PRTC withdraws order to remove pictures of Bhindranwale, Hawara from Govt buses

Chandigarh, July 12: Days after issuing instructions for the removal of the pictures of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Jagtar Singh Hawara from the buses, the PRTC withdraws order to remove the pictures from the government buses. The decision came after Sikh group and SAD group staged protest against the order and threatened to intensify it if the order was not withdrawn. Also Read | Sidhu Moosewala murder: SC refuses to entertain plea to transfer case to CBI Meanwhile, on Monday, PRTC general manager of Bhatinda zone in a written order said that the transport corporation had taken back its July 1 order and conveyed the same to the protesting parties. According to information received, Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar leader Prof. Mahinderpal Singh had a meeting with PEPSU MD Poonamdeep Kaur in this regard after which PEPSU issued a letter of return. Notably, drivers and conductors of some buses of Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) and PEPSU had affixed pictures of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his supporters on their buses, to which the Punjab Police objected. Also Read | PM Modi unveils 6.5m long, bronze national emblem on new Parliament building Meanwhile, orders were also issued to the state commissioners and district heads, stating the number plates of the buses and making it clear that apart from pictures of Singh Bhindranwale and Jagtar Singh Hawara in the depots of General Barnala, Bathinda and Sangrur, some provocative language has also been written on some buses and ordered to remove the selective slogans. -PTC News