethos of communal harmony, peace, brotherhood and amity.
Making his firm resolve, Mr Channi said that Punjab government would soon give a befitting reply to such anti-social forces adding these would not be allowed to create a bogey of terror to traumatize the innocent people in the wake of the forthcoming assembly elections.
Envisaging support and cooperation from the people, the Chief Minister appealed ti them to exercise restraint in this hour of crisis besides helping the state civil and police administration in maintaining law and order.
He condoled the death of the people who have been killed in the bomb blast and prayed to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and strength to the aggrieved family members to bear this irreparable loss.
Mr Channi said that Punjab government is solidly behind the kin of the persons who have lost their lives and those who have been seriously wounded during the blast.
