Punjab

Think. A big police station on Pakistan border overrun by an armed mob, a suspect freed, and the state says 'sorry, my bad.' You have to be nuts to think ...

The definition of ‘weak’ is particularly nuanced in Punjab and it isn’t determined by the size of an elected government’s majority. Punjab’s post-Independence history tells us that the state sees a crisis whenever it has a weak leadership; the leader seems controlled by Delhi and incapable of keeping Sikh religiosity in his political tent. The state was divided in 1966. Among the more interesting, less remembered, but relatively harmless things he did was to bring to India from Britain “descendants of Guru Gobind Singh’s horses”. If you are relieved with a sense of ‘so far, so good’, I underline for you the other difference. Then he goes on to say that if Amit Shah says he will crush the “Khalistan movement”, he’d rather first remember the fate Indira Gandhi met for making the same boast. One, there was bloodletting and death that day as a group of Bhindranwale’s supporters protesting at a Nirankari sect congregation were fired at in Amritsar. It took 15 years to begin the return of normalcy. A big police station right on the border was overrun by a mob armed with swords and firearms, an arrested suspect was freed, and then the state said ‘sorry, we were in the wrong’. Nothing will please me more than to be proven wrong on this in the times to come. The cruel fact, however, is that we are repeating mistakes of a bad past in Punjab. They stormed a police station next to the border with Pakistan — as sensitive a zone as you can name.

KPS Gill had said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is “not aware of what they are doing" and predicted the rise of Khalistani elements | OpIndia News.

Under the leadership of CM Bhagwant Mann the state of Punjab is left in utter chaos and anarchy while he claims that the law and order are in absolute control. During the hours-long standoff and eventual takeover of the police station, the Punjab Police was compelled to give in to the demands of Khalistani Amritpal Singh. Even if he is not on the same path, he will use a puppet to control the government.” Gill also asserted that AAP has ‘unwittingly’ provided a platform to radical NRIs who have a sole agenda of spreading terrorism in the state. He said that at one point, Kejriwal claimed he would either become Chief Minister of Punjab or will become first Prime Minister of an independent nation (Khalistan). As lawlessness has engulfed an Aam Aadmi Party-ruled Punjab, it is the right time to recall what KPS Gill had said about the Arvind Kejriwal-led party back in 2017.

The State Governance Reforms Minister also said the Punjab government has taken special care to ensure that the industry is an equal partner in policy ...

He said that educational institutions of the state should focus on imparting digital marketing skills. It has a strategic location with an international airport, according to an official statement. [Punjab](/topic/punjab)has the best ecosystem for IT and startup sector and offers immense opportunities, according to state minister [Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer](/topic/gurmeet-singh-meet-hayer).

Punjab Police booked Amritpal and 30 of his supporters on February 17 for allegedly kidnapping and thrashing Varinder Singh, a Sikh preacher and resident of ...

For him, Mann is an “inspiration” for his patience and his ability to stay the ground. Amritpal rejects the widely held perception of a Congress hand in Bhindranwale’s initial projection to marginalise the Akalis. For instance, former MP and national commission of minorities chairman, Tarlochan Singh advocates a quick “healing touch” to neutralise exploitable anger on issues galvanising protests in Punjab: the Bargari morcha (in Malwa region), the agitation that has turned humongous on Chandigarh’s border for the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikhs serving jail terms for militancy) and the overarching drug abuse linked to joblessness. They don’t want to recognise that there’s a problem involving a large segment of the society.” On that day, farmers who were part of the farm protest against three laws that have since been repealed, drove into Delhi, clashed with police, and even hoisted the Sikh flag at Red Fort. He said his return to Punjab was triggered by the 2015 Bargari sacrilege which gravitated him to Sikhi (religion) and the off-staging of Sikh youth — coupled with Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu’s arrest — in the Kisan Morcha (farm protest) controlled by the Left. He seeks to fill the vacuum resulting from the ostensible decline of traditional parties he criticises for breaching promises and creating maladies that have come to dog Punjab. It was at the Sant’s village, Rhode in Moga district on September, 2022 that he gained association with Deep Sidhu’s celebrity by assuming control of Waris Punjab De, an organisation the actor floated before his death in a car crash last year. I’m a Punjabi and a Sikh; every Punjabi is separate from the rest of India. As much as Amritpal may protest the imputations of being a Bhindranwale clone, his stake in the latter’s legacy is hard to miss. You learn many things in later life but you can’t learn the way of worship, the dedication he perfected early in his life.” Singh, in his complaint, alleged that Amritpal’s associates abducted him from Ajnala and took him to an unknown place where he was brutally beaten for criticising the state’s “favourite” new preacher for his radical speeches and spreading false propaganda. In the dress code prescribed for the Khalsa, he is a Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale doppelganger, complete with the gole dastaar (round turban) and the bana (gown).

A day after supporters of preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh stormed a police station, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Friday said the ...

We have acted with restraint on account of presence of the holy Guru Granth Sahib," he said. "Police acted with utmost restraint due to the maryada of Guru Granth Sahib and preserved it. A day after supporters of preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh stormed a police station, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Friday said the demonstrators had used the holy Guru Granth Sahib as a shield and attacked police personnel in a cowardly manner, leaving six of them injured.

On the concluding day of the Progressive Punjab Investors' Summit, Punjab-based companies articulated business plans for the state.

The group will continue to invest in rolling out 5G infrastructure in the state. A spokesperson of the Bharti Enterprises said, “We have invested more than Rs 15,000 crore in Punjab and employ over 50,000 people.” Similarly, Cargill India yesterday announced that the company was in process of doubling the investment in Punjab in the next two years. Further, RJ Group, which specialises in food and beverages sector is in process of doubling the production at its Pathankot unit. We have invested more than Rs 15,000 crore in Punjab and employ over 50,000 people. Bharti Group will continue to invest in rolling out 5G infrastructure in the state.