SAD urges Akal Takht to take action against Captain
AMRITSAR:
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demanded that Akal Takht should take action against Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh for attending the bhog ceremony of former Punjab DGP KPS Gill, on Sunday, citing that “Gill launched massive killings of Sikh youth during militancy.”
Terming Gill, who died of kidney failure in a Delhi hospital on May 26, as a “perpetrator” of atrocities against Sikh community, former MLAs and senior Akali leaders Virsa Singh Valtoha, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Vir Singh Lopoke, Harmeet Singh Sandhu and Ravinder Singh Brahmpura said they will move Akal Takht with written complaint against chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and another Congress leader Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, who accompanied him.
“On one side, Captain talks of 21 Sikh militants who were killed other hand, he lauded Gill against whom allegations of human rights violations are levelled,” they said.
Involving radicals’ Sarbat Khalsa-appointed jathedars in the issue, Valtoha asked them that why they are silent on the issue and why are they not taking action against Captain.
DAL KHALSA ASKS CM TO JOIN PRAYERS
In a press release issued here on Sunday, radical Sikh outfit, Dal Khalsa, asked chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to join prayers in memory of those killed during Operation Bluestar.
“Captain had resigned from Congress in protest against Operation Bluestar,” said party leader, Satnam Singh
“He should visit a gurdwara on June 6 and join ‘ardas samgam’ by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),” Satnam said.
“I am saying this to Captain in his personal capacity as a Sikh, and not as a representative of the state or as a Congressman ” he