Akali Dal Slams Amritpal Singh Crackdown, Offers Help To Those Arrested
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"Shiromani Akali Dal stands for Justice and the protection of the rights of the Punjabis in general and the Sikhs in particular," Sukhbir Singh Badal wrote on Twitter.
Calling the Punjab Police's massive manhunt for Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh "extra-constitutional" and a "conspiracy", opposition party Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday offered legal aid to those arrested in the crackdown.
"Shiromani Akali Dal has decided to provide complete legal assistance to all Sikh youth arrested in the ongoing extra-constitutional crackdown in Punjab and ensure their rights are not trampled upon by AAP Punjab," Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal wrote on Twitter.
The conservative party, which counts the top religious body of Sikhs as its ideological mentor, has also released a list of helpline numbers for coordinating the effort.
In another tweet, Mr 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".
