Describing the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib as a “deep rooted conspiracy” aimed at inciting communal tension and destabilizing the hard won peace in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday appealed to the people to be vigilant against such elements and keep calm despite the grave provocation.
Badal assured the people of Punjab that all nefarious elements involved in this heinous crime against humanity would be brought to book and awarded exemplary punishment.
Expressing deep anguish over this “unpardonable act”, the Chief Minister said that Punjab and its people had passed through a harrowing time during a decade of turbulence and his government would not let the state go back to the dark days again at any cost.
Badal exhorted the Punjabis to beware of canards and false propaganda spread by the anti-social elements through social media aimed at vitiating the congenial atmosphere of peace, communal harmony and brotherhood in the state to divide the society on sectarian lines.
“I humbly urge all of you to keep restraint in this hour of crisis by displaying the ethos of religious tolerance, unity and brotherhood as preached by our great Gurus, saints and seers,” he said.