Sajjan’s village keeps off controversy

Mahilpur (Hoshiarpur): Residents of Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan’s native Bambeli village in this district are looking forward to his forthcoming visit to India. While Sajjan will be visiting the Golden Temple, it is still not confirmed if he would visit his native village. The minister’s father, Kundan Singh Sajjan, who has been in the village for the past about four months,  denied commenting on Capt Amarinder Singh’s statement dubbing his son as a “Khalistani sympathiser.” Kundan Singh simply said, “He is the Chief Minister of Punjab, a senior Congress leader and an honourable person.” Bambeli sarpanch Paramjit Singh said, “We do not want to create any controversy. We are happy with the fact that he (Sajjan) is from our village and we are all set to welcome him.”

— Sanjiv Kumar Bakshi