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CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday appealed to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to take a private curiosity, as soon as she is elected to workplace, in securing the discharge of all Sikh detenues languishing in prisons even after the completion of their life sentences, in addition to take into account the pending clemency attraction of Balwant Singh Rajoana.
The attraction was made after a call on this problem was reached at a gathering of the get together’s core committee headed by Sukhbir Singh Badal. Highlighting the case of Rajoana, who has been in jail for 28 years, the letter mentioned his dying sentence was commuted to life time period by the Union authorities in 2019 on the event of the 550th beginning anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Besides this, a clemency petition with regard to Rajoana was pending with the workplace of the President since 2012. The letter additionally mentioned the Union authorities had determined to launch eight different Sikh detenues serving life phrases, however that is additionally pending.
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday appealed to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to take a private curiosity, as soon as she is elected to workplace, in securing the discharge of all Sikh detenues languishing in prisons even after the completion of their life sentences, in addition to take into account the pending clemency attraction of Balwant Singh Rajoana.
The attraction was made after a call on this problem was reached at a gathering of the get together’s core committee headed by Sukhbir Singh Badal. Highlighting the case of Rajoana, who has been in jail for 28 years, the letter mentioned his dying sentence was commuted to life time period by the Union authorities in 2019 on the event of the 550th beginning anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Besides this, a clemency petition with regard to Rajoana was pending with the workplace of the President since 2012. The letter additionally mentioned the Union authorities had determined to launch eight different Sikh detenues serving life phrases, however that is additionally pending.
