Chandigarh: Congress MPs from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Thursday staged a demonstration outside the Parliament House, demanding immediate action related to threats being issued to Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Those who joined the protest included Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Charanjit Singh Channi, Dr Amar Singh, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Dharamvir Gandhi, Sher Singh Ghubaya and Gurjeet Singh Aujla, the MPs from Punjab, Manish Tewari, MP from Chandigarh and Kumari Selja, MP from Haryana's Sirsa seat.
Later briefing reporters, Punjab state Congress president and Ludhiana MP Warring pointed out that threats were continuously being issued against Golden Temple.
He said, while the Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had claimed to have arrested one of the accused, he was said to be not involved in issuing the threats. He said, the Union government and the Union Home Ministry must take serious note of these threats and identify the culprits and bring them to book. They must understand the seriousness and sensitivity of the matter, he added.
To another question about the suggestion of the Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar about alliance between the BJP and the Akali Dal, Warring pointed out, the state working president of the BJP Ashwani Sharma had already opposed the suggestion for alliance.
He asserted that the alliance between the BJP and the Akali Dal will not make any difference to the Congress. “Congress has defeated them several times in the past when they were in alliance so we are not bothered”, he said, while remarking, “they are welcome to join hands even with the Aam Aadmi Party”.
