Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa wrote to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on June 2, urging him to forward the matter pertaining to Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak, who is facing charges of "sexual misconduct", to the Chief Justice of the high court to treat it as a suo-motu writ petition.
"To do justice in the case of Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak, I urge the Hon'ble Governor of Punjab to forward the matter to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to treat it as a suo motu writ petition and hand it over to the CBI for a fair investigation," Mr. Bajwa, the leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly, said in a tweet.