AMRITSAR: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Congress MP will also participate in volunteer service at the Sachkhand Shri Harmandir Sahib.
Earlier today, Punjab Congress president Raja Waring said that Rahul Gandhi is on a personal, spiritual visit. “Rahul Gandhi ji is coming to Amritsar Sahib to pay obeisance at Sachkhand Shri Harmandir Sahib. This is his personal, spiritual visit, let’s respect his privacy. Request all party workers to not be physically present for this visit. You all can show your support in spirit and meet him the next time”, the Punjab Congress president posted on X.
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Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Punjab comes after the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case as a ‘political vendetta’. A Punjab court on Saturday sent Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a 2015 drugs case.
Congress MLA Khaira was arrested from his Chandigarh residence last Thursday in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The Aam Aadmi Party and Congress — members of the opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc — have been at loggerheads in the border state over the arrest of Khaira. While the Congress is calling it vindictive politics of AAP, the ruling party is terming the development as part of their “zero tolerance policy” against drugs.
In 2015, two cases originated with the unearthing of a cross-border drug smuggling network in Fazilka, Punjab, leading to the seizure of heroin, gold biscuits, weapons, cartridges and Pakistani SIM cards and the second of a fake passport racket being run in Delhi. On February 16, 2023, a Supreme Court bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath quashed the summoning order against Khaira in the drugs case. (ANI)