Accusing the Akali Government for slapping ‘false and politically-motivated cases’ against several people, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced to provide them free legal aid.
For the same, AAP’s legal Cell chief Himmat Singh Shergill launched a special helpline number. The decision was during the first meeting of the party’s newly-constituted legal cell.
“Sensing humiliating defeat in the forthcoming assembly polls, Akalis have become frustrated and started slapping false cases against AAP’s volunteers and supporters by misusing the government machinery,” alleged Shergill while appealing to the people not to bow under any kind of pressure from the Akalis as AAP would stand by them in providing them legal aid.
“We know that Akalis are targeting the poor section who are unable to bear the expenses of legal cases to defend themselves and now, they don’t have to worry for it as AAP’s strong legal Cell would be there to help them,” he said adding that AAP have a battery of lawyers from booth level to parliament zone level.
Shergill said that over 80 percent members of the legal fraternity in Punjab are with AAP and whenever, any revolution has come in India or in any part of the world, it was the lawyers who played a pivotal role.
The Cell members also agreed to provide free legal aid to poor people who cannot afford legal expenses and also to those people who have been victimized by Badals, Bikram Majithia, Badals' ministers and halqa in-charges appointed by the Badals.
Shergill revealed that AAP’s legal cell that the legal cell will start with a big campaign of legal awakening amongst people of Punjab. In this campaign, people will be made aware of their legal rights, he said.
He also announced that any aggrieved persons could contact AAP on the special helpline number, e-mail, SMS and Whatsapp number, which would be made available to people in case of their victimization by leaders of the ruling party.