On death row for assassinating Punjab’s former Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, Balwant Singh Rajoana on Friday ended his hunger strike after his meeting with the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh longowal and jail officials in Patiala Central Jail.
Rajoana had been protesting against the SGPC for lack of its support in pursuing his appeal for commuting death sentence which is pending before the President. He ended his hunger strike in the Patiala Central Jail, after his sister Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana offered a glass of juice to him. As per reports, Rajoana had lost five kgs in his five-day long hunger strike. Earlier, the SGPC president longowal handed over a letter to Rajoana elaborating upon his meeting with the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
longowal, in his letter, stated that he along with member parliaments of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had met e Union Home Minister and informed him reading the pending mercy plea before the President.
SGPC chief informed Rajoana that the Union Minister has assured the SAD delegation regarding immediate disposal of his clemency plea.