No political vendetta in handing over AJL case to CBI: Haryana Health Minister

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij today said there was no "political vendetta" behind the state government handing over the case pertaining to re-allotment of a plot to Associated Journals Limited ( AJL) in Panchkula to the CBI.

"The state government has no political vendetta in the AJL issue, and action has been taken as per the outcomes of the investigations conducted so far," he said after launching the VIBGYOR Bed Linen programme at the Panchkula Civil Hospital.

The central agency will examine the irregularities thoroughly and punish the guilty accordingly, the Minister said.

"Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda during Assembly sessions always asks (the government) to get the investigation done by an (independent) agency, and now he is alleging political vendetta when the case has been referred to the CBI," Vij said.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on December 16 had said the state government had handed over the matter pertaining to re-allotment of a plot to AJL to the CBI for probe.

Describing the Sutlej-Yamuna-Link (SYL) canal as Haryana's lifeline, the Minister said the Supreme Court has given its verdict in favour of the state and it must be given its legitimate share of water.

On demonetisation, Vij said people are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it reflected as Congress' Bharat Bandh call had failed to get public response.