Warring condemns Haryana Police brutality against Sikh protestors Says, CM Saini owes an answer why peaceful protestors were beaten up Demands release of Sikh youth Chandigarh 14 August ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today condemned the brutality by Haryana Police on peaceful Sikh protestors in Ambala last night who were demanding release of two Sikh youth and an FIR against an accused who had rammed his car on people. Warring, in a statement issued here today, said that people were peacefully protesting in Ambala and seeking the release of two Sikh youths arrested arbitrarily by the Haryana Police. The PCC president also questioned the silence of the Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on the matter. He told Saini that he owed an answer to the Sikhs and Punjabis on the entire incident. He reminded him of his frequent visits to Punjab, where he is accorded best hospitality in true Sikh spirit and Punjabi tradition. “Be...
Instead of Accepting the Legitimate Demands of Sikhs in Haryana, Assaulting Them and Injuring Senior Leaders Is Highly Unfortunate : Giani Harpreet Singh
Instead of Accepting the Legitimate Demands of Sikhs in Haryana, Assaulting Them and Injuring Senior Leaders Is Highly Unfortunate : Giani Harpreet Singh
Chandigarh 14 August ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : In a press statement, Giani Harpreet Singh, President of Shiromani Akali Dal Punar Surjit, stated that a protest was held yesterday by Sikhs in Haryana demanding the registration of a police case against an anti-Sikh individual from Ludhiana for allegedly engaging in hooliganism. He said that instead of addressing this legitimate demand through due legal process, an attempt was made to suppress the voice of the Sikh community through force. During the incident, Jathedar Jagdish Singh Jhinda, President of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, along with several other people, was injured. Giani Harpreet Singh said the protesters had a legitimate demand that a case be registered against Gursimran Mand, who was allegedly involved in driving a vehicle into people, that the father and son be arrested, and that the Sikhs who had been unlawfully detained be released. He stated that when the administration failed to pay attention to these demands, the Sikh community was compelled to stage a protest and block the road.
Giani Harpreet Singh said that in a democracy, peaceful protest is one of the means available to people to make their grievances heard and seek justice. However, he alleged that the Haryana Police, which he said had already developed a reputation for being anti-Sikh, resorted to a lathi-charge, resulting in injuries to members of the Sikh community. He strongly condemned what he described as repressive use of force and demanded that the legitimate demands of the Sikhs be accepted immediately. He also called for action against the police personnel responsible for injuring people during the lathi-charge. “We pray for the Chardi Kala and speedy recovery of Jathedar Jagdish Singh Jhinda and all the Singh who were injured,” he said.
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