Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing him and his government of “shielding” the Badals in the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case.
The incident, in which two Sikh protesters were killed while demonstrating against alleged desecration of religious texts, took place during the SAD-BJP regime under then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Speaking to the media outside the Punjab Assembly, Bajwa questioned Bhagwant Mann’s intent and commitment to justice.
“Despite tall promises and years of rhetoric, neither Parkash Singh Badal nor Sukhbir Singh Badal has ever been named in the FIR related to the police firing,” he said. “Let it be known to the people of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann’s government has protected the real culprits of the police firing.”
Bajwa also criticized the proposed Anti-Sacrilege Bill being introduced in the ongoing session, calling it a “political gimmick” and a “fraud on the people of Punjab.” He noted that a similar bill passed in 2018 has been pending presidential assent for over seven years.
“This new bill is nothing but a diversionary tactic to cover up AAP’s abject failure to deliver justice. If Mann was serious, he would have pursued the existing bills and filed the investigation report against the guilty in the Behbal Kalan case,” Bajwa added.
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