September,10,2016:
Markandey Katju, Retired Supreme Court Judge has come down hard on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after he vowed to declare Amritsar as a 'holy city' if AAP is voted to power in State of Punjab.Justice Katju in his Facebook post stated that AAP Convenor and the Delhi Chief Minister has stooped to the lowest level after this announcement, and has thus exposed himself as a mere demagogue and mountebank who has nothing in his head, but he can go to any low level to get votes.
Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, had announced that 'holy city' status would be granted to city of Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib if AAP comes to power in Punjab.
Kejriwal has further promised to prohibit consumption of the alcohol, meat and tobacco within walled city of Amritsar.
Katju also futher pointed out if a precedent is set,then there will be similar demands with respect to cities like Allahabad, Varanasi, Ayodhya,Ajmer etc.
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