Blacklisted after London protest, JKNPP founder’s son apologises to PM; seeks visa for mom’s funeral
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JAMMU: Awaiting the Indian authorities’s clearance for his visa to return from London for his mother’s remaining rites, JKNPP founder Bhim Singh’s son has apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for participating in an anti-government protest remaining yr after which he was blacklisted by the High Commission.
In an open letter to the prime minister, Ankit Love (39) talked about he regrets throwing eggs and stones on the High Commission via the February 2022 protest, and requested the PM to intervene so that he could return and perform the funeral of his mother Jay Mala (64).
Mala, a Supreme Court lawyer, died on April 26 and her physique has been saved on the mortuary of Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu after Love requested it is saved there till he returns to hold out the ultimate rites.
This comes while his kin are engaged in a tussle to take administration of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) which has been in a disarray following Bhim Singh’s dying on May 31, 2022.
Love could not be part of his funeral as successfully.
According to Love, he was blacklisted by India after the British police arrested him following a protest exterior the Indian High Commission in London on February 14, 2022.
In an open letter to the prime minister, Love talked about he deeply and sincerely regrets his actions and apologises for his mistake of throwing eggs and stones on the High Commission.
“I will be deeply thankful if you could kindly forgive me and allow me to visit Jammu to perform the last rites of my mother — I need to reach Jammu urgently as everyone is waiting for my arrival to perform the last rites,” he talked about, together with it was moreover the need of his mother.
Mentioning the Indian High Commission’s denial of approval for his journey, he talked about, “I assure you that henceforth there will be no such act by me against my Nation which I love very much and am very much proud of.”
“My father had fought all his life for Jammu and Kashmir to fully accede with India and eventually on 5th August 2019 India accepted Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India and my late father’s dream for joining Jammu and Kashmir with India came true,” he talked about, referring to the Centre’s switch of abrogating Article 370 on that day.
Love talked about he was “misguided” by one other of us surrounding him to commit the error, nonetheless expressed hope he’ll in all probability be forgiven and his visa cleared.
He moreover urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Jammu District Magistrate Avny Lavasa to not take away the physique from the mortuary, and as well as postpone the postmortem.
“I request you not to remove her body from the mortuary till I am there, or till the Government of India refuses me officially, when either happens everyone will be most aware. Or else there will be a real black mark in the history of all involved and that of our Hindu faith too,” he talked about.
Shortly sooner than the dying of Bhim Singh, his two nephews — former minister Harsh Dev Singh (ex-JKNPP chairman) and former legislator Balwant Singh Mankotia — resigned from the event to affix the Aam Aadmi Party.
While Mankotia, who had moreover served as JKNPP president, later joined the BJP, Harsh Dev returned to the JKNPP simply currently and claimed to have been elected as state event president.
However, Harsh Dev’s return launched collectively Vilaskshan Singh and one different faction led by distinguished chief and Bhim Singh’s shut aide P Okay Gangoo.
Both Vilaskshan Singh and Gangoo contested Harsh Dev Singh’s declare.
They claimed to be the president of the event, Gangoo is its working president.
Mala had been staying on the residence of her niece and Vilakshan Singh’s sister Mrignayani Slathia at Domana the place she had a fall from the steps inside the night time of April 25.
She died at a hospital the following day.
The physique was shifted to Vilakshan Singh’s residence at Sidhra and later to the mortuary on the request of Love.
On April 28, Love, moreover the chief patron of the JKNPP, requested his cousin Vilaskahan Singh to resign from the publish of the event president.
“Vilakshan Singh’s first responsibility as president was to ensure the security and survival of Panthers Party (co-) founder Jay Mala, widow of Prof. Bhim Singh, who died last year on May 31. She was only 64, and had many more years to keep on living and fighting for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he had talked about.
“Despite Jay Mala’s death on 26 April being an accident recorded on CCTV,” Love talked about he believes Vilakshan Singh “failed in his responsibility and priority towards organising her better security, supervision and safe accommodation.”
He had moreover denied rumours Harsh Dev Singh was liable for the delay inside the cremation.
“I am the only one who has requested to delay my mother’s cremation, and that her body be preserved in the mortuary,” he talked about, requesting for a postmortem in his presence.
JAMMU: Awaiting the Indian authorities’s clearance for his visa to return from London for his mother’s remaining rites, JKNPP founder Bhim Singh’s son has apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for participating in an anti-government protest remaining yr after which he was blacklisted by the High Commission.
In an open letter to the prime minister, Ankit Love (39) talked about he regrets throwing eggs and stones on the High Commission via the February 2022 protest, and requested the PM to intervene so that he could return and perform the funeral of his mother Jay Mala (64).
Mala, a Supreme Court lawyer, died on April 26 and her physique has been saved on the mortuary of Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu after Love requested it is saved there till he returns to hold out the ultimate rites.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
This comes while his kin are engaged in a tussle to take administration of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) which has been in a disarray following Bhim Singh’s dying on May 31, 2022.
Love could not be part of his funeral as successfully.
According to Love, he was blacklisted by India after the British police arrested him following a protest exterior the Indian High Commission in London on February 14, 2022.
In an open letter to the prime minister, Love talked about he deeply and sincerely regrets his actions and apologises for his mistake of throwing eggs and stones on the High Commission.
“I will be deeply thankful if you could kindly forgive me and allow me to visit Jammu to perform the last rites of my mother — I need to reach Jammu urgently as everyone is waiting for my arrival to perform the last rites,” he talked about, together with it was moreover the need of his mother.
Mentioning the Indian High Commission’s denial of approval for his journey, he talked about, “I assure you that henceforth there will be no such act by me against my Nation which I love very much and am very much proud of.”
“My father had fought all his life for Jammu and Kashmir to fully accede with India and eventually on 5th August 2019 India accepted Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India and my late father’s dream for joining Jammu and Kashmir with India came true,” he talked about, referring to the Centre’s switch of abrogating Article 370 on that day.
Love talked about he was “misguided” by one other of us surrounding him to commit the error, nonetheless expressed hope he’ll in all probability be forgiven and his visa cleared.
He moreover urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Jammu District Magistrate Avny Lavasa to not take away the physique from the mortuary, and as well as postpone the postmortem.
“I request you not to remove her body from the mortuary till I am there, or till the Government of India refuses me officially, when either happens everyone will be most aware. Or else there will be a real black mark in the history of all involved and that of our Hindu faith too,” he talked about.
Shortly sooner than the dying of Bhim Singh, his two nephews — former minister Harsh Dev Singh (ex-JKNPP chairman) and former legislator Balwant Singh Mankotia — resigned from the event to affix the Aam Aadmi Party.
While Mankotia, who had moreover served as JKNPP president, later joined the BJP, Harsh Dev returned to the JKNPP simply currently and claimed to have been elected as state event president.
However, Harsh Dev’s return launched collectively Vilaskshan Singh and one different faction led by distinguished chief and Bhim Singh’s shut aide P Okay Gangoo.
Both Vilaskshan Singh and Gangoo contested Harsh Dev Singh’s declare.
They claimed to be the president of the event, Gangoo is its working president.
Mala had been staying on the residence of her niece and Vilakshan Singh’s sister Mrignayani Slathia at Domana the place she had a fall from the steps inside the night time of April 25.
She died at a hospital the following day.
The physique was shifted to Vilakshan Singh’s residence at Sidhra and later to the mortuary on the request of Love.
On April 28, Love, moreover the chief patron of the JKNPP, requested his cousin Vilaskahan Singh to resign from the publish of the event president.
“Vilakshan Singh’s first responsibility as president was to ensure the security and survival of Panthers Party (co-) founder Jay Mala, widow of Prof. Bhim Singh, who died last year on May 31. She was only 64, and had many more years to keep on living and fighting for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he had talked about.
“Despite Jay Mala’s death on 26 April being an accident recorded on CCTV,” Love talked about he believes Vilakshan Singh “failed in his responsibility and priority towards organising her better security, supervision and safe accommodation.”
He had moreover denied rumours Harsh Dev Singh was liable for the delay inside the cremation.
“I am the only one who has requested to delay my mother’s cremation, and that her body be preserved in the mortuary,” he talked about, requesting for a postmortem in his presence.
