Chandigarh, Mar 20 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party leader Baltej Pannu on Friday accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal of trying to shift blame and distort facts on sacrilege incidents in Punjab.
Pannu said major sacrilege incidents — including those in 1986 and 2015 — took place when the Akali Dal, and not AAP, was in power.
Refuting Badal’s claim that sacrilege incidents began after the AAP government took charge, he said people are aware of past events, including the theft and desecration of the holy book Guru Granth Sahib in 2015.
Referring to the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan incidents in 2015, when police fired at people protesting against the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, Pannu said the police action led to deaths back then, and it happened under the Akali rule.
He said the inquiry commissions had pointed to the role of the then government.
The 2007-17 Akali rule was mired in drugs, corruption and sacrilege cases, Pannu said, adding that people of Punjab will not forget these incidents. PTI VSD RUK RUK
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