DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The SAD-BJP on Friday decided to fight the excesses being committed on Punjabis by Congressmen who were openly looting the State coffers even as it demanded an independent inquiry into the alleged Rs 5,600 crore revenue loss incurred by the State in the liquor scam, besides immediate relief to the common man and the industrial sector. In a meeting of the SAD-BJP coordination Committee which was jointly presided over by SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal and State BJP President Ashwani Sharma, it was decided to meet Governor VP Singh Badnore to present a memorandum to demand independent inquiries into the liquor, seed and ration scams besides immediate release of sugarcane dues to farmers. The meeting jointly held that the government had tried to cover up the Rs 5,600 crore liquor scam by affecting a compromise between the chief secretary and the group of ministers who had been exposed by the former. "The issue of loot of the State treasury remains. It is of utmost importance to order an independent inquiry into the scam to ascertain how the spoils were shared between the different Congress leaders. The role of various distilleries including that of the family of the Religious Advisor to the chief minister which had already been exposed by the seizure of two truckloads of illicit liquor. There is also the issue of ENA supplied to front men of Congress leaders Madan Lal Jalalpur and Hardyal Kamboj who operated the illegal bottling plants". (editor@dailyworld.in)