The Tribune
The Congress will hold candle marches across Punjab on Monday, upping the ante against the Haryana’s BJP government over the suicide by senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.
The move comes as Dalits held a congregation in Chandigarh against the incident on Sunday.
Reacting to the developments, BJP’s Punjab media cell head Vineet Joshi accused the Congress and state’s ruling AAP of making it a “political issue” for their vested interests.
“The parties whose own credentials on Dalit rights are questionable are pointing fingers at the BJP,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Congress sought the arrest of Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur in the suicide case.
The party blamed polarisation of society on religious and caste lines by the state’s ruling BJP for the incident.
“Remove the DGP, handcuff him
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