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  Criminals We used to hear the stories of Bihar or Maharashtra where a group of Shiv Sainiks enters a government office beats some government officer and blacks his face. But this kind of incident had never happened in Punjab but now it has happened. And this was waiting to happen as its preliminary signs had started to show during the Moga Municipal Council elections. A political leader and his sons, with the help of goons had pointed their gun at the reporters and had kept the District Commissioner and Police Chief at the doors of a polling booth while they themselves had casted the votes. Another Akali Dal Legislator has shoot at a BJP Legislator and has put his car on fire. A few weeks ago another Akali Dal Legislator had abused a senior BJP minister in his own home. All these incidents indicate that except Prakash Singh Badal’s clean personality, criminal elements have entered the Akali Dal under his son’s leadership. During his 60 years of political career, Badal was never blamed of ruling with the help goons. When he is now at the last state of his political career and is about to retire, the second line leadership of his party is determined to tarnish his ‘gentleman leader’s’ image.   Incident This is an unimportant incident if we consider the geographical size of India but for the public of Punjab it has become an eye opener. This happened on June 19 in the District of Ludhiana. It was a very big incident which is an indication of the failure of the Punjab administrative machinery but for Punjab Government it has no importance. Chief Minister tried to ignore the matter by saying that the guilty will not be spared. But in reality nothing has been done. The accused people are wandering free while the police are so shameless that it has not taken any action against the accused people. It is not an unimportant incident that a Tehsildar (Megistrate) was pulled from his seat, brought into the open and mercilessly beaten by some miscreants. It did not end here. All his clothes (except undergarments) put off and then again beaten. When he was lying naked on the ground and goons of a political leader were mercilessly beating him nobody came to his rescue except a Khokhewala (tea bender) while all the other government officials remained only the meek [...]