Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) MLA from Amritsar North and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has resigned as chairman of the Punjab meeting’s committee on public assurances, reportedly over the dealing with of the investigations within the 2015 sacrilege instances.
In line with extremely positioned sources, Singh emailed his resignation to the Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan Tuesday, and it was but to be accepted.
A collection of incidents of sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib, thought-about to be a residing Guru by the Sikhs, occurred in 2015. Throughout a protest by Sikhs demanding justice within the instances, two individuals had been killed in police firing. The dual episodes snowballed into main political and election points within the state, resulting in the debacle of the SAD- BJP authorities within the 2017 meeting elections. The Congress authorities that changed the SAD-BJP too was seen as having didn’t convey the culprits to e book.
As chairman of the committee on public assurance of the meeting, Singh had undertaken an inquiry into the sacrilege instances. Nevertheless, as sources stated to ThePrint, he was upset over what he perceived as an try by the federal government to derail the continued investigations.
Authorities sources informed ThePrint that Singh had known as a gathering of the committee on 18 January and requested the Punjab DGP, Gaurav Yadav, and the chief secretary, V. Ok. Janjua, to seem earlier than them. Nevertheless, a day earlier than the assembly, the Speaker cancelled all scheduled conferences of the varied home panels and ordered heads of all such committees to satisfy him on 24 January. As an alternative of attending the assembly Tuesday, Singh despatched in his resignation.
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Help for Singh
The Opposition was fast to react to the information of Singh’s resignation. Chief of the Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa stated the Punjab authorities was taking part in with the feelings of Sikhs on the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and the alleged firing incident.
@AAPPunjab govt is taking part in with the feelings of Sikhs on sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the alleged police firing incident.
AAP MLA @Kvijaypratap has rightfully criticized his personal govt on varied events AAP’s non-serious strategy to doing justice on sacrilege.— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) January 25, 2023
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira pointed on the discontentment in opposition to the Bhagwant Mann authorities and tweeted: Discontentment brewing in opposition to inefficient working of @BhagwantMann govt as its personal Mla @Kvijaypratap has opted to resign in opposition to inaction over sacrilege instances! One 12 months of AAP rule has proved no change for the higher actually state of affairs worse than before-Khaira @INCIndia.
Not the primary time
This isn’t the primary time that Singh has made his displeasure over the functioning of the Mann authorities clear.
In November 2022, when Shiv Sena (Taksali) chief Sudhir Suri was killed in broad daylight in an Amritsar market, Singh, the MLA from that space, held the commissioner of police solely chargeable for the deteriorating regulation and order state of affairs within the metropolis. Singh even sought the highest cop’s dismissal. Nevertheless, no motion was taken in opposition to the police commissioner.
Singh had repeatedly expressed his displeasure over the dealing with of the sacrilege instances over the previous 12 months. In Might final 12 months, he wrote to the Chief Minister that the state authorities was gradual in pursuing the sacrilege instances within the courts.
In July, when a report within the sacrilege instances was submitted by the particular investigation workforce (SIT) of the Punjab Police to the Chief Minister, Singh had identified that there was little to cheer because the instances had been nonetheless pending within the courts.
Singh ridiculed his personal authorities in October when he stated that justice couldn’t be anticipated so long as the SIT constituted in the course of the time period of the previous chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh was investigating the sacrilege instances.
A 1998 batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre, Singh had sought untimely retirement from the pressure in 2021 and was given the ticket by AAP from Amritsar North to contest the elections.
Thought of to be a hero among the many Sikhs for the position he performed whereas in service within the investigation within the sacrilege instances, Singh had in October final 12 months additionally spoken on the Beadbi Insaaf Morcha (Sacrilege Justice Morcha), a physique looking for justice for alleged police firing victims in 2015 instances, at Behbal Kalan at Faridkot.
As an IG in Punjab, Singh was a part of the police inquiry into sacrilege instances. In Might 2019, he had filed a voluminous chargesheet within the case indicting then Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal as additionally his Deputy Chief Minister son Sukhbir Badal, who was the then house minister.
In April 2021, nevertheless, Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom quashed Singh’s investigation, including he had a political motive behind it. The 89-page judgment of the excessive courtroom pointed on the “malice”, “absurdity” and “theatrics” of Singh in furtherance of the political agenda of the “present dispensation”.
In the meantime, regardless of repeated makes an attempt by ThePrint, neither Singh nor Speaker Sendhwa may very well be contacted over the cellphone or by WhatsApp messages. This report can be up to date as soon as both of them responds.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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