Alleging politicisation of the state police, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday demanded probe into the installation of portraits of …
Alleging politicisation of the state police, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday demanded probe into the installation of portraits of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and a local legislator by youth Congress activists in two police stations in Sangrur on Monday.
The SAD vice president, Daljit Singh Cheema, asked Punjab chief secretary, Karan Avtar Singh, to order an immediate probe into the installation of these portraits. Cheema, who also forwarded pictures of youth Congress activists boasting about this “achievement” on social media along with his representation to the chief secretary, said it was shocking that pictures of CM Amarinder and Sangrur legislator Vijayinder Singla had been installed by Congressmen in the offices of two police stations in Sangrur in the presence of the concerned stations house officers (SHOs).
The SAD leader asked the chief secretary to order removal of the portraits immediately besides issuing directions to the civil and police administration about the code for installation for such photographs. In his letter to the chief secretary, the SAD leader said the incident of installation of the pictures proved that the politicisation of the state police was complete. “It also shows that the Congress party has taken over the police stations and is virtually running them,” he said.
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Speaking about the illegality of Congress workers installing pictures of their leaders in police stations, Cheema said no one could object to the installation of the CM’s portrait but it should be installed by the administration and not Congress workers. He said there was no provision to install the portrait of the local legislator in police stations.
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