The ED has summoned Amarinder's son Raninder, in connection with its probe against him for alleged forex contraventions and holding of untaxed foreign assets.
"He (Jaitley) has ED, Income Tax department under his ministry and is using those against me and my family members to avenge his defeat (from Amristar Lok Sabha seat)," he alleged.
"Next time, the ED may summon me...This will be built up till (Punjab) elections. This has been happening because elections are round the corner..After seven months they will forget it," Amarinder claimed.
According to official sources, Raninder has been summoned by the ED to explain the alleged movement of funds to Switzerland and creation of a trust and a few subsidiaries in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands.
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The said instances have earlier been investigated by the Income Tax department and a case in this regard is currently in court in Punjab. The next hearing in this case is slated for July 26.
The Lok Sabha MP from Amritsar alleged that even Narendra Modi had spoken against him in Barmer during Lok Sabha elections in 2014 in order to help Jaitley win polls in Amritsar.
"When the BJP formed government, Jaitley asked a very senior officer to register a case against me within two months. The officer after few months even told him that there was nothing wrong against me," he claimed.
"He (Jaitley) is a petty man. They have done it with P Chidambaram, Virbhadra Singh," Amarinder alleged.
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On the issue of pro-Khalistan slogans raised in the Golden Temple today, on the 32nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Amarinder said people now do not care about such slogans.
He criticised SAD(Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann for raising such slogans in the Golden Temple and accused SAD of "raking up the issue of Operation Bluestar when elections come near".
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already expressed regret regarding Operation Bluestar, Amarinder claimed.
The first dharna will be held in Gurdaspur on June 8 against the alleged non-payment of Rs 250 crore to farmers, another in Jalandhar on June 13 against the "deteriorating law-and-order situation in the state, while the third one will be held in Lambi on June 18 against the alleged recruitment scam, he said.
The state Congress has also decided to launch a campaign to make people aware about the "failures" of the Central government and Punjab government on various issues including law and order, rising debt, farmers suicides.
The state Congress unit also announced formation of various committees including agriculture committee, manifesto input committee, Dalit welfare committee etc and Amarinder Singh said informing that committees will be announced shortly.