CHANDIGARH: Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa today urged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss the ongoing threat to the Golden Temple through a series of threatening emails.
Speaking after offering prayers at the Golden Temple, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla and other party leaders, Bajwa said he met officials of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) earlier.
The SGPC officials informed him that despite one arrest being made, fresh threatening emails targeting the Golden Temple have continued to be sent.
“ This is no longer an isolated incident — this points to a deep-rooted and sinister conspiracy against Punjab’s peace, communal harmony, and religious institutions. The matter deserves the highest level of seriousness and cannot be brushed aside through routine police action,” Bajwa said.
Bajwa expressed grave concern that the AAP government not only failed to take the House into confidence during the recent Special Session on the Sacrilege Bill, but also deliberately withheld information about the ongoing threats, even during the Assembly session itself.
“This is not merely a law-and-order issue; this is about the security of Punjab’s most sacred religious place and the potential threat to social harmony across the state. Why did Mann not share this in the Assembly? Why was the House kept in the dark?” Bajwa questioned.
He urged Mann to immediately call an all-party meeting in Amritsar to chalk out a united, bipartisan strategy to ensure such nefarious designs are crushed, peace is protected, and the sentiments of Punjabis across communities are respected.