Radical preacher, Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh allegedly released an audio on Thursday after his Wednesday’s viral video in which he said that there is no question of his surrender to the police. However, there has been no official confirmation from the Punjab Police about the audio.
In the audio, the fugitive leader has been heard saying that he feels uncomfortable in front of the camera and that he was not maintaining a good health. He further said that he does not panic about his arrest.
Amritpal surfaced in an audio clip in which he debunked speculation that he is negotiating his surrender and nudged the Akal Takht again to summon a “sarbat khalsa” congregation.
A day earlier a video had appeared on social media with the pro-Khalistan preacher asking the jathedar (or chief), of the highest temporal body of Sikhs to summon a congregation of the faithful to discuss issues concerning the community.
“I have urged the jathedar to call the sarbat khalsa. Call the sarbat khalsa, and prove that you are the jathedar,” he said in the new audio clip.
Piling pressure on the Sikh body, he said, “If we are going to play politics even today, doing the same things we used to do earlier, then what’s the point of being a jathedar in the future,” he said in Punjabi.
“We should understand that today is the time for the entire community to come together,’’ he added, calling for “unity” among Sikh bodies.