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Tripat Rajinder Bajwa resigns from Punjab Assembly select committee on sacred texts bill

BY Connect Newsroom, Oct 30, 2025 5:55 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

According to official sources, Bajwa’s resignation was submitted to the Speaker and has been formally accepted by the Assembly.(Photo: Facebook/Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa)

Senior Congress leader and former Punjab cabinet minister Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa has resigned from the 15-member select committee of the Punjab Legislative Assembly formed to review the “Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Sacred Religious Texts Bill, 2025.”

According to official sources, Bajwa’s resignation was submitted to the Speaker and has been formally accepted by the Assembly. Party insiders said the veteran leader stepped down citing procedural and political differences related to the committee’s functioning. Some accounts also attribute the decision to his health condition.

The select committee was constituted earlier this year amid rising public concern over incidents of sacrilege across the state. Its primary objective was to propose a legal framework to ensure the protection and respect of sacred texts, and to recommend penalties for those found guilty of desecration.

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