Hundreds of ladies from the Istri Akali Dal, led by Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, at this time marched in direction of the residence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, demanding his rapid resignation and the registration of a legal case in opposition to his spouse, Dr Gurpreet Kaur Mann.
The police erected heavy barricades to forestall the Istri Akali Dal members, led by the Bathinda MP, MLA Ganieve Kaur and girls’s wing president Hargobind Kaur, from marching in direction of the Chief Minister’s residence. The protesters subsequently staged a sit-in on the highway and courted arrest.
Addressing the ladies protesters, Harsimrat Badal alleged that the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) had change into a den of corruption. She claimed {that a} predator in opposition to whom two girls had filed rape and kidnapping complaints had been allowed to go free.
CMO has strongly rejected the allegations as baseless and accused the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of concocting tales.
Asserting that the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) authorities didn’t imagine within the ‘satkar’ of the ‘maawan-dheeyan’ of Punjab however had as a substitute change into a celebration to defending a ‘balatkaari’, Badal stated, “The wrongdoer was additionally promised a switch from Amritsar jail to Patiala jail and was even assured that he could be referred to a hospital the place he could be equipped medication freely.”
Badal asserted that SAD would launch a mass motion throughout the state till all of the accused within the case have been arrested. She additionally demanded the dismissal of the cops who had filed cancellation experiences allegedly to favour the rape accused and facilitate his launch from jail.
Badal additionally referred to as for cover to be prolonged to the rape victims who had registered complaints in opposition to the media influencer and demanded a CBI probe into all the incident.
“It has additionally come to gentle that 5 girls had personally complained to the Chief Minister about the identical predator, however the latter didn’t take any motion within the matter. This must also be probed to determine why CMO was siding with rapists,” Badal stated.
In the meantime, warning people who the hearth may attain their houses as effectively, Istri Akali Dal leaders Hargobind Kaur and Ganieve Kaur Majithia appealed to Punjabis to unite and combat for the reason for the wronged girls, in addition to to place an finish to corruption in CMO.
