Aam Aadmi Party today criticized Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for stooping to the lowest level of politics and trying to create communal tension in the state. Addressing the media on Friday, AAP state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich said that Sukhbir must owe the responsibility of pressurizing police officer to falsely implicate AAP leader and Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav in Malerkotla Quran Sharif Sacrilege case. He should resign immediately.Waraich said that as the key accused Vijay Kumar has confessed before the media that he was pressurized by the Punjab Police officers to name Yadav in the case now it is clear that Sukhbir has politicized the Police and is using it to snub his political opponents. He said that AAP leaders will meet Hon’ble Governor of Punjab to hold an independent enquiry to find out police officers who had registered a false case against Yadav.This is not the first time that Sukhbir has misused his power to register false case. Even at the time of Bargari case two innocent Sikh youth were arrested on false charges of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib but later the youth had to release finding no evidence against them.” Waraich said.
MLA Naresh Yadav said, “Being a law abiding citizen of this country, I have always cooperated with Punjab Police and am ready to go through any enquiry in future as well.” He said that SAD’s attempt to create tension among communities will never work as people have now understood his politics of hatred. He said that because of politicians like him the country is going through a bad phase.Sukhbir sent police to arrest an elected legislator on the statement of an accused, what action would he take now when the same person has labeled allegations against his own police officers? Yadav asked.AAP leader and Yadav’s lawyer in the case, Himmat Singh Shergill said that as there was no evidence against Yadav so he got bail on the 6th day. “Although he got bail early but who will compensate those 6 days he spent in jail and mental trauma he and his family went through.” asked Shergill. It is a perfect example of ‘Miscarriage of Justice’. He accused Punjab police for misbehaving with an elected representative and pressurize for confession.