Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 14

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) city chief Jeevan Jyot Kaur slammed Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for lying to the masses. She said, “It seems he (CM Charanjit Singh Channi) is trying to set a world record in making announcements.”

She said Channi had announced a gazetted holiday to mark the birth anniversary of Bhai Jaita. “It is a pity that martyrdom of Baba Jeevan Singh is being made a victim of caste discrimination,” she said and added that no memorial has been erected to remember his sacrifice.

The previous government had started a memorial at Anandpur Sahib near Virasat-e-Khalsa, which is still incomplete. “The maintenance and construction of Baba Jeevan’s historical gurdwaras in Anandpur Sahib and Shaheed Chamkaur Sahib is being carried out by the management in collaboration with sangat. No initiative has been taken by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee,” she said.

The AAP leader claimed these were not even included in the list of historical shrines and nor was Baba Jeevan’s name included in the list of martyrs of the Battle of Chamkaur. These things need to be seriously considered by the intellectuals, politicians and religious leaders of society, she pointed out.