New Delhi, Mar 22: Punjab’s prominent opposition party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) offered legal aid to those who arrested by police during massive manhunt for Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh. SAD has also termed the crackdown as “extra-constitutional” and a “conspiracy”.
“We will provide complete legal assistance to those who have been arrested. We will make sure that their rights will not be trampled by ruling AAP,” said SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal in a Twitter post. Akali Dal has also released a list of helpline numbers for coordinating the effort.
In another tweet, Badal said, “Shiromani Akali Dal strongly condemns the indiscriminate arrests of innocent Sikh youth, especially the Amritdhari youth on mere suspicion through resort to extra-constitutional methods. We demand the immediate release of all innocents arrested in the ongoing crackdown”.
“Shiromani Akali Dal stands for Justice and the protection of the rights of the Punjabis in general and the Sikhs in particular within the federal framework, with more powers to the states, a demand echoed now by other political parties too,” he tweeted.
“SAD strongly condemns the puppet AAP regime in Punjab for the undeclared emergency and reign of repression and terror let loose in the state. We warn the government against dangerous conspiracies to defame the most patriotic Sikh community for communal polarisation and electoral gains,” he added.
