Punjab Sad Punar Surjit Writes To Centre Seeks Hawara S Parole
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The development comes amid renewed political focus on the release of Sikh prisoners ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. Mann had written to the governor on August 8, seeking 10-day parole for Hawara so that he could tend to his aged and ailing mother The development comes amid renewed political focus on the release of Sikh prisoners ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. Mann had written to the governor on August 8, seeking 10-day parole...
The development comes amid renewed political focus on the release of Sikh prisoners ahead of the 2027 Punjab assembly elections. Mann had written to the governor on August 8, seeking 10-day parole for Hawara so that he could tend to his aged and ailing mother. The CM’s intervention came a day after his meeting with the governor.
It comes against the backdrop of growing mobilisation by Panthic organisations. The Qaumi Insaf Morcha has announced a gherao of the governor’s residence on August 15, demanding the release of Bandi Singhs.
Youth Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) president Gurjit Singh Talwandi has said the Sukhbir Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) failed to raise key Punjab-centric issues during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a press conference, Talwandi said, “The meeting with the PM presented an opportunity to raise long-pending issues concerning Punjab’s river waters, Chandigarh and the release of Bandi Singhs, but these issues were not taken up.”
Meanwhile, Malkit Singh Hundal, who recently resigned as general secretary of the youth wing of Badal-led Akali Dal, joined SAD (Punar Surjit).