Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann hailed the verdict of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing a bunch of petitions seeking the quashing of FIR and investigation conducted into the Behbal Kalan firing, said a press release by Chief Minister's Office, Punjab on Monday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday hailed the verdict of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing a bunch of petitions seeking the quashing of FIR and Investigation conducted into the Behbal Kalan firing.
Chandigarh Mar 25 PTI Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday targeted AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue asking who was stopping his partys government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious textSidhu the former Punjab Congress chief shared a video clip from last year in which Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is heard saying that action can be taken against the accused in the sacrilege incidents within 24 hoursSo who is stopping you nowArvindKejriwal Sidhu said in a tweetCongress MLA Pargat Singh too shared the video clip and asked Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Who is stopping you now In the clip posted by Sidhu on his Twitter handle Kejriwal is heard saying that the people of Punjab were angry at the inaction over the 2015 Faridkot sacrilege incidentsThe masterminds in the sacrilege incidents have not been punished till now I dont need to tell who the masterminds are The names are there in the report of Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh and Charanjit Singh Channi saab can go through that The culprits can be arrested within 24 hours Kejriwal said the clip addressing the mediaFormer IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh was part of a special investigation team probing the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan police firing incidents in Punjab He joined the AAP last year and was elected as MLA from the Amritsar North assembly segmentThe incidents of sacrilege and subsequent police firing had taken place in Faridkot in 2015 when the SAD-BJP government was in power in the stateThe previous Congress-led government was targeted by the AAP over its inaction on the issueThree cases -- theft of a bir copy of the Guru Granth Sahib from the Burj Jawahar Singh Wala gurdwara putting up of handwritten sacrilegious posters in Bargari and Burj Jawahar Singh Wala and torn pages of the holy book found scattered in Bargari -- were registered in 2015 PTI CHS VSD IJT
Amritsar Jan 29 PTI Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh a former IPS officer who took the political plunge last year to cleanse the system says he is just a candidate in the election but it is actually the people of Amritsar who are fighting the polls for himThe 52-year-old is the Aam Aadmi Partys candidate from Amritsar North constituency where he faces sitting Congress MLA Sunil Dutti former minister Anil Joshi who switched over to the SAD from the BJP last year among othersSingh is a prominent face of the AAP in Majha region where the party hopes to do well in the February 20 assembly electionsThe IPS officer retired prematurely last year and joined the AAP in June 2021 inducted into the party by its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Singh says he has joined politics to cleanse the systemSingh was earlier part of the Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 police firing cases related to the anti-sacrilege protests at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in FaridkotHe has also served as the Superintendent of Police city Amritsar in early 2000s and later as the Senior SP here between 2007 and 2009Singh has plans drawn up regarding what he intends to do for the people of Amritsar and Punjab if he and his party win the assembly electionImproving law and order eliminating the drug menace ensuring women safety health education are some of his and his partys priority areas he saysAll departments will work in a people-oriented community-oriented way and there will be zero tolerance towards corruption and we will give a clean administration says SinghAsked why he chose to contest from Amritsar he says My decision to enter politics was guided by people of Amritsar It was people who wanted me to contest from here and they prepared me for this mission Entire Amritsar is fighting my election People said they want an upright and honest people to come forward And Amritsar for me is like a family he saysHe says the AAP will eradicate the mafia raj from Punjab and the party has already drawn up a plan to eradicate the drug menace which he said has ruined the future of the thousands of youthListing other priority areas Singh says the holy city Amritsar will be made clean and green and a crime-free city Special focus will be on womens safety and prevention of crime against womenWhen I was SSP Amritsar common people and police jointly made what is still famous as Amritsar Model of Policing which was later adopted in Ludhiana and Jalandhar as well when I became Commissioner of Police there he saysHe said due to nexus between the mafia and some politicians drug menace continues to prevailBut we will break this nexus and those spreading drug menace will be put behind bars he asserts while adding that those youth who have fallen prey to the habit will be treated and rehabilitatedThe former police officer feels political interference has increased in the day-to-day working of the police forceWe promise that police will no longer work as per diktats of politicians We will free police from any political pressure People-oriented and community-oriented policing will be seen in Punjab especially in Amritsar he saysWhen I was in police service I was in double role -- on one hand I was very strict against criminal elements and on the other hand I had all love and respect for common people and tried to facilitate them in every way and they reciprocated with their love and blessings he said Singh said We have launched Punjab Bachao Mission and we are calling for total political transformation a revolution a change and we are getting big support from the general publicSpelling out his and his partys other priorities if voted to power Singh said education will be made job-oriented and new avenues of employment will be created for the youthClaiming that issues like environment may not be a priority for other parties Singh says the AAP will issue a green manifesto for Amritsar and environment protection figures prominently in our agendaHe also said that AAP leader Kejriwal delivers what he promises as he has done in DelhiWe give guarantee and Kejriwal ji has given these in power health and other areas and we have said we will give Rs 1000 to women each month he said PTI SUN VSD TIR TIR
Chandigarh Dec 21 PTI Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi seeking jobs for the victims of the 2015 post-sacrilege police firing incidents in Faridkot He also underlined that instead of giving jobs to the sons of MLAs the government should consider providing employment to those who were the victims of Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura police firing incidents Two persons were killed during police firing at anti-sacrilege protesters in Behbal Kalan while some persons were injured in the firing at Kotkapura in Faridkot in October 2015 It is a matter of utter discontentment that even after the passage of six years our government has failed to procure jobs for the victims who were brutally injured in firing incidents that happened during peaceful protest at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan said Sidhu in the letter It is the duty of our government to compensate these victims and their families of police brutality as they laid down their lives to save the honour of our Guru Sahib he stated Instead of giving preference in jobs on compassionate grounds to the sons of political leadersMLAs with sound financial background the government should seriously consider their plight and give them jobs as they put everything on stake to save the honour of our great Guru added Sidhu PTI CHS VSD HDA
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi has refused to accept the resignation of APS Deol’s as state Advocate-General, media sources said.
On Monday, Punjab’s Advocate-General APS Deol handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi.
State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had opposed the senior advocate’s appointment as he was at one time the counsel for two accused cops in a sacrilege and police firing case.
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi has refused to accept the resignation of APS Deol’s as state Advocate-General, media sources said.
On Monday, Punjab’s Advocate-General APS Deol handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi.
State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had opposed the senior advocate’s appointment as he was at one time the counsel for two accused cops in a sacrilege and police firing case.
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