{"id":163182,"date":"2020-01-08T07:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T07:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=163182"},"modified":"2020-01-08T07:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T07:46:15","slug":"capt-amarinder-flays-akalis-politicising-attacks-sikhs-pak-target-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/163182","title":{"rendered":"Capt Amarinder flays Akalis for Politicising Attacks on Sikhs in Pak to Target Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Chandigarh, Jan 8 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday lambasted <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92414 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Amrinder.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Amrinder\" width=\"400\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Amrinder.jpg 400w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Captain-Amrinder-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>the Akalis for their shameless politicisation of the recent attacks on Sikhs and their religious institutions in Pakistan, and their attempt to link the condition of minorities in Pakistan with the unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Chief Minister came down heavily on the Akalis, particularly Harsimrat Kaur Badal\u2019s abominable bid to use the killing of a Sikh youth and the attack on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan to carry out her political battle against the Congress. He was referring to Harsimrat\u2019s tweets in which she had sought to promote the CAA in the context of the persecution of minorities in Pakistan, and has attacked him (Captain Amarinder) and the Indian National Congress leadership over their criticism of CAA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThis is the height of ignorance and stupidity,\u201d said the Chief Minister, reacting to Harsimrat\u2019s tweets. \u201cThe CAA, coupled with National Register for Citizens (NCR) is the kind of tool with which minorities in India will be persecuted even more than those in Pakistan are,\u201d he said, adding that it was apparent that the Union Minister had no clue about the implications of CAA or the damage it will cause to India\u2019s secular character, particularly in conjunction NRC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Captain Amarinder said that the brazen attacks on minorities, including Sikhs, in Pakistan were so appalling as to be indefensible. As if these attacks were not shocking enough, Harsimrat and the rest of the Akali leadership had stooped to a shocking low by using them to defend the CAA and target the Congress party, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Chief Minister also lashed out at the double-speak of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on the issue of CAA\/NRC, pointing out that just days back, Akali chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had said asked for minorities to be included in the purview of the CAA. \u201cDon\u2019t they have any clear stand on the issue?\u201d he asked, adding that these kind of conflicting statements exposed the double standards of the Akalis on this grave issue of national importance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Making it clear that neither he nor the Congress were against granting citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs etc being persecuted in other countries, the Chief Minister reiterated his stand against isolation of Muslims and other religions from the CAA cover. There should be no discrimination on religious grounds, he said, adding that nor just Sikhs but other minorities facing persecution elsewhere should be welcome to come and settle in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SAD was clearly playing to the gallery, and hoping to leverage the Pakistani Sikhs issue, to promote their political interests, as was evident from their representation to the External Affairs Minister today, said Captain Amarinder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Considering that SAD is part of the NDA government at the Centre, it would be more apt for them to put pressure on their alliance partner, the BJP, to be more proactive in handling the situation arising out of the anti-Sikh attacks in Pakistan, the Chief Minister stressed. Further, it would be more in order for the SAD and its alliance partners at the Centre to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the minorities within India, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, Jan 8 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday lambasted the Akalis for their shameless politicisation of the recent attacks on Sikhs and their religious institutions in Pakistan, and their attempt to link the condition of minorities in Pakistan with the unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Chief Minister &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Capt Amarinder flays Akalis for Politicising Attacks on Sikhs in Pak to Target Congress | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/163182\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Capt Amarinder flays Akalis for Politicising Attacks on Sikhs in Pak to Target Congress | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chandigarh, Jan 8 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; 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