Patiala News - Patiala
May 3rd, 2013
Sarabjit Singh’s demise after a wicked assault in a Pakistani prison actuated protests crosswise the country on May 02, with individuals hitting the avenues in Punjab, Jammu, Bihar and Kolkata.
After this accident, the key orders have been passed that Pakistani prosoners should be kept away from Indian prisoners.
DGP Jail Rajpal Meena told that there are around 57 Pakistani prisoners detained in various Punjab jails.
He said that due to the security of Pak prisoners, an order has been passed to keep them away from Indian prisoners.
For the time being, the Pak prisoners will not be allowed to come out of their barracks.
Patiala Central Jail Supt. Bhupinder Singh Virk also told that the Pakistani hijackers (Abdul Latif, Yusuf nepali and Dilip Bhujel) of Indian Airline’s IAC-814 aeroplane, which got hijacked on December 24, 1999, have been detained in Patiala jail.
He stated that it has become vital to keep Pakistani prisoners away from the Indian prisoners.
No one has been permmitted to make entry in the area where these 3 prisoners are kept.
May 3rd, 2013
Prior to the central bank’s (RBI) monetary plan appraisal, public sector lender State Bank of Patiala wanted 0.50 per cent slash in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) that, in turn, will assist in cutting down the lending rates.
“We anticipate 50 basis points (0.50%) slash in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR),” SBoP’s MD Achal Kumar Gupta stated when questioned about anticipations from RBI’s monetary plan appraisal slated to be held on May 3.
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is proportion of deposits that banking institutions have to keep with the central bank in cash.
As per bank representatives, meager cut in repo rate would not cause decrease in the rates of lending.
Repo rate is the charge at which central bank lends money to the banking institutions.
“The rate of interest should drop for expansion to take off. Meager repo rate cut without cut in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) will not diminish rate of interest,” stated SBI’s Chief General Manager S Vijay Kumar.
Mr. Vijay Kumar added that it was very important that the central bank should also diminish the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) Â that would permit more funds coming with the banking institutions for lending.
During the past week, CII President Kris Gopalakrishnan had pitched for 50 bps slash in lending rates with the intention to bring extra investments needed for pushing economic expansion.
May 3rd, 2013
Well known boxer Ram Singh, detaine din the month of March with regard to a huge quantity of heroin and other illegal drugs seized in Punjab, got bail on May 02.
Mr. Kuldip Singh, Fatehgarh Sahib special judge, forwarded the bail orders.
Following the detention of expatriate Anoop Singh Kahlon, the police officials had claimed to have busted a global drug-trade racket running from Punjab.
Last month, the state police officials dismissed Ram Singh as head constable in the force.
The police officials had charged Singh with consuming heroin purchased from Kahlon and Kulwinder Singh “Rocky”.
The outcomes of his blood, urine and hair tests are awaited. There is no reference that any other evidence is to be accumulated.
Devinder Attri, station house officer of the ditrict, has registered a report that the functionaries had pressed charges against Singh under Section 27 (punishment for prohibited possession of small amount of drug for personal use) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act only for the moment.
The maximum punishment below the law is thorough detention up to 1 year or a penalty of around Rs. 20K or both.
Ram Singh’s advocates Mandeep Singh Bains and Jashandeep Singh forwarded in court that Section 27 of the NDPS Act was regarding sentence for having any illegal drug, and it was yet to be witnessed it could be relevant to any preceding consumption as well. Under schedule 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), taking heroin is a crime carrying custody of below 3 years or penalty, and the man charged can obtain bail and be tried in any court.
The CrPC has been made applicable to the proceeding before the special court as allowed under Section 36 (c) of the NDPS Act. However, Section 37(i) (a) of the law turns each crime under the NDPS Act cognizable, whilest the right to bail has been confined in Section 37(i)(b) pertaining to a few other rules and offence including commercial quantity. The counsel indicated that Section 37(i)(b) was not appropriate in the current case, since the blame against Singh for the moment was under a law, which was permissive.
The court has ordered Singh to be freed on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 20K with like security to the agreement of the region magistrate.
May 3rd, 2013
Shocked at the release of Congress head Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases of anti-Sikh riots, several displeased Youth Akali Dal members staged protest in the city of Patiala.
At Anardana Chowk, the members along with ex city mayor Ajitpal Singh kohli carried out a rally shouting slogans and carrying posters such as ‘Hang 1984 offenders’ and ‘Give us integrity’.
To show their anger, they also burnt the dummy of Sajjan Kumar.
“After a long period of thirty years we are yet to get fairness. Administration should feel mortified. We will never disremember and pardon who permitted offenders get scot free. We want integrity,” one of the protesters statedd.
Kumar, an ex Congress MP, was released by a court in the national capital in one of the key cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP also statedd, “The Congress party has been attempting to put a cover on this issue since 1984 so I am not surprised at all.”
“Thirty years have gone. We shall follow it in a relentless manner till justice is given. We shall not give up,” he said.
The court discharged Sajjan in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case whilst pronouncing 5 others for being a part of the mob, which murdered 5 Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment’s Raj Nagar region
May 3rd, 2013
World-acclaimed Odissi dancer, Kavita Dwibedi was in the city of Nabha on April 30 to perform at an event organised by Punjab Public School (PPS).
She begun the program with a religious pray.
She has also given tips to pupils about the importance oc classical dance specifically Odissi dance. With her dancing, she won hearts of all the watchers and bagged praise from all the sides.
On foreign pupils at her school
“Devotion is what matters to me, while admitting pupils, At the present time, I have only 15 pupils and 3 of them have got national scholarships. It is an awe-inspiring feeling to witness NRIs and foreigners show curiosity in Odissi, after witnessing performances. A minimum of 15 years is necessary to become an expert in this dance form.”
On 25 years of being an Odissi dancer
“Journey was appealing, however the top notch portion was performing in front of school kids via SPIC MACAY. When one dances in front of kids, one has to turn it as attractive as possible for them to keep them occupied. I was told that lots of pupils in Nabha learnt a variety of dance types and so I made my mind to bring them on stage with me”
On performing in Punjab
“I visited Ludhiana, 4 years ago, and now the whole city has altered a lot for good. I have also given my performances in Nabha, Chandigarh as well as Patiala, Kurukshetra in Haryana, and Nahan in HP. I will also be visiting the holy city of Amritsar.
May 3rd, 2013
New senior superintendent of police (SSP) Hardyal Singh Mann on May 02 joined Patiala office, and stated that involving common individuals in the police act would be his main concern.
Punjab Police Service officer Hardyal Singh, who was former SSP in the neighboring region of Fatehgarh Sahib, stated that he would concentrate on preventing the smuggling of drugs through the city’s border with the state of Haryana.
“I will come out with a special proposal to control traffic in Patiala during rush hours on working days,” Hardyal stated.
“Beefing up police stations and filling the positions there are also on my mind,†said the new SSP.
Hardyal Singh substitutes PPS officer Gurpreet Singh Gill, who has been shifted to 36 Commando Batallion in Bahadurgarh.
Gurpreet’s term as superintendent of police (SSP) was free of contention.
The new superintendent of police (SSP) is known to be a specialist in big probe and busting big illicit networks.
As SSP in the city of Mansa, Hardyal Singh Mann had debunked one of the largest networks of unlawful guns trade.
In the region of Fatehgarh, he cracked the heroin case linked to Olympic wrestler Vijender Singh. He is also a specialist in probing Naxalite misdemeanors in Punjab.
May 2nd, 2013
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal has shown her wish for a Punjabi language centre to be established in the city of Kolkata, Punjabi University vice-chancellor Jaspal Singh stated.
While talking at the valedictory occasion of the sixth All-India Punjabi meeting, Dr. Jaspal stated that the CM of West Bengal had asked him that she needed assistance from the Punjab administration or the Punjabi University in order to establish the centre in the city of Kolkata, which could be named after the first Guru of Sikhs, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Punjabi University has promised her each and every type of assistance in academic affairs, comprising arrangement of seminars and provision of books for the projected bhawan,. Singh added up.
” Banerjee has given Punjabi (Gurmukhi) the standing of a second language in the state educational institutions after coming to power,” Singh added
May 2nd, 2013
Ace choreographer Terence Lewis along with well known host Mini Mathur visited Punjabi University in Patiala on May 01.
They were in Patiala to be a part of the final episode of the Isha Dang presented ‘Kaun Banega Sabse Bada Dancing Star 2’ competition at Punjabi University in Patiala on May 01.
As per reports, the Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hall was crammed with visitors and they started coming in by 5 in the evening to have a look at their loving stars, but Terence and Mini reached late by 2 hours.
The actual time to start the show was 5 pm, but it commenced at 8 pm. The first performance took place at 8 pm.
The host said there were around 2000 people who took part in the dancing show, out of which 750 reached quarter finals, 150 in semi final and at last 2 partakers made it to the finale.
The competition was too hard and the contestants from Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana performed really well.
On the finale, the winner got Rs 21000 as cash prize while the winners on second and third place got 1 cash prize of 11000 and 5100 respectively.
During the event, Punjabi University VC Dr. Jaspal Singh, Social worker SP Oberoi, Col. Karaminder Singh were also there.
May 2nd, 2013
Allotted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in order to perk up party’s mass base in the cities of Patiala and Rajpura, industry head Anil Joshi on May 01 was on his initial visit to the city.
Under the party’s latest rules, its cabinet head and chief parliamentary secretarial assistant will visit the BJP offices all over Punjab.
“Don’t feel neglected. You are equal partners in the ruling coalition and the district administration is bound to give you due respect. If someone ignores you, call me, and your authentic works will be done on priority,†the cabinet minister told the workers of his party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has made him its man in command of Patiala and Rajpura regions, where they party has feeble mass stand. Joshi, who possesses Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) backdrop, talked with both general staff and office-bearers.
“I am a minister because of your backing,†he told the workers. “I know my powers as minister and associate of the legislative assembly (MLA),†he said. “I will get you equal share in power.â€
The BJP got a beating in the two constituencies during the past assembly polls. To add insult to injury, the alliance associate, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), pitted alternate applicants against its candidates in the municipal polls. The BJP’s tally reduced to 8 from 12 during the preceding competition.
State party president Kamal Sharma had assigned all ministers to look after particular regions where the mass base required escalation, Joshi told the media. “Patiala is a Hindu-dominated region and we propose to spurred the party here. “I will visit Patiala on a regular basis and make sure that the BJP workers obtain due respect,†he added.
Joshi said that to defeat the Congress in the next Lok Sabha election in Patiala, his strategy was to work on unity. He denied that the SAD had ignored its coalition partner. “As MLA in the last term additionally, I got maximum grants for my electorate from CM Parkash Singh Badal. We are equal associates,†he said.
Together with cabinet minister Surjit Singh Rakhra, he also met with industry delegates from Patiala and, in that gathering, decided to build up industrial clusters in the Patiala area. He noticed the industrialists’ complaints.
May 2nd, 2013
The academicians and pupils of Thapar University, Patiala, on May 01 started a letter drive against the growing use of rude language in the Hindi flicks. They mailed letters penned in English as well as Hindi to Bollywood biggies as well as directors, urging them to refrain from making use of foul words in flicks.
ADC Anandita Mitra also becomes part of the movement; Prof Gagandeep Kaur, the brains behind the operation, accompanies suit.
Mitra and Kaur were joined by Director of Thapar University and Seema Bawa, Dean, Students’ Welfare Development, Patiala, Dr KK Raina, Anandita Mitra, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC).
In the notes, they valuated Bollywood for defending the cause of female empowerment however also lifted up worry over the rude use of language that had made it hard for families to enjoy Hindi films together.
The academicians and pupils urged Bollywood to discontinue this trend or they would end seeing such movies.
While talking to media, Prof Gagandeep Kaur, the brains behind the crusade, stated that she together with the pupils decided to begin this drive as pupils would often talk about the matter with her.
“We decided to forward these letters once a month so we could at least share our ideas meanwhile. We are desiring this drive would give up some successful outcomes,†she said.
Manya, a pupil, stated, “The Bollywood society offers several excuses to validate nakedness and foul words in flicks. However it is a truth that film celebs are also youth icons. The youth tend to go after their case. As a result, we decided that we had to engage these stars in altering this worrying trend.â€
Students Abhishek and Ruby stated, “Even though we have no issues at intermingling with the opposite gender, we feel slightly intimidated at watching these movies together what with the raunchy scenes in films in recent times. So, with the intention to inform the Bollywood organization that a segment of the youth doesn’t value such movies, we have decided to forward these letters.â€
May 2nd, 2013
The Mahila Congress is eyeing the party ticket in 4 communities, comprising Patiala, Ferozepur, and Hoshiarpur, for the Lok Sabha polls.
This declaration has been made by its national general secretary Anita Babbar.
While talking at a gathering of workers, Anita added since females crosswise Punjab had been feeling insecure owing to “politicizing” of the police officials, they had decided to arrange camps to teach females in karate.
“Females will be prompted to energetically contribute in the panchayat samiti and zila parishad polls that will also assist them set up for the Lok Sabha polls,” Anita added.
State president Malti Thapar stated, “The Nanhi Chhaan drive set up by SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal has lost its luster as inhumanities against females have witnessed a spurt during the last twelve month period in her community (Bathinda)”.
Malti Thapar showed worry over the deprived state of facilities in Abohar.
She added even after the state administration had claimed to have sanctioned Rs 65 lakh two times beneath the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a PIL, there had been no progress in the state of sewage, water works and infrastructure in the city.
May 2nd, 2013
Putting an end to the conjecture that Balwant Singh Rajoana had been transferred to the national capital’s Tihar jail for implementation of his death sentence following the Beant Singh murder case, Khalistani terrorist was on May 01 taken to the court of additional civil judge (senior division) Deepika who composed charges against him in an Arms Act case.
At the last hearing on March 3, Balwant Singh had appeared v interna web-based conferencing, resulted into hearsays and even a story in a Punjabi daily stating that Singh had been transferred from the city prison to Tihar.
The police officials asked for explanations and this time, as he denied making use of the web facility, he was presented personally.
Police had cited safety fears and VIP visits to the city as causes for not bringing Singh to court previously.
This is the last case, dating back to the year 1999, pending against Balwant Singh, who has also been sentenced to ten years in an Explosive Act case by a city court.
May 1st, 2013
The team of upcoming Punjabi film Young Malang came to the city to shoot some parts of the film. They also visited Gurudwra Dukhniwaran Sahib and take the blessings of Almighty for the film success.
Maiden project of Rahulinder Singh Sidhu from RSG studios the film has a mixture of star cast marking entry of Bollywood hottie Anjana Sukhani in Punjabi cinema and singer Yuvraj Hans in addition to a cheerful Punjabi young star cast.
In addition, Sukhani (who has worked in mega hits Salaam-e-Ishq, Golmaal Returns, Jai Veeru and Jashnn), the film based on young college relation comprises Balli Riar, Yuvraj Hans, Anita Kailey, Neetu Singh, and Vinaypal Buttar.
The director Rajdeep Singh, who was associate director of Pinky Moge Wali, will be directing Young Malang. In the film business since nineties, Rajbir is famous for his effort in Navniat Singh’s group in flicks such as Taur Mitra Di etc.
While talking to media, flanked by the Young Malangs, producer Rahulinder Singh Sidhu stated that the flick has been revolved around the young age group and is a cheerful college romance comedy.
“The film will be shot at locations around Chandigarh like Chitkara College, Zirakpur, Ropar, Chandigarh, Mornihills, Kasauli and spectacular beauty of hilly Himachal and Italy. We are still finalizing locations at Italy for which deliberations are on,†added Sidhu.
The young maker Rahulinder Singh Sidhu is not the behind scene man only. His character crosses beyond the conventional part producers play. A creative person himself, he is engaged with movie’s creative aspects comprising composition, direction,a ction etc.
He said, “You will see a lot of me in the film as I have personally worked on each and every minute detail. The emotional scenes, or music and action packed sequences have been worked on,†said Sidhu who has teamed up with director Rajdeep for creating this movie.
Beginning from April 1 onwards, the shooting agenda will be finished up in 40 days. Manshender Singh has penned the tale and will share script with Rajdeep Singh. Photography will be by Anshul Choubey, while Rajdeep Singh have wrote the dialogues.
May 1st, 2013
State Bank of Patiala has registered 16%decline in its net profit, which stood at Rs 666.76 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2013.
The banking institution had registered an increase in the net profit, which remained at Rs 796.45 crore in the last financial year.
SBoP’s Managing director, Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta, stated that the drop in the bank’s net profit is because of the augmentation in the wage rates of the staff and volume of stressed assets.
“However, overall market scenario is accountable for the drop in the profits,” Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta stated.
SBoP’s gross and net NPA increased by 3.25% and 1.62% during 2012-13 as against 2.94% and 1.35% during 2011-12, respectively.
But, the banking institution has witnessed traction in both the advances in addition to the deposit mobilisation.
The total business of the banking institution witnessed a year-on-year expansion of 14.33% and as on March 2013 the overall biz of the banking institution remained at Rs 1,64,132 crore.
May 1st, 2013
The Patiala police officials today booked an assistant professor of Rajindra Medical College for allegedly making cast-based remarks against an MBBS pupil. The FIR comes 10 days after Raj Kumar Verka, vice chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, visited Patiala, met the aggrieved student and directed the Patiala police to register a case.
Teaching personnel of Rajindra Medical College is up in arms against the “unilateral act†of the police officials.
The police officials stated that the FIR was lodged against assistant professor Dr Harsimran Singh forllowing the complaint registered by an MBBS pupil Anmolpreet Singh.
In his report to the police, the pupil said that Dr Harsimran Singh had passed caste-based comments against him in the presence of the entire class students.
Accompanying the grievance and a beginning search, the police officials lodged a case under Sections 3 (1), (10) of the SC, ST Act 1989 against Dr Harsimran Singh at the civil lines police station.
As per sources, it was only after the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes asked the Patiala police chief to list a case that the charged was booked. They added that the charged could be detained anytime as the applied sections were non-bailable. But, with more than 100 pupils as witnesses and a lot of of them eager to provide their report in the case, the officials of the police might take additional time to probe the issue.
“While a few pupils have supported the victim, others have told us a different tale,” stated a police source.
City SSP Gurpreet Singh Gill stated that they were probing the issue and reports of eye witnesses would be lodged. “It is too early to say anything but we are sure the inquiry will be done in an unbiased way,†Gill added.
Teachers from the general group are opposing the registration of the case, claiming that the student was under the influence of a senior professor, who was known for making use of such tactics to settle personal scores.
Around 7 related complaints had been lodged — 3 at the medical college and four at Rajindra Hospital. During August last year, around 3 such complaints were lodged by Class IV staff of the hospital. However, following investigations, it was found that none of the complaints were authentic.
“We are for strict punishment against anyone using caste remarks against anyone but it is hard to believe that an assistant professor would use such words in a classroom without a valid reason,†said a senior doctor. “Such cases will cause a rift instead of bridging it and we demand an impartial probe. Till then, those involved in the case should be shifted from their positions so that students are under no pressure,†he said.
May 1st, 2013
A moderate intensity earthquake jolted Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh on May 1, but there were no reports of any fatal accidents up till now.
As per repotrts, the tremors got felt in regions of North India comprising the state of Punjab (Patiala, Ludhiana), Union Territory Chandigarh, Himachal, national capital near 12.30 pm.
Mr. R.S.Dattatreya, director, Department of Seismology, IMD stated, “The quake took place at 12.27 p.m. and assessed 5.7 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was somewhere near J&K and HP boundary.”
Yesterday, an tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter degree had been experienced in Bhaderwah and neighboring districts of Doda region.
May 1st, 2013
A school bus today overrode after being hit by an over- rushing private bus, injuring 13 kids, in the city of Rajpura.
The injured children, studying in Jasper School, were admitted to Civil Hospital, Rajpura, by people and school personnel.
School pupils including Satwinder, Amanpreet, Navjot, Kushjeet, Manpreet, and Gurpreet got accidental injuries on their head as well as arms.
The doctors said that all the kids are safe.
Other pupils got minor injuries and were discharged after being given medical aid.
ASI Sukhpal Singh stated that a case of rash driving against the driver of the private bus had been lodged.
April 30th, 2013
Cancer-affected families have been pressured to restrain their basic requirements, comprising spending on food, kid care and schooling, in an attempt to provide costly treatment to their sufferers.
The truth came to hand accompanying a study carried out by the Centre for Development Economics and Innovative Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala. Union Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs provided the financial support to the said project.
Prof Lakhwinder Singh Gill, Prof Inderjeet Singh and Parmod Kumar were the affiliates of the project group.
The concentration was on monetary and financial outcomes for the families having cancer sufferers.
Four villages comprising Kotbhai, Bhaliana, Doda and Channu of Muktsar region where the occurrence of the deadly disease is the maximum in Punjab were chosen to make the investigation.
The Malwa area (Muktsar is also its part) has recently been dubbed as the Punjab’s cancer belt. In a report recently, Punjab administration had disclosed that of the 33,318 cancer linked demises in the state of Punjab over the past 5 years, 14,682 had lost their lives in the Malwa area alone.
Gill added that 136 cases of thelethal disease got covered under the plan. Out of these, 103 lost their lives and 33 were coping with the illness.
Around 62 sufferers were straightly connected to farming, 54 to household jobs and 20 to other works. Only 3 of them had an insurance cover. Of the total cases, 53 had liver cancer, 25 had breast cancer, 19 had blood cancer, and 17 in throat.
During the study, it has been disclosed that 45 of these patients borrowed funds from ‘arhtiyas’ (commission mediators), 26 from friendss, 38 from village property-owners and 16 expended from their personal savings (11 from other sources) for the cure. The research also set uo the truth that a big part of villagers in Malwa still hinge upon arhtiyas for funds. Interestingly, the occurrence of the disease was detected more — 52.21%— amongst females as against 47.79% amongst males in the targeted villages.
The average cost on cancer cure was detected to be Rs 2.75 lakh and average illness length 1.9 years. But, the cure cost varied hinging upon the nature of the cancer.
The cost stood highest at Rs 3.93 lakh among brain cancer patients. However, the important finding of the project was that in order to avail the expensive treatment and pay back the funds taken as loan (for cure), victim families have had to decrease on food, clothing, housing, education and social functions.
Another concerning aspect that came to light was that in case an earning male associate suffers from the disease, the family confronts a lot of complexity in securing advance. The money lenders fear the funds may not be returned after the patient’s demise.
The state administration has taken steps to assist cancer sufferres in their cure, however the average per sufferer amount approved by it is Rs 1.07 lakh. The study group has emphasized on designing a monetary resource back up system for the cancer sufferer families that should cover not only cancer cure but also their basic requirements.
Costly, painful cure –
- The average cost of cancer treatment, as per the Punjabi University study, is Rs 2.75 lakh
- The cure cost stands maximum at Rs 3.93 lakh in case of brain cancer sufferers
- The average illness length after being discovered with the deadly disease is 1.9 years
- The state administration offers an average Rs 1.07 lakh per cancer sufferer
- The research group has advised establishment of a fund for aiding the affected families meet their basic requirements
April 30th, 2013
The Congress party will field applicants for all block samiti as well as zila parishad seats in Fatehgarh Sahib in the upcoming polls.
“The party will field applicants of spotless image,” district Congress committee (DCC) president Harinder Singh Bhambri said here on Tuesday.
“The Congress workers’ gatherings are being arranged in all blocks and the DCC already had applications from the candidates,” he said.
The applicants’ names would be declared soon, stated Bhambri, adding that his party was positive the citizens would vote against the Punjab’s ruling association.
April 30th, 2013
The CPM has expressed disapproval towards the SGPC’s engraving the name of eighties militant commander Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale on a memorial plate at the Operation Bluestar memorial within Sri Harmandar Sahib in the holy city of Amritsar.
Charan Singh Virdi, secretary of the Punjab state group of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), stated that the individuals who loved public concordance would be stunned to know that the novel monument at Sri Darbar Sahib consisted of a stone boasting an engraving, which reads, “In the reminiscence of the fourteenth leader of Damdami Taksal, sacrificial victim Sant Giani Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale and all martyrs of 1984.â€
“To my mind, it is an ill-fated event and breach of faith on part of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) management,” stated Charan Singh Virdi.
“It is also expected to upset public harmony and tranquility in Punjab.”
Charan Singh Virdi asked CM Parkash Singh Badal, deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, and SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar to clarify to the individuals how they proposed to mend the damage once it was exercised.
