A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders were denied to meet labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur on their visit to Karnal jail, party’s senior leader and the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday wrote to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding immediate release of Nodeep Kaur.
Cheema, along with Deputy Leader of Opposition Sarvjeet Kaur Manuke and party’s youth wing co-president Anmol Gagan Mann, had visited Karnal jail on Tuesday to meet Nodeep Kaur.
However, they were prevented from meeting her by the Haryana government.
In his letter, Cheema said that the labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, who had been agitating for the rights of her fellow factory worker, was detained by the Haryana Police and had been kept in custody at Karnal Jail from the last one month and information about her well-being was not being communicated properly. “During our visit to Karnal jail on Tuesday, the jail authorities denied permission to enter the premises citing COVID guidelines,” he said.