Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday demanded registration of a sedition case against Bhlath MLA Sukhpal Khaira, besides his immediate arrest, “for participating in anti-national activities designed to demoralise the armed forces”.
“A case should be registered against Sukhpal Khaira under section 124 (a) for becoming a tool of Pakistan’s ISI agency and spreading enemy propaganda in the country,” said Col CD Singh Kamboj, who is also a member of SAD’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC).
He said that Khaira had also insulted army personnel by levelling heinous allegations against them. “Khaira has teamed up with Pakistan’s ISI and become their mouthpiece by repeating their falsehood of Indian army engaging in rapes in Kashmir,” he said.
“The factual position is that the Indian army, which is the most disciplined force in the world, has always safeguarded the interests of the local population. Moreover, the movement of army personnel is not allowed beyond the Cantonment areas in Kashmir,” he added.
Asking Khaira not to become a puppet of Pak Generals, the Akali leader said that even Khaira’s remarks about how the Army was handling insurgency in Kashmir were highly objectionable.
Col Kamboj, terming Khaira’s outburst against the Indian Army as most disturbing, said that it had come at a time when the entire country was in mourning.
