Ahead of the Congress disciplinary committee meet to decide on action to be taken against him, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said those who still have a conscience will be punished.The Congress disciplinary committee had on April 11 given a show-cause notice to Jakhar for alleged anti-party activities and sought a reply within a week.However, Jakhar chose not to reply to the panel.
“Aaj, sar kalam honge unke jinme abhi zameer baaki hai. (Today, those with a conscience will be beheaded). (My apologies to Javed Akhtar Saheb),” said Jakhar in a tweet.The meeting of the Congress disciplinary committee is expected to be held on Tuesday.
The AK Antony-headed disciplinary action committee of the Congress Tuesday recommended suspension of senior Punjab Congress leader Sunil Jakhar from the organisation for a period of two years.It has also recommended that veteran Congress leader from Kerala KV Thomas be removed from all party posts. A decision on the recommendations will be taken by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The recommendation for action against Jakhar came after the AICC in-charge of Punjab, Harish Chaudhary, wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi flagging her attention to some of his statements. Sonia Gandhi then forwarded the letter to the disciplinary action committee.In its show cause notice to Jakhar, Tariq Anwar, member secretary of the disciplinary action committee, referred to Chaudhary’s letter saying he had pointed out that “you have made derogatory statements against Congress leaders and also attributed motives to the leadership of thinking on communal lines while deciding the leadership of CLP Punjab.”
