Amritpal Singh Event: Lalit k kaul

 

Amritpal Singh Outsmarted them all Or Played Out a Pre-planned Script!

                                                                  Lalit k kaul

“Carvaan gujar gaya Gubaar dekhtae rahae” is how I would summarize the whole chase and run drama as it unfolded in Punjab, but Aaj Tak TV channel describes it as “Amritpal nikal gaya, Lakir peet-tae rahae”. I would prefer going along with Aaj Tak and drop my summarizing of the event.

Very much like AAP, the Punjab CM was bragging about the “success” his government had achieved in maintaining law and order by arresting dozens of Amritpal associates!

Was Khalistani Elements coming live again unexpected?

No, it was not; because from the day 1 of AAP having made entry into Punjab there were reports of it connecting with Khalistan activists and one of the closest associate of Sri Arvind Kejriwal is on record having stated it. Post AAP's win in Punjab Assembly elections, the Khalistan activists outside India claimed that the party has their support. Sri Kejriwal denied neither.  

Ready-made Script for a Block-Buster Reel Stuff:

The Indian TV channels are busy telecasting how Sri Amritpal Singh escaped the police “naka-bandi” by changing his get-up and cars and finally rode away royally on a motorbike driven by his friend while he was holding a bag. The best part of the script is that nowhere police is shown chasing him. The brilliant part of it is that the TV audience is made to believe that roads in Punjab are laced with CCTVs along their respective spans! Otherwise, how does one capture him getting down from Brezza and getting on to a motorcycle! Commonsense would suggest that such videos that are being shown have been made public by Amritpal associates who planned the escape.

The Escape:

What’s being marketed is that Amritpal made his escape through crowded streets; well, the commonsense Q is: since the police was chasing him what inhibited their chase through such streets? Internet was shut down, but Amritpal made his escape good by using walkie-talkie! Had police force switched off their walkie-talkie sets! He is supposed to have driven through many check posts in disguise as per news channels, if factual then it casts aspersions on the capability of the police to apprehend a wanted accused.

And, if police were not chasing him then how does police know that he escaped through crowded streets? CCTV, I guess! Amazing that wherever Amritpal did an event CCTV was available!

The Confusion and the Politics:

Amritpal’s advocate pleads before Punjab and Haryana High Court that since the accused has been arrested, he be produced in the court as he fears that under the cover of escape theory his client’s life may be under threat.

The Congress in Punjab is campaigning that “innocents” have been arrested while Amritpal has made his escape good.

The SAD has said that it will fund court expenses of all arrested people.

So, while the police says that he escaped, his advocate demands that he be produced in the court as he has been arrested- thus the Confusion has been created among the people and which may have very undesirable repercussions in near or distant future . The political parties are playing their roles in stoking the flames further. But then, I am told “Loktantr mein sab jayaz hai”.

Role of State & Center:

The media channels inform us that before Operation Amritpal was launched, the CM of Punjab and the HM of India had jointly chalked it out. And, all that has resulted in creating a confusion about his co-ordinates as on date.

The bigger question is: what were state and central agencies doing while Amritpal was planning an armed attack on the PS holding Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the front?

In our country the state/ central agencies get activated only after a command is issued by the powers that be and this is true for all governments backed by their respective political outfits. So, ED CBI and IT start chasing the suspects only after the Nation has been robbed of billions of Rupees and that too if some political advantage can be derived out of it. Likewise, the Police is totally under the thumb of the powers that be and therefore acts only as per the orders. This is very evident in UP where lawlessness prevailed until Yogiji’s government took charge to restore law and order. The Police was same!! The near elimination of terrorism on our country in Modiji’s regime is another testimony to the Truth as stated above; the NIA which lay dormant under UPA rule became activated to discharge its duties and that saw terrorism on the decline.

The attack on PS can’t happen unless the state and central agencies look the other way as per orders. Whether Amritpal Singh is in custody of police or has escaped, only time shall tell, but not before the issue has been thoroughly politicized and society polarized; yet the imperative for both the state and central governments is to interrogate the agencies for their dereliction of duties that enabled the attack on the PS, if, indeed, they are independent to discharge their duties.