Congress distances itself from Punjab ex-CM Charanjit Channi’s remark on jailed MP Amritpal Singh
Singh had been imprisoned under the National Security Act as part of an ‘undeclared Emergency’ in the country, the legislator from Jalandhar had claimed.
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The Congress has distanced itself from remarks made by party MP Charanjit Singh Channi in the Lok Sabha on Thursday about jailed Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh.
Earlier in the day, Channi said that Singh, who was elected from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in the recent general election, had been imprisoned under the National Security Act as part of an “undeclared emergency” in India.
“They speak about Emergency every day,” Channi said in his speech in Parliament. “But what about the undeclared Emergency in the country today? ... This too is Emergency that a man who was elected as an MP by 20 lakh people in Punjab is behind bars under the NSA. He is unable to present the views of the people of his constituency, here [in the Lok Sabha]. This too is Emergency.”
The views expressed by Channi, former chief minister of Punjab and the incumbent MP from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency, did not reflect the party’s position, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.
Undeclared Emergency in India by the BJP pic.twitter.com/oe6a0P6qLd— Charanjit Singh Channi (@CHARANJITCHANNI) July 25, 2024
Singh contested the election as an independent candidate and is currently in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail.
In April 2023, the Punjab Police arrested the self-styled Sikh preacher after he had been on the run for over a month. The Punjab Police began cracking...
