Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the culprits involved in the killing of RSS State co-in-charge Brig Jagdish Gagneja would not be spared.
He said that the CBI investigation in the case is going on and the culprits would be brought to book at any cost.
Paying tributes to Brig Gagneja, along with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, Rajnath Singh said that on the recommendation of Punjab Government, the Centre has directed the CBI to speed up the investigation to nail down the culprits who aimed to disturb the peace and communal harmony in the state.
Singh also expressed satisfaction on the inputs provided by the Punjab Government in the case. He also assured the bereaved family for all kind of support in the hour of crisis.
Sukhbir, paying tributes, called upon the people to give strong reply to anti-national and anti-Punjab forces who are trying to disturb the hard earned peace and harmony.
“From the centuries, unity and brotherhood are the main pillars of strength in Punjab to defeat the anti-social elements,” he said adding that it’s the time to give “asal uttar” to those forces who wants to break the communal harmony of the country.
He said that Punjab is known to be a land where there has never been a fight amongst people from different religions. Sukhbir said that “he was votary of communal harmony who served the nation in various capacities”.
Describing SAD-BJP alliance as ambassador of brotherhood, he said that Punjab has always defeated the forces who want to divide the communities on religion lines from time to time.
Union Minister and state BJP chief Vijay Sampla, Cabinet Ministers Ajit Singh Kohar, Madan Mohan Mittal, Bhagat Chunni lal, besides MlAs KD Bhandari, Manoranjan Kalia, former BJP president Kamal Sharma, senior BJP leader Avinash Rai Khanna, were also present.