The complainant has alleged that in light of the upcoming assembly polls next year, AAP, just to woo the hardliners and Khalistanis in the state, is trying to create communal tensions in the state.
A complaint has been filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and four Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana, Harpreet Singh for stoking “communal tension and encouraging return of terrorism in Punjab”.
The complainant, Jagdeep Singh Gill from Moga, also an office-bearer of an organization called Jagriti Manch Punjab, has filed a complaint on the basis of a poster that surfaced last month close to the birth anniversary of controversial Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
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In the poster, Kejriwal, along with Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, state convenor Suchha Singh Chhotepur, national spokesperson Sanjay Singh and Faridkot MP Sadhu Singh, were seen with Bhindranwale and an appeal was made to the people of Punjab to visit their nearest gurdwaras and pay obeisance to ‘saint’ Bhindranwale.

The complainant, who has also named Sadhu Singh, Mann, Chhotepur and Sanjay Singh in his complaint, has alleged that AAP, in view of the coming Assembly polls next year, is trying to woo the hardliners and Khalistanis in the state and create communal tension in the state. This, he alleged, might lead to clashes between Hindus and Sikhs.
The complainant has also alleged that with these politically motivated actions of AAP, terrorism can make a comeback in Punjab.
The case will come up for next hearing on March 19 in the Ludhiana court.
The Punjab unit of AAP had denied having any links with the poster, alleging it to be a political vendetta by the Opposition.