AAP stages walkout over Jallianwala apology

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 14

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, on Thursday staged a walkout on the rejection to the party’s resolution on bringing the state on board to write to the British Government for an apology on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the completion of 100 years and including the names of martyrs such as Bhagat Singh and Udham Singh in the official records.

Cheema and Sunam MLA Aman Arora said by rejecting the proposals without citing any plausible reasons, the government and the Speaker had denigrated the honour of the great martyrs who made supreme sacrifice in the freedom struggle and thousands of innocent who lost their lives in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Arora also brought to the notice of the House that a motion moved in respect of the food scam worth Rs 31,000 crore involving the erstwhile SAD-BJP government was also rejected by the Speaker, saying the issue could be raised only during the thanksgiving session. He wanted the scam to be thoroughly probed and those behind it brought to justice. He said even the Congress leaders who had been crying hoarse over the matter were mum now.