BHAINI, Punjab—Thakur Uday Singh, the head of the Namdhari Sect, appealed to his followers not to vote for “drug dealers” in the upcoming 2017 assembly elections. Referring indirectly to the Akalis, he said that it is the duty of Punjab’s masses to defeat the dons of the drug mafia in the upcoming assembly elections. At the time, he was addressing a gathering of Namdhari devotees on the evening following the death of Namdhari matriarch Chand Kaur.
Namdhari matriarch Chand Kaur was shot dead by two unidentified assailants on April 4 near Thakur Partap Singh Academy. The Punjab government ordered a high level investigation into the case but have yet to find the culprits.
AAP’s state convener, Sucha Singh Chhotepur, extended his condolences to the grieving Namdhari sect. Addressing the same gathering, Chhotepur said that the murder of Namdhari matriarch Chand Kaur in broad daylight has exposed the disturbed state of law and order in Punjab. Chhotepur claimed that the SIT (Special Investigation Team) formed by the Punjab government to investigate the murder was merely a charade meant to deceive the Punjab masses.
