Capt seeks justice for soldier’s kin
Saturday, 05/11/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday submitted a memorandum to governor VP Singh Badnore, seeking the Centre’s intervention for providing justice to the family of retired soldier Ram Kishan Grewal who killed himself in protest against an unequal pension policy for military veterans.
Alleging total breakdown of democratic system in the country, Amarinder urged Badnore to convey to the central government his party’s concern over the brutal handling of the situation in the wake of 70-year-old’s suicide and demanded exemplary action against those guilty of harassing, detaining and beating up his family members.
He was leading a 20-member delegation of Punjab Congress leaders and ex-servicemen. SAD: STOP SHEDDING CROCODILE TEARS
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday advised Capt Amarinder Singh to “stop shedding crocodile tears” to garner sympathy of ex-servicemen. “You have no moral right to meet the governor when as the chief minister you did nothing for the welfare of ex-servicemen,” Akali MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said in a press release here.
