Ridiculing the statement of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal that he had nothing to do with the Operation Bluestar Memorial being set up by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandik Committee, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today said, he (Sukhbir) was lying and trying to escape the responsibility on the issue. He said, if that be the case both Sukhbir and his father should explain their position on the memorial and Balwant Singh Rajoana whom they have declared the ‘Zinda Shaheed’.Addressing a press conference here today, Capt Amarinder said, it was typical of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to “run with the hare and hunt with the hounds”. He said, Badals double standards were exposed as on the one hand he had given his approval to setting up of the memorial and on the other hand he was maintaining a silence while his son was trying to run away from the issue. “Who does not know that the SGPC and Akal Takhat are controlled by the Badals only?” he said, while asking, “is it possible that the SGPC president Avtar Makkar will do anything without their (the Badals’) knowledge.Apprehending clear designs behind the move, the PCC President said, it was characteristic style of Badal to create “controlled-destabilization” in the state to retain his relevance some way or the other. “Otherwise what is the logic of setting up a memorial after 28 years?” he asked.He reiterated his question to the BJP as why had the party maintained a silence on the issue or whether the party had submitted to the Akali agenda. “I am surprised as why the BJP is silent on the issue”, he remarked.Capt Amarinder said, the Operation Bluestar was a tragic event which he had also not approved of and he had resigned in protest. “But that does not mean we keep on raking up the issue time and again for narrow partisan and selfish purpose”, he observed, while adding Punjab needs to move forward and not backward as Akalis are trying to do.Reiterating that Rajoana was a terrorist who had killed the former Chief Minister Beant Singh, he condemned the Akalis for glorifying and making him a hero. He clarified that he had opposed only his death penalty as personally he was against capital punishment. “He is a killer and he should be treated as such and not as a hero as Akalis are trying to make him for vested interests only”, he made it unambiguously clear.Capt Amarinder was accompanied by local MP and National Spokesperson of the Congress Manish Tewari, Congress Legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar, PCC vice president Laal Singh, general secretary Arvind Khanna, MLAs GS Bhoparai, Gurkirat Kotli, DCC president Pawan Dewan, Malkiat Singh Dakha, Jassi Khangura and others.