SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Twitter
Police registered a case on Monday towards Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.
- PTI Chandigarh
- Last Updated:June 08, 2021, 23:00 IST
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A day after the Punjab police booked its leaders and employees on the cost of violating Covid curbs, the SAD hit out at the Congress-led Punjab authorities on Tuesday for “suppressing” the voice of these standing by the individuals on this hour of disaster. Police registered a case on Monday towards Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and different senior social gathering leaders, moreover 200 unidentified individuals for staging a sit-in towards Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu in violation of the restrictions imposed to curb the unfold of the coronavirus.
Acting on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s instructions, the police registered the case below the related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Disaster Management Act. The protesters had been demanding Sidhu’s dismissal from the cupboard over the “diversion” of coronavirus vaccines to personal hospitals.
Several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and employees had been additionally booked for holding a protest on Sunday. Reacting to the registration of the case, senior SAD chief and former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra mentioned the state authorities is making an attempt to “suppress” those that are standing by the individuals on this hour of unprecedented disaster.
He dubbed the state authorities’s transfer as “bizarre and ridiculous” and mentioned the SAD won’t cease standing by individuals. Chandumajra mentioned the Congress-led authorities in Punjab has “completely let the people down” within the time of the pandemic.
When the SAD demanded free vaccines and healthcare for individuals, the federal government was resorting to “suppressing” it by registering instances towards the social gathering management, he mentioned. Chandumajra claimed that the SAD had adopted all of the Covid norms at the sit-in staged in entrance of Sidhu’s residence.
“In a democracy, people have the right to question the government, but it is behaving like a dictator,” he alleged.
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