PTC Vichar Taqrar: AAP faces heat over Sikh political prisoners' release
PTC Vichar Taqrar : Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections 2022, the release of political prisoner Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar has become a matter of rage among the Sikh community.
Friday's (January 21) edition of one of the popular TV debate shows — Vichar Taqrar — hosted by PTC Editor Harpreet Singh Sahni — took up the issue with experts.
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Expressing his view during Vichar Taqrar, spokesperson for the Shiromani Akali Dal Karnail Singh Peer Mohammed said, “Despite various appeals to the government, several Sikh prisoners, who have completed their sentence, are awaiting release. Most of them have turned so fragile with age and are being subjected to mental torture.”
Among other panelists for the episode were Davinder Pal Singh, president of Sant Sipahi Group, Ludhiana; Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, chief of Punjab Alliance, and Sukhdev Singh Phagwara, coordinator, Sikh Alliance Group.
It was emphasised that although several Sikh organisations had been taking out candle marches and holding protests, but the AAP led Delhi government has refused to budge.
Sikh organisations in Punjab have given an ultimatum to AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal till January 26 to clarify his stand on the issue, failing which they would resort to the bycott of the AAP candidates in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
The issue has also reached the Akal Takht.
Davinder Pal Singh was convicted in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case, is undergoing life imprisonment after the Supreme Court commuted his death sentence. He was sentenced to death by a designated TADA court on August 25, 2001. He was shifted to Amritsar Central Jail in June 2015 and is facing serious health issues. As the case pertains to Delhi, it is the choice of the Delhi Government, to sign his premature release order.
It has also come out that the AAP-led Delhi government’s Sentence Review Board (SRB) had already rejected the plea to release Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar in December 2020. The SRB is headed by Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain.
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For detailed information, please watch the full episode of our popular debate show Vichar Taqrar.
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