Famous Punjabi singers Ranjit Bawa and Kanwar Grewal’s residences as well as offices were raided by the Income Tax department on Monday. Heavy police and CRPF forces were also deployed outside their houses. This information about the raid at the singers’ houses has not gone down well with the people. Although till now there has been no official confirmation from the members of IT department but people are stating that the Central government is just painting a target at the singers for no reason.
Ravi Singh Khalsa, founder of Khalsa Aid organization also shared a post regarding the raids at Kanwar Grewal and Ranjit Bawa’s house. He has directly put a blame on the Central Government. He stated that all the singers who participated and supported the farmers’ protest at Delhi have come under the scanner of Indian government who are trying their level best to put them down carrying out these raids. He also added that this show death of democracy taking place in our country.
He wrote, “Anybody surprised? All the prominent people who supported the #FarmersProtest in Delhi have been targeted by the Indian government! Now it's @Kanwar Grewal1 & @BawaRanjit who are being targeted. Politicized law agencies! Death of democracy!”