New Delhi:
A day after Punjab police launching an enormous operation to arrest Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh requested the federal government to keep away from creating an environment of terror within the state. Akal Takht is the best temporal seat of Sikhs, and Jathedar is its appointed head.
“Punjab has already suffered sufficient, and now it is time to transfer in the direction of a greater future,” he stated in an announcement.
He stated that Punjab has acquired deep wounds up to now and no authorities has taken steps to heal them.
He stated there may be nice discontent within the Sikh youth as a result of discrimination by the governments up to now. Some individuals are additionally brainwashing children and utilizing them for their very own political positive factors, he stated.
“Studying from the errors, the long-standing non secular, political and financial problems with the Sikhs needs to be simplified and the sensation of alienation among the many Sikhs needs to be eliminated,” Harpreet Singh stated.
The chief added that the discrimination every now and then has performed a task in creating a way of alienation among the many Sikhs who made probably the most sacrifices for India’s freedom. He urged the present governments to be taught from the errors made by their predecessors.
The non secular chief’s assertion comes at a time when the Centre and state are working collectively to arrest separatist chief Amritpal Singh.
Authorities have stepped up safety at a number of locations and suspended web and SMS companies throughout the state after his aides shared some movies on social media claiming that policemen have been chasing them.
The crackdown comes a month after Amritpal Singh and his supporters broke right into a police station with swords and weapons for the discharge of one among his aides. Six police officers have been injured within the conflict.