Ex-CM blames cabinet secy for indecision

Rajpura: Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha, Captain Amarinder Singh said the decision to permit Indian Airlines' IC-814 plane from Amritsar airport was a case of "indecision" and "irresponsibility" on part of the Union cabinet secretary.
"They should have stopped the aircraft at Amritsar. According to what I am reading in newspapers, the then Punjab DGP Sarabjit Singh had asked Delhi for action, but it didn't respond.In fact, K P S Gill claims that he had made two calls to the then cabinet secretary, but alleged that he didn't take them. This is a case of indecision and irresponsibility on the part of the cabinet secretary," Amarinder said here on Friday.
Saying that revelations made by former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat in his book may be correct, Amarinder said, "Dulat served as RAW chief for four years and also remained Prime Minister's representative to Jammu and Kashmir. Why would he write untrue facts?"
Box: Amarinder to release Dulat's book in Chandigarh
Amarinder revealed that he would release former RAW chief A S Dulat-authored —Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years' in Chandigarh on June 29. "I have good relations with Dulat. He has asked me to release his book in Chandigarh and I am going to do that on July 29," Amarinder revealed at Rajpura and added, "I haven't read his book so far"
'Huge raise in salaries of MPs not wanted'
On a parliamentary committee's recent recommendation to raise salary and pensions of MPs by 10%, Amarinder said that given the economic health of the country, such a decision should not be taken. "Nobody is going to like it if public servants raised their salaries by 100%," he added