Punjab Leader Minister Seeks PM Modi’s Relook Into Legislation Enlarging BSF Jurisdiction
Charanjit Singh Channi has sought an appointment with PM Modi to speak about the problem. (Report)
Chandigarh:
Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday suggested High Minister Narendra Modi to have a relook into the central law enlarging the BSF’s territorial as much as 50 km within the state from the Indo-Pak border. In a letter written to PM Modi, Mr Channi additionally suggested him to revive the BSF’s territorial jurisdiction, restricting it handiest as much as 15 km within the state from the global border, as previous.
He made the plea arguing that the recovery of the territorial jurisdiction of the border guarding drive will assist the BSF and Punjab police paintings in combination amicably in opposition to the anti-national forces and safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.
Mr Channi additionally sought an appointment with PM Modi to speak about the problem.
Mr Channi wrote to the PM on an afternoon certainly one of his Cupboard ministers dubbed the central law extending the BSF’s territorial jurisdiction because the Centre’s “fourth black regulation” after its 3 farm rules.
Arguing that the police and regulation and order are topics beneath the State Listing of the Charter, the Punjab leader minister asserted that during a federal arrange those issues are to be treated by way of the state executive.
“By way of conferring powers of law enforcement officials to look, seizure and arrest other folks upon the BSF, now not just for the prevention of offences punishable beneath quite a lot of Acts but additionally for any cognisable offence punishable beneath every other Central Act with out consulting the state governments or acquiring their concurrence, quantities to encroachment upon the powers and position of the state by way of the Centre,” the executive minister asserted.
He additional accused the central executive of seeking to weaken the spirit of federalism and disturb the federal construction of the Charter.
In his letter to the PM, Mr Channi argued that the BSF is skilled to accomplish its number one responsibility of guarding and securing the global border and to behave as the primary line of defence.
He additionally contended that policing within the hinterland is the obligation and accountability of the state police.
“Additionally, the Punjab Police is a qualified drive absolutely competent to maintain any regulation and order scenario throughout the state,” he wrote, as in keeping with an professional remark.
The executive minister additionally identified that the Punjab Police has ok revel in of coping with terrorism successfully previously, which he mentioned, don’t have been conceivable with out efficient coordination between the Punjab Police and the central companies.
He mentioned joint operations were carried out effectively in opposition to drug traffickers and terrorist modules as a result of superb coordination between the BSF and Punjab Police within the fresh previous.
Making a robust plea to study all the topic, Mr Channi asserted that there are not any justifiable causes for unilaterally converting the present preparations by way of the federal government of India now.
The Union executive has amended the BSF Act to authorise the drive to adopt seek, seizure and arrest inside of a 50 km stretch, up from the present 15 km, from the global border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
Punjab has over 500 km of global border with Pakistan and greater than 80 in keeping with cent of the overall house of the border districts — Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fazilka — and all of the main cities and towns, together with all of the headquarters of those border districts, fall inside of 50 km from the Indo-Pak border, Mr Channi identified.
In the meantime, Punjab’s Soil and Water Conservation Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh on Friday dubbed the central law extending the BSF territorial jurisdiction as much as 50 km from the Indo-Pak border throughout the state because the Centre’s “fourth black regulation” after its farm rules.
Mr Singh, who additionally holds the portfolios of Technical Schooling and Employment Era ministries, mentioned the rise within the BSF’s jurisdiction from previous 15 km to 50 km is the “fourth black regulation imposed by way of the Centre on Punjab”.
Addressing a meeting in Hoshiarpur after laying the basis stone for an irrigation mission the use of handled water, Mr Singh mentioned the Centre previous had imposed 3 farm rules and now the extra powers to BSF is any other “black regulation” in opposition to Punjab.
“The Punjab executive will strongly oppose this arbitrary resolution,” the minister mentioned.
Opposing the Centre’s transfer to increase the BSF’s territorial jurisdiction within the state, the Punjab Cupboard on Monday had mentioned that regulation and order is a state topic and the police drive is in a position to coping with any scenario.
The minister additionally lashed out on the Centre “for intentionally ignoring the calls for and issues of the rustic’s farmers, who, he mentioned, were protesting at borders of the nationwide capital for 11 months”.
He reminded the Centre that Punjabis performed a very important position within the nation’s freedom fight and safeguarding the frontiers of the rustic but even so contributing immensely to the rustic’s meals kitty by way of generating vegetation. However the farmers nowadays were compelled to take a seat at Singhu and different portions for his or her rights with the Centre paying no heed to their calls for.
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