Amritpal Singh was serving with a battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in Poonch sector.
Chandigarh:
The opposition events in Punjab on Saturday expressed shock over the Military not giving a guard of honour over the past rites of Agniveer Amritpal Singh who died in Jammu and Kashmir on October 11.
Nevertheless, the Military, in an announcement, stated since Singh’s explanation for dying was a self-inflicted gunshot harm, no guard of honour or navy funeral was supplied, in accordance with the present coverage.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann too stated his authorities will increase a powerful objection with the Centre over this matter.
Mr Mann, in a submit on X, additional stated regardless of the military has the coverage relating to the martyrdom of Singh, however his authorities’s coverage will stay the identical for a martyr and can give Rs 1 crore to the household of the soldier as per the state coverage, saying Amritpal Singh is a martyr of the nation.
Amritpal Singh, who was serving with a battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles within the Poonch sector, was cremated on Friday at his native village in Punjab’s Mansa district.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal stated she was shocked to study that Singh was cremated with out the military guard of honour.
She sought intervention from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh within the matter, searching for crucial instructions to accord navy honours to all martyred troopers.
“Shocked to study that Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who was martyred within the line of obligation in Poonch in J-Ok was cremated with out an Military guard of honour & even his physique was dropped at his native village in Mansa in a personal ambulance by his household!,” Ms Badal posted on X “It’s learnt that this occurred as a result of Amritpal was an #Agniveer. We should accord due respect to all our troopers. Request Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to challenge instructions to accord navy honours to all martyred troopers,” she stated.
The Military, within the assertion, on Saturday stated in an unlucky incident, Agniveer Amritpal Singh died whereas on sentry obligation in Rajouri Sector, as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot harm. A court docket of inquiry to determine extra particulars is in progress.
Physique of Singh, accompanied by a junior commissioned officer and 4 different ranks, had been transported in a civil ambulance employed by the unit of the Agniveer, stated the assertion, including that accompanying military personnel additionally attended the final rites.
“The reason for dying being a self-inflicted harm, no guard of honour or navy funeral was supplied, in accordance with the present coverage,” it stated.
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring stated, “This can be a unhappy day for our nation as this (soldier) who was recruited beneath the Agniveer scheme was despatched again house 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,” he requested.
“The bereaved household needed to request the native Punjab Police to present our younger boy a guard of honour. Is that this why @BJP4India began this coverage? Is that this how we’ll deal with our Agniveers, totally different from the remainder of our troopers? Does the Central Authorities have any solutions for this inhuman therapy of our younger martyr? Shameful!,” Warring wrote on X.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked the Bhagwant Mann authorities, saying he was shocked by the refusal of the chief minister to ship any state-level dignitary to present a befitting farewell to the younger martyr.
“Chief Minister should not disguise 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 probably the most magnanimous manner at this painful juncture. That is what S. Parkash Singh Ji Badal would have instantly performed,” Badal posted on X.
SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia demanded the scrapping of the Agniveer scheme and sought regularisation of all troopers recruited beneath it until date.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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