Crackdown on Amritpal: In Punjab, Kejriwal says, ‘tough decisions, but without…’ | Latest News India

Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday praised the Bhagwant Mann government for police crackdowns on separatist elements linked to “Waris Punjab De,” a group led by radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, which has continued on for a week the escape is. At the Jalandhar gathering, the AAP national convener stated that the Punjab government will not hesitate to take tough decisions to uphold law and order. (Read also | Law and order are in control, don’t let Punjab become Afghanistan: Bhagwant man)

“In the past few days, some people have been seen trying to disturb the peace in Punjab,” he said.

“We must not allow the atmosphere to be spoiled at any cost,” he said, adding, “We must uphold peace, law and order in Punjab.”

Kejriwal was in Jalandhar along with Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann to lay the foundation stone of Sri Guru Ravidas Bani Adhyan Center in Dera Sachkhand Ballan.

“Sometimes tough decisions have to be made. But if our AAP government in Punjab led by Bhagwant Mann has to make tough decisions then we will not hesitate to make them,” he added.

“Man saab made tough decisions but without a bullet being fired and without blood being spilled, peace is maintained throughout Punjab today,” he said.

The whereabouts of Amritpal Singh and his key associate Papalpreet Singh are unknown after they were allegedly taken by a woman at their home in Shahabad, Kurukshetra district of Haryana on March 19.

On Friday, Mann made an emotional appeal to the people of the state in his video message, saying some people are trying to divide the state along sectarian lines for the sake of their personal interests. In a veiled attack on fugitive Waris Punjab De Chief, Mann said such self-proclaimed religious leaders had nothing to do with the state and its people and only wanted to disturb peace and friendship.

“It is very easy to preach to the sons of other families about taking up arms, but such preachers run away from these things when faced with harsh reality. Punjabis should not be dissuaded from the ideas of such self-proclaimed preachers who have no emotional connection to the state and people. These leaders’ sole motive was to disrupt the hard-won national peace with their hateful ideas,” Mann said in his video message.