Hardliners have their means over radicals’ pics in Punjab

Express News Service

CHANDIGARH:  Hardliners are clawing again in Punjab. The newest instance is a few state-owned PRTC’s about-turn over disallowing images of extremists comparable to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Jagtar Singh Hawara on its buses. Earlier, the PRTC in addition to the police had warned towards the glorification of extremist leaders.

Hardliners protest with Bhindrawale
photos in Chandigarh.

Bhindranwale was killed throughout Operation Blue Star in 1984 and Hawara is a convict within the assassination of CM Beant Singh in 1995 and is reportedly lodged in Tihar jail. The PRTC conceded the bottom regardless of the written order of the state Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) after protests from hardline organisations.

In the previous couple of days, the authorities have needed to take away ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans written on the partitions of a number of authorities buildings. The authorities lately banned YouTube channels comparable to ‘SYL’ and ‘Rihaee’ Punjabi songs.

Prof Kuldeep Singh of Guru Nank Dev University blamed bus drivers and conductors for pasting objectionable images. “The authorities step neither signifies revival nor rejection of militant ideology,’’ he mentioned. “It is well-known that parts settled overseas are sponsoring such slogans. These individuals don’t have a lot acceptance in Punjab,’’ mentioned Prof Singh.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of the banned Sikhs for Justice group headquartered in New York has supported these incidents.

Hardliner Dal Khalsa in addition to SAD (Amritsar) lately held protests in Jalandhar demanding the federal government by Tuesday withdraw its choice to take away pictures of Khalistani leaders in PRTC buses. The PRTC on Monday handed orders that the company had taken again its July 1 order to take away the photographs and in addition conveyed it to the protestors.

Dal Khalsa spokesperson Paramjit Singh Mand mentioned the outfit had acquired a letter from the PRTC conveying its revised order.

Earlier varied Hindu leaders had written to the state police chief complaining concerning the sudden look of pictures on PRTC buses in Sangrur, Bhatinda and Moga depots and a few personal buses in identical areas.

On June 28, Additional DGP (Law and Order) had written to all district police chiefs to take cognisance of the problem and warned that such pictures must be eliminated.