The absence of a guard of honour over the past rites of Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who misplaced his life in Jammu and Kashmir on October 11, has stirred controversy with opposition events in Punjab taking an exception to it. Whereas the Military, in a press release, cited Singh’s reason behind dying as a self-inflicted gunshot wound as a cause for why his final rites passed off with out army honours, opposition figures and the Punjab Chief Minister have expressed dismay over the identical.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that his authorities will protest this matter with the Union authorities. He additionally confirmed that the state will honour the soldier’s sacrifice by offering a compensation of Rs 1 crore to Singh’s household in accordance with the state coverage.
“No matter stands out as the coverage of the military concerning the martyrdom of Shaheed Amritpal Singh, however the coverage of the Punjab authorities will stay the identical as for each martyr.. Shaheed Amritpal Singh is a martyr of the nation. Robust objection will even be raised with the Central Govt,” he said.
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Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who served with a battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles within the Poonch sector, was laid to relaxation on Friday in his native village in Punjab’s Mansa district.
Former Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal chief, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, expressed shock at Singh’s cremation with out an Military guard of honour. She has appealed to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to intervene within the matter.
“Shocked to study that Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who was martyred within the line of responsibility in Poonch in J-Okay was cremated with out an Military guard of honour & even his physique was delivered to his native village in Mansa in a personal ambulance by his household! We should accord due respect to all our troopers. Request Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to situation instructions to accord army honours to all martyred troopers,” she posted on X.
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Earlier within the day, the Military issued a press release, explaining that Amritpal Singh misplaced his life whereas on sentry responsibility within the Rajouri Sector resulting from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A court docket of inquiry is underway to find out additional particulars.
The mortal stays of Singh had been transported in a civilian ambulance, employed by the Agniveer unit, together with a junior commissioned officer and 4 different ranks. The Military emphasised that because of the self-inflicted nature of the harm, no guard of honour or army funeral was supplied, in accordance with established coverage.
Punjab Congress chief, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, expressed deep disappointment terming the matter as “shameful.”
“This can be a unhappy day for our nation as this (soldier) who was recruited beneath the Agniveer scheme was despatched again residence in a personal ambulance and never given any guard of honour by the @adgpi. Does being an Agniveer imply that their lives do not matter as a lot? The bereaved household needed to request the native Punjab Police to provide our younger boy a guard of honour. Is that this why @BJP4India began this coverage? Is that this how we are going to deal with our Agniveers, totally different from the remainder of our troopers? Does the Central Authorities have any solutions for this inhuman remedy of our younger martyr? Shameful!” he wrote on X.
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Sukhbir Singh Badal, the chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal, criticised Punjab’s Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for not sending a state-level dignitary to supply a becoming farewell to the fallen soldier.
“CM should not cover behind the excuse of central authorities insurance policies as nothing stops the state authorities from giving honour to the martyr and from standing by his household essentially the most magnanimous manner at this painful juncture. That is what S. Parkash Singh Ji Badal would have instantly achieved,” he said.
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Bikram Singh Majithia, one other outstanding SAD chief, referred to as for the discontinuation of the Agniveer scheme and referred to as for the regularisation of all troopers recruited beneath this system.
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