Bhagwant Mann Slams Sikh Body Chief Over "Provoking" People With Ultimatum
NDTV
The Punjab Police on Sunday said it has released 197 people out of total 353 taken into preventive custody on apprehension of breach of peace and disturbance of law and order
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday hit out at Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh for "provoking" people through an ultimatum to the AAP government to release all Sikh youths who were held during the police crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his aides.
Hitting back, the Jathedar said he has the right and duty to speak about "innocent" Sikh youths.
Following a police crackdown against Amritpal and his associates, the Punjab Police Sunday said it has released 197 people out of total 353 taken into preventive custody on apprehension of breach of peace and disturbance of law and order.
Mann accused the Jathedar of "favouring" the Badals and also told him that the Badals had "used" several Jathedars for their "vested interests".
