Badal lauds Centre's move of providing relief to Rajoana as 'statesmanlike, humane'

'But I had to face utter insensitivity and callousness during the Congress era,' he claimed. The Akali stalwart said the SAD and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had always opposed death penalty as a matter of principle. 'We had to wage a long and hard struggle to get Rajoana's death sentence commuted. We approached the Centre, met and gave memoranda to the President on several occasions,' he added. The former chief minister said the issue of the execution of the death sentence to Rajoana was 'one of the most sensitive and toughest moments' that he had to face during the SAD-BJP tenure. SGPC also welcomes decision Welcomed the decision on Rajoana, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Gobind Singh Longowal said the matter related to sentiments of the Sikh community. On Bittu's opposition, Longowal said this was his own view. 'We respect the decision of the Centre on Rajoana,' he added. Echoing similar sentiments, Rajoana's sister Kamaldeep Kaur said he had already spent 24 years in jail. 'My brother has always raised voice against atrocities of the Congress during the anti-Sikh riots. We thank the Union government for having some sympathy for us,' she said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://justpaste.it/76qxn

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