Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has categorically stated that the State Government would not hand over the probe of the high profile Rs 6,000 crore synthetic drug racket to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of Indo-Israel project, �Centre of Excellence for Vegetable� (CEV), Badal today said there was no need for a CBI probe as the state police was investigating the case efficiently.
The alleged drug lord Jagdish Bhola has said he would reveal the names of three state Cabinet Ministers involved in the racket only to a central agency.
He refused comment on the possible tie-up between Manpreet Badal�s PPP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the next Lok Sabha elections. At the function, Badal said that there was a need for more ultra-modern �Centres of Excellence� for undertaking Research and Design (R&D) to promote agriculture diversification in state. �These �Centre of Excellence� will bring about the second green revolution that is required for bailing out farmers from the current agrarian crisis,� he said.
