No Guard Of Honour For Agniveer Amritpal Singh? Military Explains After Large Row In Punjab

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Amritpal Singh was serving with a battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in Poonch sector.

Chandigarh:

The opposition events in Punjab on Saturday expressed shock over the Military not giving a guard of honour over the past rites of Agniveer Amritpal Singh who died in Jammu and Kashmir on October 11.

Nevertheless, the Military, in an announcement, stated since Singh’s explanation for loss of life was a self-inflicted gunshot damage, no guard of honour or navy funeral was supplied, in accordance with the present coverage.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann too stated his authorities will elevate a robust objection with the Centre over this matter.

Mr Mann, in a put up on X, additional stated regardless of the military has the coverage concerning the martyrdom of Singh, however his authorities’s coverage will stay the identical for a martyr and can give Rs 1 crore to the household of the soldier as per the state coverage, saying Amritpal Singh is a martyr of the nation.

Amritpal Singh, who was serving with a battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles within the Poonch sector, was cremated on Friday at his native village in Punjab’s Mansa district.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal stated she was shocked to be taught that Singh was cremated with out the military guard of honour.

She sought intervention from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh within the matter, searching for obligatory instructions to accord navy honours to all martyred troopers.

“Shocked to be taught that Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who was martyred within the line of responsibility in Poonch in J-Okay was cremated with out an Military guard of honour & even his physique was dropped at his native village in Mansa in a non-public ambulance by his household!,” Ms Badal posted on X “It’s learnt that this occurred as a result of Amritpal was an #Agniveer. We should accord due respect to all our troopers. Request Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to challenge instructions to accord navy honours to all martyred troopers,” she stated.

The Military, within the assertion, on Saturday stated in an unlucky incident, Agniveer Amritpal Singh died whereas on sentry responsibility in Rajouri Sector, attributable to a self-inflicted gunshot damage. A court docket of inquiry to establish extra particulars is in progress.

Physique of Singh, accompanied by a junior commissioned officer and 4 different ranks, had been transported in a civil ambulance employed by the unit of the Agniveer, stated the assertion, including that accompanying military personnel additionally attended the final rites.

“The reason for loss of life being a self-inflicted damage, no guard of honour or navy funeral was supplied, in accordance with the present coverage,” it stated.

Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring stated, “It is a unhappy day for our nation as this (soldier) who was recruited underneath the Agniveer scheme was despatched again house in a non-public ambulance and never given any guard of honour by the @adgpi.” “Does being an Agniveer imply that their lives do not matter as a lot,” he requested.

“The bereaved household needed to request the native Punjab Police to provide our younger boy a guard of honour. Is that this why @BJP4India began this coverage? Is that this how we are going to deal with our Agniveers, completely different from the remainder of our troopers? Does the Central Authorities have any solutions for this inhuman remedy of our younger martyr? Shameful!,” Warring wrote on X.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked the Bhagwant Mann authorities, saying he was shocked by the refusal of the chief minister to ship any state-level dignitary to provide a befitting farewell to the younger martyr.

“Chief Minister should not cover behind the excuse of central authorities insurance policies as nothing stops the state authorities from giving honour to the martyr and from standing by his household probably the most magnanimous approach at this painful juncture. That is what S. Parkash Singh Ji Badal would have instantly accomplished,” Badal posted on X.

SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia demanded the scrapping of the Agniveer scheme and sought regularisation of all troopers recruited underneath it until date.

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