PTI
Kolkata, February 25
Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat has warned towards “mis-governance” within the “delicate border state” of Punjab and asserted that it can’t be “governed from Delhi”.
Dulat, nonetheless, stated he didn’t foresee one other outbreak of militancy in Punjab, however harassed that the state wanted “empathy”.
“I’m of the agency perception that neither Punjab nor Kashmir can be governed from Delhi. People are resentful of it,” the former RAW director instructed PTI video in an interview.
“Though Bhagwant Mann (Punjab CM) is an honest particular person, he’s not competent…(Arvind) Kejriwal (Delhi CM) can’t run Punjab,” he stated.
Dulat was replying to a query on the difficulty of Sikh radicalism within the mild of the Amritpal Singh incident, the place the pro-Khalistan preacher’s supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala on Thursday.
Several former senior cops have advocated that Punjab be positioned below President’s rule, after scenes of the violence had been proven on nationwide tv.
Dulat identified that Punjab had borne the brunt of a number of wars, and wanted to “be handled with empathy, wanted to be understood”.
“What the Punjabi needs is his due, whether or not it is the farmer or the river waters or the Chandigarh query,” Dulat added.