New Delhi, July 19: Shiromani Akali Dal MPs and SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday and urged him to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in former Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, to life imprisonment. Besides Longowal, MPs Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Balwinder Singh Bhundar and former parliamentarian Tarlochan Singh were part of the delegation. In the 15-minute meeting with the minister at Parliament House, the Sikh leaders raised apprehensions that the execution of the court’s order of death sentence had the potential to disturb peace in the state.
Source Tribune India
