Chandigarh, January 13
National Scheduled Caste Commission on Friday released a statement on Punjab Government’s press release on arrest warrant against IAS Jaspreet Talwar.
This is about the press release issued by the Information & public relations department government of Punjab wherein the department said that the National Scheduled Caste Commission has withdrawn its previously issued arrest orders against IAS Jaspreet Talwar and issued fresh orders, but it is pertinent to mention that this is misleading and away from facts,” said Kaushal Kumar, Director (hqr) NCSC.
“In a press release issued yesterday the I&PR department with the heading “National Scheduled Castes Commission withdrawal its order regarding arrest and production of Principal Secretary School Education,” said “The National Scheduled Caste Commission has withdrawn its orders issued on January 6, 2023, regarding the arrest of Principal Secretary School Education Jaspreet Talwar and her presentation before the Commission. According to the fresh order issued by the commission today, Principal Secretary School Education Jaspreet Talwar will appear before the commission without police action on the date already fixed,” stated a press statement.
“The fact is that on January 9, Jaspreet Talwar wrote a letter to NCSC explaining the reasons for not attending the hearing on January 2 and requested for the withdrawal of the warrant assuring that she would attend the hearing in the NCSC hrs on 17-1-2023 at 11 am. Chief Secretary Punjab too wrote to NCSC on the 10th of January requesting for the withdrawal of the said warrant referring to the letter written by Jaspreet Talwar assuring that she would attend the hearing on 17th January. The fact is that the press release of the government concealed that Jaspreet Talwar has requested the commission for the withdrawal of arrest warrants and the same request was made by the chief secretary, the next day. Moreover, the release has wrongly stated that NCSC has issued fresh orders asking Jaspreet Talwar to appear before the Commission.Given the above facts it is clear that I&PR department in Punjab, due to reasons best known to them, has issued a factually wrong press release concluded Kaushal,” the press release further stated.
