Congress leaders from Punjab addressed a press convention on the eighty fifth plenary assembly of the get together in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur on Saturday to sentence the pro-Khalistan stand of radical preacher Amritpal Singh, terming the storming of Ajnala police station by Singh’s supporters as a failure of the state and central governments, the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Border Security Force (BSF).
“We want India. We do not want Khalistan. 99.99 per cent people in Punjab do not want Khalistan,” Punjab PCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring stated.
Warring stated that in October final yr, he had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah asking the federal government to observe the actions of Amritpal Singh however acceptable motion was not taken. “I had written a letter to Amit Shah about Amritpal Singh in October. I had raised concerns asking them (the home department) to keep an eye on his activities. We lost a lot 40 years ago due to this. Even Amit Shah had said he is concerned about the deteriorating law and order issue in Punjab. So what did Amit Shah do when he knew about this issue? This is very dangerous politics. Punjabi people are being divided,” Warring stated.
“Why was an FIR registered wrongly? Why did you not publish the one who registered it? Also, if the FIR was rightly registered, then letting off an accused is wrong! There is no comment from the chief minister on this. Our resolve against this (secession) is clear. Back then, (Khalistani) terrorists said those who fight elections will be killed in 1992. But Congress fought and won elections. Many leaders were butchered. But we will die safeguarding Punjabis,” he added.
Partap Singh Bajwa, the chief of the Opposition within the Punjab Legislative Assembly, stated that Punjab has not witnessed the storming of a police station since India grew to become impartial. “It has never happened in Punjab in 75 years (of Independence) that a man (Amritpal Singh) tells the police that he will get an arrested person released from jail and succeeded in doing so. The police took back their case. This is a failure of the state government as well as the central government. Unfortunately, there is not a single statement from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann,” he stated.
“This is a very important issue for the entire country. We are secular and nationalist. Being a border state, Punjab has faced a lot of violence from the 1960s to the 1980s and secession. About 2,500 people from the Congress party have died due to this conflict of secession. Finally, we were moving towards the road to recovery and this happened,” Bajwa added.
‘Waris Punab De’ group’s chief Amritpal Singh’s enter Ajnala police station demanding launch of his affiliate Lovepreet Singh Toofan. (Express photograph by Rana Simranjit Singh)
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, a former deputy chief minister of Punjab, stated the storming of the police station was an entire failure of IB, RAW and BSF. “Punjab is the head of India. This is a national security threat. We condemn it. Bhagwant Mann and BJP are trying to end the peace in Punjab,” he stated.
Former minister Vijay Inder Singla stated the state of affairs will have an effect on Punjab’s economic system because it did prior to now. “Many people took their investments away from Punjab when such a conflict took place in the past. We want the work environment to be peaceful. If such instances continue, we will lose on investments. This will affect the economy. Punjab cannot afford this again,” he stated.
On Saturday, in a Twitter submit in Punjabi, with out naming Amritpal Singh, Mann stated that those that use the Guru Granth Sahib as a protect can’t be heirs of the state.