In a major development, an FIR has been filed against Punjab Congress Chief & Ludhiana MP- Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. Amrinder Singh Raja Warring has been booked for allegedly passing caste and colour-based remarks against Buta Singh, former Union Home Minister of India.
The FIR was filed based on a complaint by Sarabjot Singh Sidhu, son of former Home Minister Buta Singh.
Raja Warring has been booked under sections 353, 196 of the CrPC, 2023, and sections 3(1)(u) and 3(1)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, in connection with the casteist remarks.
According to official FIR copy, Sarabjot Singh Sidhu's complaint reads-
"It has come to my attention through credible sources and media reports that Mr Amrinder Singh @ Raja Warring, while addressing a public gathering at Tarn Taran Amritsar, Punjab Byelection speech in a Public Gathering, made the following statement (paraphrased)-
"Congress made Buta Singh as a Home Minister of India only because he was a Mazhabi Community Black Sikh working in the profession of Buffalo Fodder Feeding activities."
This statement is not only factually incorrect and racially charged, but it also constitutes a direct insult to the dignity and legacy of Late Shri Buta Singh, a revered leader of the Schedule Caste Community and former Home Minister of India, who belonged to the Mazhabi Sikh community. The use of the term "Black Sikh" was used with intention by the offender in a derogatory context to hurt the sentiments of the Complainant, his family and the Community."
