Amarinder faces flak over sacrilege comment, denies he gave clean chit to Badals

Facing flak from the opposition over his reported comments on the sacrilege issue, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that he has not given a "clean chit" to SAD leaders Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir.

The alleged desecration of religious scriptures in 2015 during the SAD-BJP rule had sparked outrage in the Sikh community.

Apart from the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Singh also faced flak from Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa who alleged that the chief minister has "freed the Badals of their guilt" on the issue of desecration of religious scriptures.

Seeking to clarify his comments in a newspaper interview, Amarinder Singh said, "At no point did I say Parkash Singh Badal or his son Sukhbir were not involved in the sacrilege. As is evident from the reported interview itself, all I said was that Badal did not himself go and tear up the holy Sri Guru Granth Sahib. But that does not rule out his involvement in the matter."