Congress leader Gurjeet Singh Aujla, who is MP from Amritsar, on Wednesday strongly condemned the attack on former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Wednesday targeted Aam Aam Party government in Punjab over the attack on former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and alleged that law and order situation is "deteriorating" in the state.
This development comes following an assassination attempt on Badal this morning at the premises of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where he was performing penance under the religious punishments pronounced by Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Punjab police, Jasbir Singh recounted the assassination attempt of Shriomani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, saying how the police jumped into action immediately to foil the assassination attempt.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday condemned the attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal and ordered a thorough probe into the assassination attempt.
Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring blamed the Punjab government for "100 pc negligence" for the attempted assassination of Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Amritsar Police on Wednesday said that the attacker, who fired bullets at Sukhwinder Singh Badal at Golden Temple, has a criminal record and arms were recovered from him in the past.
Shrimoni Akali Dal's Balwinder Singh Bhunder said that the 'Seva' will continue despite the assassination attempt made on former SAD president Sukhwinder Singh Badal while serving penace at the the Golden Temple in Amritsar
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for four weeks a petition of death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of the sentence given to him for assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
Born on November 19, 1917, to India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, she served as the first and only woman prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.