Mann’s guns still smoking

patiala: during campaigning for the punjab assembly elections simranjit singh mann, a senior leader of the panthic morcha, raised fiery anti-government slogans at least 150 places. now, even when the votes have been polled, his questions continue to reverberate, seeking answers from the ruling sad (b) government. ‘‘you know the cbi registered a case against a senior ias officer.what happened? instead of taking action against him or even put him under suspension, he was awarded with the home secretaryship? "badal had corrupt congress leaders would be put behind bars.have you seen any? jagir kaur is alleged to have murdered her own daughter. "giani kewal singh is facing charges of murdering his daughter in law.vice-chancellor ahluwalia is facing charges of harassing a girl student. this is the state of his men,’’ mann lashes out. he has more arrows in his quiver:‘‘badal keeps proclaiming to have opened an oil refinery to the state. let him tell us how many bricks have been laid so far? where is the science city? now punjab’s waters have been sold to haryana.’’ ‘‘they are going now,’’ he predicts,‘‘ but are blaming the press for their defeat.they are even criticizing the election commission.’’ fire-brand leader of the panthic morcha and president of shiromani akali dal (a) mann alleges that badal had made the shiromani akali dal a b-team of the congress and that badal and his ministers have promoted nepotism. but, defending his son’s entry into politics he says: ‘‘i was not in favour of launching my son in to politics.the panthic morcha allotted the party ticket.’’