Will personally look into allegations of SFJ relations with AAP: Shah to Punjab CM Channi

New Delhi, February 18

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjeet Singh Channi assuring him that the Centre has taken the matter of alleged support to the AAP by banned separatist group Sikh for Justice (SFJ) seriously and said he would “personally” look into it while asserting that no one will be allowed to play with the country’s unity and integrity.

In a written communication to the Punjab Chief Minister, a copy of which is with The Tribune, Shah also noted that it is highly condemnable that to grab power some people go to the extent of joining hands with the separatists and also go to the limits of breaking Punjab and the country.

“I want to assure you that no one will be allowed to play with the unity and integrity of the country. The government of India has taken the matter very seriously and I myself will look into the matter deeply,” the Home Minister said.

Shah’s written communication to Channi was in response to a letter he received from the Punjab Chief Minister, who claimed that he had received a letter by SFJ, which shows that the group is in constant touch with the AAP.

Quoting SFJ letter, Channi also said that the banned outfit has claimed that it had given its support to AAP in the Assembly elections in Punjab in 2017 and similarly in these polls, too. The SFJ has exhorted the electorate to vote for AAP in the state Assembly polls on February 20, the CM claimed.

Shah said the issue of a political party having relations and getting support from a terrorist and banned organisation “is a serious matter with regard to the unity and integrity of the country” and the agenda of such forces “is no different from the agenda of country’s enemies”.