New Delhi:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday assured Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi that the government has taken the matter of alleged support to the AAP by banned separatist group Sikh for Justice and asserted that no one will be allowed to play with India's unity and integrity.
Mr Shah also said 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.
His assurance came in reply to a letter written by Mr Channi claiming that he had received a letter by Sikh for Justice (SFJ) which shows that the group is in constant touch with the AAP.
Mr Channi claimed that in the SFJ letter it was mentioned 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, Mr Channi claimed.
Polling for the Punjab assembly elections will be held on February 20.
"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," Mr Shah said.
He said the issue of a political party having relations and getting support from a terrorist and banned organization is a serious matter with regard to the unity and integrity of the country.
Mr Shah said the agenda of such forces is no different from the agenda of country's enemies.
"This is highly condemnable that to grab power such people go to the extent of joining hands with the separatists and also go to the limits of breaking Punjab and the country," he said.
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"The Government of India is taking this issue seriously. and I will personally look into the matter in depth," Amit Shah said in the letter to Channi.
"As per your letter, a political party being in contact with and seeking support from an anti-national, separatist and banned outfit during elections is a serious matter in the context of national security," the Home Minister said.
"The agenda of such people is no different from the agenda of the nation's enemies. It is condemnable that some people, in order to attain power, can go to the extent of teaming up with separatists and hurting the unity of Punjab and the country," the letter further said.
Channi had also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe into former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas' allegations that Arvind Kejriwal was supporting separatists during the campaign for the Punjab election.
Earlier this week, a video of Vishwas alleging that Kejriwal hobnobbed with the separatist elements during 2017 Punjab Assembly polls went viral.
Reacting to the allegations levelled against him, Chief Minister Kejriwal on Friday said that he was the world's "sweetest terrorist" who builds hospitals.
"All these corrupt people are calling me a terrorist. I am the first terrorist of the world who builds schools, hospitals, fixes electricity problems. I am the world's first 'sweet' terrorist," Kejriwal tweeted.
"The British used to fear Bhagat Singh and that is why he was called a terrorist. I am a disciple of Bhagat Singh," he said.
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