If hanged , Rajoana would be another martyr of Khalistan struggle: Dal Khalsa
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 17:30
Source:
Punjab Newsline Network
AMRITSAR: In
a sharp reaction to the reported news that Balwant Singh Rajoana, a
convict in the former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination
case, would be hanged in Patiala central jail at 9 am on March 31,
radical Sikh organization the Dal Khalsa said in case the government
hangs him, “he will be another martyr of the Khalistan struggle”.
However,
Chandigarh additional sessions judge Shalini Nagpal issued orders for
the implementation of the death warrants against the Khalistani militant
yesterday. Rajoana is presently lodged in Patiala central jail.
Punjab’s
late chief minister Beant Singh was assassinated on 31 August 1995 at
Chandigarh by men militant outfit Babbar Khalsa group. The mastermind
that includes Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh Rajoana was arrested
in December 1995. Both were awarded death sentence by special court of
the CBI.
While commuting the death sentence of
Hawara into life, the high court, however, upheld the death sentence to
Balwant Singh, who had not opposed the gallows awarded to him in 2007
after an 11-year-old trial in a special trial court.
In
a statement, party’s senior leaders Satnam Singh Paonta Sahib and
Kanwarpal Singh said if the Punjab government executes the black warrant
and decides to hang him, he would be a martyr of the Sikh Panth as he
has sacrificed his life to achieve the goal of Sikh independent
homeland.
Holding Balwant Singh in high esteem,
they said his martyrdom would not go in vain. They said the hanging
would be a blot on the image of Akali led government in general and
Parkash Singh Badal in particular. Incidentally, Badal has been sworn as
chief minister today at historic place of Chappar Chhiri.
Meanwhile,
another Sikh radicals of Khalra Mission Organisation has also asked
Punjab Government to take up the matter with Union Government of India
to save the life of Balwant Singh Rajoana.