The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asserted a false Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sponsored complaint to the Canadian authorities against senior leader Parambans Singh Romana had led to the latter being denied entry into Canada.Addressing a press conference here, SAD chief spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler said a false case had been registered against Parambans Romana during the recent municipal elections in Faridkot.
“Romana had got anticipatory bail in the case and had gone abroad after seeking due permission from the court”.Kler said the AAP government had got jittery once it learned that a SAD delegation was visiting Canada to interact with the NRI community. “As AAP has reneged on every promise made to NRIs, the government was desperate to stall the SAD delegation.
This is why propped up charges were presented to the Canadian authorities to deny entry to Romana”.The SAD leader asserted that the AAP government had not only insulted the NRI community who Romana was visiting at their invitation, but had also gone against the concept of hospitality enshrined in Punjabiyat.
“The SAD delegation is visiting Canada with the purpose of interacting with the community and listening to the grievances of NRIs. The SAD believes in offering solutions like it did during its last term in government by holding NRI Sammelans and creating special police stations for NRIs.
But it seems the AAP government, which has done nothing for NRIs, does not want any discussion on this matter”. He said the success tour of a recent SAD delegation which had visited Australia and Newzealand had also unnerved the AAP government.Mr Kler also took strong notice of the desperate attempt to launch a smear campaign against Mr Parambans Romana.
He said a leading electronic channel of the State had tried to tarnish the leader’s reputation by claiming that the latter was under the influence of liquor and that was why he had been sent back to India. “This is a canard. If it is not withdrawn within one day and the channel does not issue an apology, we will file a defamation suit against the media house”, he added.