The chairman of the Punjab State Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu, set off a storm in a video in which he praised two party members for “being able to make the police pee.”
Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema lashed out at his remarks and a Chandigarh police officer sent him a notice of defamation.
Dilsher Singh Chandel (Dilsher Singh Chandel), deputy police chief of the Chandigarh Police Department, said: “I have issued a defamation notice to him, saying that he has humiliated the police.”
A deputy inspector also posted a video message condemning the remarks.
The MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu supported the police and praised their role in the fighting and COVID-19 era.
At a recent rally in Sultanpur Lodhi, Mr. Sidhu pointed to a person sitting on the MLA Navtej Singh Cheema and said that he could “make the’thanedar’ (police) pee his pants” and sparked controversy.
On Sunday, he repeated the remarks at a rally in Batala, while praising the local leader Ashwani Sekhri who stood beside him.
When the reporter asked about his remarks, Mr. Xidu said that it should not be taken literally.
He said this is a way for Congress to “exercise power.”
A video of Mr. Sidou making the above remarks went viral on social media and aroused strong reactions from some police and political leaders.
Punjab Lok Congress Chairman and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that it is sad that these uniformed people are being disrespected.
SAD’s Daljit Singh Cheema questioned the “silence” of Punjab’s Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Interior Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Mr. Sidhu’s remarks.
He asked both of them to tell Mr. Sidhu that he should avoid making such remarks, and asked him to withdraw his statement and seek an apology from the police.
DSP Chandel of Chandigarh called Mr. Sidhu’s remarks “shameful”.
Chandel said: “It is very shameful for such senior leaders to use these words for their own strength and humiliate them.”
“This is the same force that protects him (Sidhu) and his family,” he said in a video message. He even dared Mr. Sidhu to return his security guards.
“Without (safe) power, even a rickshaw driver would not listen to him,” he said.
“I strongly condemn these remarks. He (Sidu) should not use these words to describe his troops. This troop has its own dignity and respect, and we have a responsibility to maintain this dignity,” he said.
In a video message, the Deputy Inspector Barbir Singh posted in Jalandhar (rural) said: “A senior leader used this language to deal with us. I strongly condemn it.” He also asked the Punjab DGP not to Let the image of the police be affected.
“We live in society with our families, and our children question why we use this language to deal with us,” Barbir Singh said.
Complete News Source : NDTV
