Opposition blames AAP govt. as tensions ease in Patiala
The Hindu
SAD, Congress leaders accuse govt. of adminstrative incompetence over clashes
The Punjab government on Saturday restored mobile Internet services in Patiala district as tensions eased and the situation slowly moved towards normal. However, Opposition parties alleged that the violence and clashes over the last few days were the result of the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) government’s administrative incompetence.
The district witnessed confrontation and violence since Friday after a clash between different groups over a march in the city against pro-‘Khalistan’ movements. Four persons, including two police personnel, were injured in the incident. Harish Singla, who has been accused of instigating the violence and arrested, was on Saturday sent to two-day police custody by a local court.
The State government also transferred the Inspector General of Police (Patiala Range), the Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police and the Superintendent of Police after the incident, said an official statement.
Mukhwinder Singh Chhina, the new IGP (Patiala Range) said the administration had restored peace within 24 hours and the police would ensure that the guilty were punished.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said the incidents of violence and communal flare up in Patiala were a matter of grave concern and these incidents were the direct outcome of “the utter administrative incompetence and reckless political opportunism” of the AAP government.
“In a matter of just a few weeks, they have undone the fruit of decades of sacrifices of Punjabis for peace and communal harmony and brought the State to the edge of a dangerous communal precipice. This is the direct outcome of the politics of confrontation and communal hatred that the AAP has been practicing in Punjab in recent years,” said Mr. Badal in a statement.
The Akali leader also hit out at Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann for blaming the Opposition for the incidents.
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