Who will protect Himachal Pradesh and the whole country when BJP and its governments are busy protecting a criminal?: Sanjay Singh
It is a matter of pain and shame that BJP got the high court opened at midnight to prevent the arrest of a serial offender: Sanjay Singh
What message does the BJP want to send to the country by sending their Goa CM to meet a man accused of inciting riots?: Sanjay Singh
CM Jairam Thakur must resign! If BJP can’t protect the Vidhan Sabha, how will it protect the public?: Atishi
How can the BJP protect the sanctity of our country when all its leaders are busy advocating for a vile criminal: Atishi
BJP is spending all its time & resources at devising plans to shield criminals and history sheeters from the courts; they have no plan to protect this country and its democratic institutions: Atishi
AAP strongly condemns BJP’s failure at securing the Himachal Vidhan Sabha premises: Saurabh Bhardwaj
It is because of BJP’s disregard for democratic values that terrorists could put Khalistani flags on the Vidhan Sabha: Saurabh Bhardwaj
NEW DELHI / HIMACHAL PRADESH:
The Aam Aadmi Party strongly condemned BJP’s failure at ensuring proper law & order in Himachal Pradesh which led to Khalistanis putting up flags on the Vidhan Sabha on Sunday. The AAP criticised and questioned the BJP’s priorities and said that the whole BJP cadre was busy protecting a ‘Gunda Element’ when the institution of Vidhan Sabha was being attacked. Attacking BJP for its failure, AAP MP Shri Sanjay Singh stated, “Khalistani flags being hoisted at a highly secure institution like Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha denotes the colossal failure of the BJP Government. Who will protect Himachal Pradesh and the whole country when BJP and its governments are busy protecting a criminal? It is a matter of pain and shame that BJP got the high court opened at midnight to prevent the arrest of a serial offender. What message does the BJP want to send to the country by sending their Goa CM to meet a man accused of inciting riots?” At the same time, AAP Senior Leader and MLA Ms Atishi spoke out against BJP’s negligence and said, “CM Jairam Thakur must resign! If BJP can’t protect the Vidhan Sabha, how will it protect the public? How can the BJP protect the sanctity of our country when all its leaders are busy advocating for a vile criminal? The BJP is spending all its time & resources in devising plans to shield criminals and history sheeters from the courts. They have no intention to protect this country and its democratic institutions.” AAP Chief Spokesperson and MLA Shri Saurabh Bhardwaj further added, “The Aam Aadmi Party strongly condemns BJP’s failure at securing the Himachal Vidhan Sabha premises. It is because of the BJP’s disregard for democratic values that terrorists could put Khalistani flags on the Vidhan Sabha.”
MP Shri Sanjay Singh said, “What happened at the gates of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly was a tragedy waiting to happen. One can not expect the BJP to ensure law and order when the whole party goes all out to protect a vile goon. This party has the audacity to get the High Court opened at midnight to prevent a criminal from being arrested. How will the BJP government ensure law and order in Himachal when literally every single leader of the BJP is running pillar to post for that criminal? Vidhan Sabha is supposed to be the most secure and sacrosanct institution of a state. How could the BJP let the security of such an institution be compromised at the hands of Khalistanis? This is not just a breach of law & order but also a gross violation of the social fabric of Himachal Pradesh. It is no less than an insult for every Himachali. They should take the strictest possible action against those hooligans who hoisted the Khalistani flag there immediately. This is not a matter of Himachal alone, this raises big questions on BJP’s ability to handle the law and order at the national level.”
He added, “CM Jairam Thakur is only making a fool out of himself by crediting the security breach to the dual-capital system. Undivided Bihar had two assemblies in Patna and Ranchi. Maharashtra has two assemblies in Nagpur and Mumbai. There is no point rubbing the issue off by saying there was low security because there wasn’t a session going on. A Vidhan Sabha remains a Vidhan Sabha no matter what. You can not make a joke of the institution like this. Don’t these BJP leaders and ministers have their homes all over the country? Don’t their houses get tight security 24×7 irrespective of whether they’re there or not? How can the Himachal CM not ensure security at the Vidhan Sabha then? This is like running away from his responsibility.”
Addressing the issue of Tajinder Bagga, he said, “Tajinder Bagga is a criminal no matter how you see it. He has not been granted any relief from the High Court. The Mohali Court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in his name. The Punjab Government informed the court that it will not take any coercive action against him till the next hearing and that’s it. Bagga is not a hero and shouldn’t act like one either. It is appalling that the BJP has crossed all limits to protect a serial offender like him. He is a history sheeter. He spread hate and violence in Delhi and West Bengal and Punjab was his next target. There’s a full dossier of cases filed against him. It is a matter of shame and pain that the BJP got the High Court opened at midnight for a man like him.”
The AAP MP added, “The BJP must introspect how it has tarnished the whole Indian political system. They’ve stood in support of the Hathras Rapists, the Unnao Rapists, the Lakhimpur Murderer. Their ministers took out a whole rally in support of the criminals of raped an eight year old in Kathua. Their minister’s son ran his car over farmers but the man continues to enjoy power. Now the CM of Goa has come out in support of a criminal like Tajinder Bagga.”
He concluded, “The BJP should not talk about misuse of state machinery. It sounds like Gabbar Singh himself is talking about law & order. CBI raided CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal’s office, home and went to scan his bedroom too. They got Dy CM Shri Manish Sisodia’s office and home raided repeatedly. They sent out the ED after Health Minister Shri Satyendar Jain. They dragged 35 MLAs of ours to jail for no reason. When they could not do anything else, they got the pet dog of MLA Shri Somnath Bharti arrested. There are 23 FIRs in my name, 9 of them were filed in one day. They’ve put a sedition charge against me, they got our party office forcibly vacated, threatened my wife, arrested me without cause. These people have taken upon themselves to destroy the nation. The BJP should be the last one in the row to talk about whether someone is misusing their power or not.”
AAP Senior Leader and MLA Ms Atishi said, “The BJP should be ashamed of themselves. Despite them having their government in Himachal Pradesh, how is it that Khalistani flags were hoisted at the Vidhan Sabha? The Vidhan Sabha of every single state in this country is a symbol of India’s sovereignty, and it is appalling that such an incident has occurred at Himachal Pradesh’s legislative assembly. If the BJP has failed so spectacularly in ensuring the safety of the Vidhan Sabha of the state where it is in power, how can we expect them to provide security to a common person? The Aam Aadmi Party strongly believes that Himachal Pradesh CM Shri Jai Ram Thakur must tender his resignation at the earliest, or he must be removed from his post of Chief Minister by BJP’s central leadership.”
She added, “The reason that such a shameful incident of Khalistani flags being installed at the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha took place is simply BJP’s preoccupation with protecting their in-house criminals and hooligans. Hence, when it comes to defending the sovereignty of the nation and securing the Vidhan Sabha premises, the BJP fails to ensure a police force for it. But when it comes to shielding BJP’s criminals, the police force from two states are dedicated to taking any and every measure possible to keep their in-house criminal out of jail.”
She continued, “It has been over 8 hours since this incident of the Khalistani flags was brought to public notice. CM Jai Ram Thakur must respond as to what the Himachal Pradesh Police has accomplished in these 8 hours. Does the Himachal Vidhan Sabha not have CCTV cameras installed? Why has the police not made use of the CCTV footage to take action and capture the perpetrators behind this shameful act? Even if the Himachal Police has taken all these steps and identified the criminals, why has it not arrested them? It is clear that no arrest has been made because the BJP’s sole aim is to enable and harbour criminals; that the BJP state’s police has no time to do their actual job of upholding and protecting our national sovereignty because it is tasked with protecting BJP’s thugs. Jai Ram Thakur must be ashamed that despite him being the Chief Minister of the state, a Khalistani flag has been hoisted at the Himachal Vidhan Sabha, and he must immediately resign. The BJP simply has no time or care in the world to look out for the people of the country, as it is preoccupied with keeping its gang of criminals out of jail.”
AAP Chief Spokesperson and MLA Shri Saurabh Bhardwaj stated, “The incident of Khalistani flags being put around the Dharamsala assembly complex is a matter of shame for the country and for Himachal Pradesh. The entire Bharatiya Janata Party is busy saving a goon. Only twice have courts been opened in the country at midnight. Once to save terrorist Afzal Guru and second to save this criminal who is accused in many cases of inciting communal riots. Imagine, for this man, the Bharatiya Janata Party opened the doors of the court at midnight.”
He added, “If the Bharatiya Janata Party and the police are busy in saving such criminals, then how will they be able to stop the terrorists from hoisting flags? Because of the BJP Khalistanis have become so courageous today that they have put up flags on the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Was the government and the Himachal police sleeping? Security arrangements are ideally ensured in every corner of the assembly. The respect of the entire state depends on its assembly. Himachal Pradesh was looted of its dignity and respect and the BJP state government kept sleeping.”
He continued, “The government of Himachal Pradesh should recognise its laxity and immediately resign and apologise to the whole country. Tajinder Bagga is not sympathetic to the agony of the Sikhs, he shouldn’t float issues for no reason, he is already facing consequences for that. When Sikhs’ turbans were being tossed by BJP, when the farmers sitting on the Singhu border were being called Khalistani by the BJP, Tajinder Singh Bagga kept quiet.”