Farmers Movement Archive

Pass resolution against NIA notices: BSP

Jalandhar: Criticising the NIA notices to Sikh activists associated with farmers protests, the Punjab unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has urged Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to call a special assembly session to pass a resolution against “unconstitutional” jurisdiction given to NIA and an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. BSP Punjab chief Jasbir Singh Garhi, who earlier participated in the farmers protest at Singhu border with hundreds of party leaders and workers, said the NIA notices were a blatant attempt to intimidate those participating or supporting farmers movement. tnn“NIA should not have any right to register any case without approval of the state government because law and order is a state subject. NIA’s direct intervention in state subject is violation of the spirit of the Constitution,” Garhi said in a statement issued here on Monday. He asked the CM to call a special assembly session for the passage of a resolution against the “unconstitutional” jurisdiction given to NIA. The BSP’s statement came on a day the CM hit out at the Centre for the NIA notices. Garhi specifically mentioned notices issued to Khalsa Aid and Jalandhar-based author and commentator Balwinder Pal Singh, stating that the latter had been consistently writing for Sikhs and Dalits joining hands. “That is the real reason he has been given NIA notice,” Garhi said.

The Times of India

2021-01-19

Chandigarh