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April 14, 2026, 06:30 PM - 7 min read
The AAP has again touched a raw nerve of the Punjabis, which can have consequences. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is on record having said it before 2022 assembly elections that once the AAP forms government in Punjab, those guilty of sacrilege would be punished within 24 hours. What people expected was punishment to the guilty, not another law.
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July 6, 2025, 07:34 PM - 8 min read
The AAP government, apparently wanting to be seen as stricter and firmer against sacrilege than its predecessors, is proposing to add death penalty as punishment while the previous legislations had sought life imprisonment.
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June 28, 2025, 09:38 PM - 2 min read
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has promised the drafting of a new legislation that metes out “exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of sacrilege incidents”
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December 8, 2024, 07:16 PM - 5 min read
Taking a jibe at the Akali leaders, he told them that they should hug and garland Chaura the way they have been honouring the assassins of his grandfather late Beant Singh.
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November 27, 2024, 01:04 PM - 1 min read
In his letter, the AAP MP has urged the central government to intervene and secure Presidential assent for Punjab Assembly Bills proposing stringent penalties for sacrilege of religious texts.
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