Jagjit Singh Sidhu
Talwandi Sabo, 9 December
Senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said here today that Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has started a cover-up campaign by filing a false FIR to cover up the conspiracy of murderous attack on Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal. He said that in the FIR, the terrorist of Babbar Khalsa International has been described as a member of Sangat and the shot fired has been named aerial fire.
Rejecting the FIR, Dr. Cheema termed it as a cunning campaign aimed at covering up the role of the Punjab Police officers who sheltered the assailant. With this, it is now clear that the AAP government is part of a conspiracy to eliminate the moderate Sikh leadership. He said that the Chief Minister has insisted that the truth of this deep conspiracy to eliminate Sukhbir Singh Badal should never come out.
Demanding an impartial investigation into this murderous attack under the supervision of the High Court, Dr. Cheema said that the fear expressed by the senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia in the continuous press conferences has been proved to be true. Mr. Majithia had told how SP Harpal Singh Randhawa had met and talked with the attacker and had a discussion with him on December 3 in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex. It was also clear through the CCTV camera footage that the assailant Narayan Singh Chaudhary conducted a complete rekiss in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex for three days before attacking Mr. Badal with a 9 mmp semi-automatic pistol. He said that to describe this attack as an unprovoked attack by a member of the Sangat is a mockery of justice.