Punjab MP Simranjit Singh Mann Walks Into Controversy Over Bhagat Singh Terrorist Remark

Punjab MP Simranjit Singh Mann Walks Into Controversy Over Bhagat Singh Terrorist Remark [ad_1]

Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann referred to Bhagat Singh as a "terrorist"

Chandigarh:

A Punjab MP has waded into controversy together with his touch upon freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Newly elected Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann, who can be the chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), referred to Bhagat Singh as a "terrorist".

"Bhagat Singh had killed a younger, English naval officer, he had killed an Amritdhari Sikh constable, Channan Singh. He hurled a bomb on the Nationwide Meeting on the time. Now you inform me whether or not Bhagat Singh was a terrorist or not," Mr Mann had stated.

Mr Mann is a controversial chief in Punjab politics. After just lately profitable the bypoll from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's house turf Sangrur, the MP attributed his victory to Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and stated he would elevate the problems of "Indian Military's atrocities in Kashmir" in parliament.

Simranjit Singh Mann had additionally stated he would flag the "killing of tribal folks in Bihar and Chhattisgarh calling them Naxalites".

Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Occasion, or AAP, authorities has demanded Mr Mann to apologise for the remark that harm sentiments and disrespected the liberty fighter.

"Shameful and pitiful. Sangrur MP, Simranjeet Singh Mann, calling revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh a 'terrorist' is disgraceful and disrespectful. Punjabis are linked to the ideology of Bhagat Singh and we strongly condemn this irresponsible remark," the AAP tweeted.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha stated it is "shameful that some name him a terrorist". "Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh is a hero, a patriot, a revolutionary and a real son of the soil. Inquilab Zindabad," Mr Chadha tweeted.

Shameful that some name him a terrorist. Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh is a hero, a patriot, a revolutionary and a real son of the soil.

INQUILAB ZINDABAD! pic.twitter.com/7mpTalt3g1

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) July 15, 2022

Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa additionally condemned the remark by the Akali (Amritsar) MP.

"The younger man (Bhagat Singh) who fought and sacrificed for the liberty of the nation is as we speak being referred to as a terrorist. Simranjit Mann ji Be taught to distinguish between those that give their lives for the nation and those that give their lives towards the nation," Mr Randhawa tweeted.

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