‘AAP could have acquired funding from Khalistani chief’, alleges HP Congress chief

By PTI

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh on Tuesday alleged that Khalistani chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun may need performed an necessary function in funding the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Pratibha Singh in an announcement requested the AAP to disclose its sources of funding.

Terming her assertion “unfortunate”, state AAP spokesperson Gaurav Sharma stated, “People who live in houses of glass, do not throw stones at others houses.”

“AAP’s popularity and base is on the rise in Himachal Pradesh, that is why both, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, are feeling insecure,” he stated. “That is why, Pratibha Singh is issuing baseless statement regarding AAP’s funding which does not suit her,” Sharma stated.

Pratibha Singh additionally expressed concern over ‘Sikh For Justice’ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s menace to Himachal Pradesh in an audio message and known as for his quick arrest. She stated it was “shameful” that the foreign-based extremist is issuing open threats to the nation and the state, however the authorities was “doing nothing”.

Pratibha Singh, an MP from Mandi, stated Pannun has earlier additionally threatened the state authorities however nothing was achieved even then.

Dismissing her fees as futile, Sharma stated there was a must deal with “the anti-national forces” collectively within the “national and the state interest”. He stated that AAP has been demanding Pannun’s arrest for a very long time.

Earlier, Pannun in an audio messages threatened the state chief minister of violence within the state if he stops the elevating of the Khalistani flag in Dharamshala.

In his message, he boasted concerning the Monday RPG assault at Punjab Police intelligence headquarters in Mohali, and stated “it could have been Shimla also”.