Former Inspector General (IG) of the Punjab Police, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who resigned over the sacrilege case probe joined the AAP in Amritsar on Monday. AAP’s National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal formally inducted and welcomed the former Punjab cop during an event held here along with AAP’s Punjab state president and MP Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, co-incharge Raghav Chadha and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema. On the occasion Kejriwal also announced that AAP’s CM face for Punjab would be from the Sikh society.
Addressing the media on the occasion, Arvind Kejriwal said that it was a happy day for the people of Punjab today, with the joining of former IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh. Kejriwal said that Kunwar Vijay Pratap was not a politician, neither his parents, nor he belong to a political background. He said that the Aam Aadmi Party was not a party of the politicians, neither it has come to do politics, but only for the nation and for the welfare of the people.
Kejriwal further said that every child of Punjab knows about Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh. “Even his opponents swear of his honesty. He has remained a dedicated cop of the common people, who struggled to get justice for the people of Punjab in the Bargari sacrilege case,” said Kejriwal. He said that the entire Punjab was watching how the masterminds of the Bargari sacrilege and the Kotkapura firing case were roaming freely.
Kejriwal said that earlier the people of Punjab did not have any option, but now they have. He said that the people of Punjab had given chances to all three parties, but nothing had changed as these parties were only after the chair, power and corruption. He appealed to the people to give chance to the Aam Aadmi Party once, assuring that position and direction would definitely change. Kejriwal also clarified that the AAP’s CM face for Punjab would be from the Sikh society, on whom Punjab will be proud.
Welcoming Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, Bhagwant Mann said that joining of such an officer, who marks honesty and hard work, is a sign of a change, which represents the common people. “People had hoped after Kunwar Vijay Pratap’s appointment as the head of SIT probing the Bargari sacrilege case, that the culprits would definitely be punished. But the system is corrupt and the ruling party is working in collusion to save the real culprits,” he said. Mann said that Punjab would be made prosperous again with justice to everyone and would be made the gateway of India.