Chandigarh, July 19 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday claimed that only the Parkash Singh Badal-led government facilitated the conditions that led to the conviction of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra's murderers, while alleging that the successive Congress and AAP governments only helped free them.

Addressing a press conference here, Sukhbir Badal said a deliberate misinformation campaign had been initiated to defame the party in the case. "The sole witness, special police officer Kuldeep Singh Bachra Bachra, did not come forward to record his statement during the Congress rule due to intense pressure from both the political and police administration," he claimed.

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