Badal sets up Advocates panel to fight repression against Akalis

Chandigarh Aug 2 :  Stepping up its campaign against repression in the state (Jabar Virodhi Lehar), the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to set up a panel of senior and eminent advocates of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as advocates from lower courts to ensure that the police officials who carried out repression against Akali workers are made to face the law of the land.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today set up the Advocates panel.
After holding consultations with a large number of advocates who had been specifically called for an emergency meeting to prepare the party's strategy to fight repression of the Congress regime.
The party has also started a helpline and website which can be accessed as akalivakil.
com in this connection to protect party workers against repression being unleashed by the present Congress government in the state.