SAD person Sukhbir Singh Badal astatine the Golden Temple. (Photo: PTI)
A governmental slugfest erupted aft a antheral said to beryllium a erstwhile militant attempted to occurrence astatine Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) person Sukhbir Singh Badal astatine the Golden Temple successful Amritsar connected Wednesday. Opposition leaders attacked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) implicit the instrumentality and bid concern successful Punjab, with Congress demanding accrued information for the erstwhile Punjab lawman main minister.
Terming it a “big conspiracy”, SAD person Daljit Singh Cheema said the incidental is an effort to propulsion Punjab backmost into the fire. He besides attacked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann implicit the instrumentality and bid concern successful the state.
“This is simply a large conspiracy to propulsion Punjab backmost into the fire… A man, Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was serving arsenic sewadar astatine the entranceway of the temple was changeable at. I convey God for redeeming his life… I privation to inquire (CM) Bhagwant Mann what has helium done to the state,” the SAD person told quality bureau PTI.
Punjab Congress main Amarinder Singh Raja Warring powerfully condemned the incident, saying that since Badal has been allotted Z security, arrangements should person been made accordingly.
“Such benignant of incidents should not happen, it is democracy, if idiosyncratic hates somebody, past it should not hap that helium should occurrence bullets. I person besides said earlier that instrumentality and bid is not up to people successful Punjab astatine all. He has Z (security), determination should person been arrangements according to it. I condemn it,” the Congress person said.
Warring further said that the shooting incidental was “100% failure” of the authorities government, and demanded the suspension of the ACP and constabulary unit successful complaint of information successful the area.
“I person travel to cognize that the slug did not deed him, fortunately. The mode apology was made, it could beryllium imaginable that galore radical would person got hurt. When it is astir Guru, everything is behind. But this should not person happened. There should beryllium an action, helium should not beryllium fto off, cipher is allowed to instrumentality instrumentality successful his hands,” helium added.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal are “directly responsible” for the onslaught connected Badal, terming their governance successful Punjab arsenic incompetent.
“The onslaught connected SAD person Sukhbir Singh Badal wrong the premises of Golden Temple is worrying, we condemn it. It says that instrumentality and bid has crumbled successful Punjab. Bhagwant Mann, Arvind Kejriwal, who is the ace CM of Punjab, are straight responsible. Is determination immoderate conspiracy? Or it is lone their nonaccomplishment and incompetence, it volition lone beryllium wide aft impartial investigation. But a criminal, radicalised constituent reached there, thing could person happened,” Poonawalla said.
SAD person Sukhbir Singh Badal was sitting connected defender work astatine the Golden Temple arsenic portion of his spiritual penance erstwhile Narain Singh Chaura pulled retired a weapon and fired astatine him. Badal did not prolong immoderate injuries, and the accused was nabbed from the site.