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In an interview that takes a very different stand on Amritpal Singh and Waris Punjab De to the majority of the media and most opposition politicians, Punjab’s longest serving Finance Minister, who served in both Akali and Congress governments but is now a member of the BJP, says Amritpal Singh is “insignificant … a media sensation”, adding the Punjab police’s inability to arrest him even after a six day search is “a minor security failure” and “not a matter of concern in the way the media is splashing it on front pages”. Manpreet Singh Badal, who served as Finance Minister of Punjab for nine years, also says that the Khalistan sentiment is not reviving in Punjab and Amritpal Singh and his Waris Punjab De do not pose a threat to the state. Punjab has many other problems, which are serious, but the additionality of Amritpal Singh does not make them any worse or more worrisome.
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