Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Ram Niwas, Advocate General B.R. Mahajan and others, continued to mislead the Punjab and Haryana High Court, media and the public with unabashed lies and half-truths.Khattar, who visited the Panchkula General Hospital just hours after the violence, had no idea as to how many people died in the incident. In front of TV cameras, he turned to some "IG saab" (Inspector General) and said 15 had died. Khattar replied: "Aap keh rahe ho toh 22 maan lete hain. "The administrative decisions were paralysed because of the political decisions," the bench observed.The High Court didn't mince words to accuse the Khattar government of succumbing to "vote bank politics" (the Dera had supported the BJP in the 2014 elections) and letting the Dera followers gather and create mayhem.

Source: Economic Times August 27, 2017 09:46 UTC