Akalis gun for supercop Gill, stage walkout over obituary

CHANDIGARH The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) staged a walkout after Vidhan Sabha speaker Rana Kunwar Pal Singh read out the name of former Punjab Police director general of police (DGP) KPS Gill for obituary references on Wednesday, the opening day of the budget session of assembly.

Gill, who is credited with wiping out militancy from Punjab, died in Delhi on May 26.

“Freedom fighters and anyone who had done good to the society deserves an obituary. Gill killed thousands of innocent youths, so his name be deleted (from the obituary list),” said Sukhbir Singh Badal, leader of SAD MLAs. Then, all the 14 Akali MLAs present in House, walked out raising anti-government slogans. Former CM Parkash Singh Badal was not present in the House on Wednesday.

On Monday, the SAD had written to Amarinder and the speaker, demanding Gill’s name be deleted from the obituary list.

The speaker, while reading out the obituary references, said that Gill earned the acronym ‘supercop’ and played an important role in restoring peace in Punjab.

As the Akalis were walking out, some congress MLAs stood up and shouted at opposition members, leading to a ruckus.

Taking a jibe at SAD members, local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu demanded that the drug addicts who died during the ten years of the Akali government be also mentioned in the obituary list.

SUKHBIR SAYS GILL KILLED INNOCENT YOUTHS, SO HIS NAME BE DELETED FROM OBITUARY LIST; BJP MLAs STAY IN HOUSE

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ALSO WALK OUT

The Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) also staged a walkout over the Gill issue even as its ally Aam Aadmi Party stayed back in the House during the obituaries.

The two LIP MLAs, Balwinder Singh Bains and Simarjit Singh Bains, also walked out of the House, raising slogans of “Qatil (murderer) Gill” and “Shame shame Punjab sarkar”.

Talking to the media later, Amarinder justifed his government’s decision to pay tributes to Gill and said, “(Parkash Singh) Badal remained CM for 15 years because of Gill.