Manpreet Looks For Maluka’s Resignation; Gives Protest Call For May 23

Condemning the aggressive armed attack during a gathering of the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) on May 17, party president Manpreet Badal stated that this was the most recent case of the persecution and dispute unleashed upon the party by the administration.

“How can so many assailants, equipped with dangerous weapons come and vanish without the support of authorities? On May 20, the PPP will submit a memorandum to the governor, seeking resignation of Punjab education minister Sikander Singh Maluka. The memorandum shall also seek clear answers from police about who these attackers were,” he added.

The prevailing combine has been acting like harsh despots, out to brutally crush all type of elected confrontation, he said, adding that disastrously, Punjab police force is complicit in all these offenses.

“In actual fact, it is not only about this particular event. Never before in the state, have people felt so unconfident. They are being killed, ransacked, thrashed and assaulted by anti-social constituents who move around creating chaos with impunity, as they have the support of the state machinery. A spectre of fear looms all across Punjab. Even in the latest example, the government is trying to subvert the attention by terming the incident as an example of personal enmity,” the PPP chief said.

Manpreet also file a protest against the dangerous law and order state in the state, the PPP shall arrange a huge protest gathering in Bathinda on May 23.

“We urge all other political parties, NGOs and citizen organisations to come and participate in the rally,” Manpreet said.

“The people of Punjab need to make their voice heard against the awful offenses, which we have been subjected to. For a long time, we have been witnessing our families being disgraced, our females and elderly being thrashed, our youth being driven to suicide, our daughters being kidnapped and our fundamental rights being trampled over. I appeal to all of you, who love Punjabi, to come and participate in this rally against these crimes and injustice,” he added.