Resolution Against Centre's BSF Move Passed In Punjab Assembly
NDTV
The Centre had last month authorised BSF to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch, up from the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
The Punjab Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution against the Centre's notification extending the Border Security Force (BSF)'s jurisdiction and sought its withdrawal while terming it an "insult" to the state police. In the absence of the two BJP members of the assembly, the House unanimously passed the resolution "rejecting" the Centre's order.
The Centre had last month amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch, up from the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
The resolution was moved by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.
It stated that "Punjab is a land of martyrs. They have made exemplary sacrifices in our country's freedom struggle".
