Punjab Congress leaders including its chief Amrinder Singh have been orchestrating a sinister campaign following Nabha jail break which is totally unwarranted, absurd and preposterous.
In a statement here, Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s advisor Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that already its mastermind Palwinder Singh Pinda and one of the six escapees – Khalistan liberation Force (KlF) chief Harminder Mintoo have been arrested .
This is a huge slap on the face of Congress which has been trying to take political leverage by attributing wild and bizarre motives to the incumbent Government, he added.
Also, taking serious exception to Amarinder’s assertions that the Akalis were setting the stage for large scale violence by letting the terrorist and gangsters loose from jails, Sirsa dubbed it most ludicrous emanating from a sick mind.
Moreover, Amarinder’s apprehension this may revive militancy in Punjab is too farfetched. Amarinder should stop contemplating like ISI officers who think that such incidents would trigger wave of militancy. Sooner he stops dreaming the wish list of ISI, better it is for him and the country too.
Sirsa said he would assure Amarinder that neither terrorism would revive nor there would any violence till the reins of Government are in hands of Badals.
However he expected a better calibrated response from a former Chief Minister on this incident.