Majithia hugged Beant Singh killer, SAD should honour Chaura: Bittu

Bittu added that Chaura is a “senior citizen and a Sikh devotee”. “Sukhbir had confessed at the Akal Takht that the sacrilege took place during the tenure of SAD-BJP government in the state and that they couldn’t do justice to the probe. Chaura, who is a senior citizen, must have got deeply hurt and his action appears to be guided by emotions. But that doesn’t mean that anyone has the right to attack anyone at the Darbar Sahib. But I don’t see any khalistani or terror angle in this. Rather I strongly feel that that SAD and SGPC should fight the case and get him freed. They should act as large hearted people as they had been suggesting others in the past,” Bittu told media persons in New Delhi on Saturday.

Bittu added that, in fact, “Chaura saab should be honoured and his picture must be made part of the Sikh museum at Golden Temple”.

Taking at further dig at Majithia, Bittu said, “The Akali leader had hugged Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in former CM Beant Singh’s assassination case, when he was out on bail last month, so he should do the same gesture with Chaura. The SAD and SGPC are proud of Rajoana. They are even fighting a legal battle for his release. They are fighting for the release of ‘Bandi Singhs’ and they should fight for Chaura as well, so that he doesn’t meet the same fate.”

Later in the day, while addressing media persons, Majithia said that Bittu’s statements reflect his mindset. Majithia later in the evening while addressing mediapersons said,” we can see the mindset of Bittu through his words.

“I don’t take any statement of a BJP minister who switched from the Congress seriously as both parties have different ideologies. But I wonder why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are silent.”

“On December 4, Bittu condemned the attack and now he has taken a complete U-turn. He is also validating an attack inside the Golden Temple. The BJP has a lot to answer and clarify their stand,” Majithia said.

SAD spokesperson Arshdeep Kler added that such comments by a BJP minister shows the party’s deliberate attempt to target the moderate Akali leadership. “This seems to be a part of the conspiracy to finish SAD. How can people like Bittu understand the maryada of Akal Takht who had been calling Indira Gandhi, the woman who ordered an attack on Akal Takht, as their mother,” he said.