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News Desk: The falling down of Balwinder Singh’s turban at the ‘Nabanno Chalo’ protest has created a tension in West Bengal. Governor Jagdeep Dhankar slammed the Mamata Banerjee government and labelled it as ‘blatant rights violation’ and asked Mamata Banerjee to withdraw the case against Balwinder Singh.
The Akal Takht is the highest temporal seat of Sikhism and its jathedar is the leader of the clergy. He said “In the ongoing fight between TMC and BJP, Balwinder has been made a target by the Mamata Banerjee government. This is absolutely unacceptable. He has licence for the weapon and it is valid across India”
He added “The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa has gone to Bengal and talked to police officials. It seems the Bengal government, especially the chief minister, has made up her mind to play with the life of the young Sikh. Her fight is with the BJP. Let her continue with that fight but this man should not be made a target. The incident has caused anger and frustration among Sikhs across the world. Balwinder Singh is an innocent man. Mamata Banerjee should do justice and release the man without any condition”
Manjinder Singh Sirsa challenged the charges made by the state police against the accused and wrote a four page letter to Virendra, the director general of police on Monday. He said “I have shown the local police copies of the original licence and the district magistrate’s office at Rajouri, Kashmir, has also confirmed that area validity of the licence was extended to cover all states. I have filed a police complaint. I will also file a writ petition in the Calcutta high court”
