Chandigarh, January 11
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab State President Sunil Jakhar has written a letter to the Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, demanding a forensic investigation from a credible lab into a video that is circulating and allegedly shows a person resembling the Chief Minister.
Speaking to the media at Chandigarh after a massive rally in Samrala along with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, held as part of the public awareness campaign for the Viksit Bharat Ji Ram Ji scheme, Sunil Jakhar said that if the Punjab Police could investigate a video related to former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi within one day, then the authenticity of this video linked to religious sacrilege—whether true or fake—can also be determined within a day.
Jakhar said Punjab is a sensitive state and such a video could cause massive unrest in the state. Therefore it is essential that its authenticity be examined and the truth be established. He added that this is why he has written to the DGP, seeking an immediate forensic examination so that it can be clearly ascertained whether the person shown in the video is the Chief Minister of Punjab or whether it is a fabricated video.
During this, he also urged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to obtain an impartial forensic investigation report of the video before appearing at Sri Akal Takht Sahib on January 15, so that the situation regarding this issue can be clarified. The BJP State President further said that on January 16, the BJP State Core Committee will gherao the Chief Minister’s residence in Chandigarh. On this occasion, the Chief Minister will be questioned about the deteriorating law and order situation in the state and the rising gangsterism, and he will also be questioned regarding this video.
Jakhar said that if the video is false, the government should issue a clarification based on facts, and if the video is found to be genuine, then Bhagwant Mann has no moral right to continue as Chief Minister.
