Punjab Ekta Party (PEP) president and Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Sunday chided both the SAD president Sukhbir Badal and his Union Minister wife Harsimrat Badal for shedding crocodile teon the alleged forced conversion and marriage of a minor Sikh girl in Pakistan, while on the other hand they supported abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Sukhbir and Harsimrat Badal demanding justice for a Sikh family in Pakistan sound like an oppressor seeking justice for the oppressed...It is nothing but sheer double standards, hypocrisy and duplicity on their part,” said Khaira.
He said that although he severely condemns the fascist act of those responsible for committing this heinous crime against a Sikh family in Pakistan and demands immediate justice, “but words such as violation of human rights, atrocities on minorities and injustice when used by feudals like Badals sound like an oppressor (Hitler) seeking justice for the oppressed (Jews)”.
“The Badals have lost all moral right to speak on injustice or atrocities on minorities due to their actions while in government and more recently for supporting abrogation of Article 370 in J&K, that has caused grievous injury to the psyche of Muslims, particularly the Kashmiris,” said Khaira while taunting the junior Badal of “trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hound”.
Khaira said that by supporting such a draconian legislation in the Parliament, both Sukhbir and Harsimrat have become part and parcel of BJP’s fascist agenda to convert India into a “Hindu Rashtra” where minorities have no place.
Lambasting the Badal duo, he said that although what happened to a minor Sikh girl in Pakistan is highly condemnable, “but why is Harsimrat, being a Cabinet Minister, silent on fanatic acts of mob lynching, killings by cow vigilantes, communal riots etc across the country? Why is she silent on the forcible abduction and sexual harassment of a young law student of UP by Swami Chinmayanand former BJP Minister, now under the scanner of Supreme Court?”
Khaira dared the Badal duo that if they are genuinely concerned about the plight of minorities, they must first oppose division of J&K into pieces and abrogation of Article 370, condemn the racial and fascist actions of BJP cadres be it mob lynching, communal riots, hate crimes etc.