Ludhiana(Wishav Warta): Sukhpal Singh Khaira Leader of Opposition today visited the house of slain RSS leader Ravinder Gosai at Ludhiana, to express solidarity with the aggrieved family and offer his condolences.
Khaira while speaking to the media, severely condemned the broadaylight killing of Gosai and utter failure of the police to nab his killers. Khaira said it was not a first case of political murder in Punjab, he said couple of months back Sultan Masih a pastor was killed similarly by motorcycle assailants but there has been no clue of the killing. Khaira recounted the brutal murders of Mata Chand Kaur of Bhaini Sahib, Jagdish Gagneja another RSS leader of Jalandhar, the murderous attack on Sant Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwala, but he said the police has completely failed to crack any of these crime.
Khaira lambasted the Capt. Amarinder Singh for failing to ensure justice to the two innocent Sikh youth killed in the Bargari police firing, a promise he had made to the people while in opposition. Khaira said it was sad to note that two years have passed since the killing, but no justice has been rendered to the families of those youth.
Khaira said the law and order in Punjab today is no better than the 10 years of “Jungle-Raj” perpetrated by the SAD-BJP. He said there have been repeated incidents of political murders during the last six months but the police is acting as a mute spectator.
Khaira blamed Capt. Amarinder Singh for pursuing the legacy of Badals by politicizing the Punjab police for personal whims and fancies. He said the Minister’s and MLA’s of Congress has started getting their henchmen posted to plum field postings, who in turn are taking their orders from their political bosses rather than their superior police officers.
Khaira said no state or country could progress if there was breakdown of law and order and life and liberty of its citizens is not secure. He said the tall claims of industrial investment being made by Capt. Amarinder Singh have fallen flat, as no business house would invest in a state like Punjab, where prominent people are being murdered, gang wars taking place and incidents of bank robberies etc. are happening daily.
Khaira urged the Chief Minister to pull up his socks and direct the police to solve cases of political murders as top priority and in future prevent such killings. He also urged him to depoliticize the police and allow it to function without interference from politicians.
