AMRITSAR: Announcing one of its significant decision, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab has curtailed the security cover provided to 424 VIPs in the state including Giani Harpreet Singh, the officiating Jathedar of Sikhs supreme temporal seat Akal Takht.
Following the decision taken by the Bhagwant Mann-led govt, nearly half of the security personnel have been withdrawn from Giani Harpreet Singh.
Reacting to the AAP government's decision of curtailing his security, Giani Harpreet Singh said that he came to know from his security personnel that they have been called back.
Stating that he didn’t need the security of the Punjab govt, Harpreet Singh said “It’s not a big thing, I have asked the secretary to talk to the govt to call back remaining security personnel, we don’t need security, especially from Punjab govt. Khalsa Panth, our Sikh youth are sufficient to provide security, we don’t need security from the state govt, we are sending back the remaining security personals”
He said he had security cover of around 6 personnel out of which half of them had been withdrawn and he was sending back the remaining.
In the recent past, Harpreet Singh had suggested the Sikhs especially the Sikh youth to arm themselves with modern licensed weapons and procure them legally due to present uncertain times.
In April, the Punjab govt had withdrawn the security cover of 184 people.
