JAMMU, May 3:
Awaiting the Indian Government’s clearance for his visa to return from London for his mother’s last rites, JKNPP founder Bhim Singh’s son has apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for participating in an anti-Government protest last year after which he was blacklisted by the High Commission.
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, Ankit Love (39) said he regrets throwing eggs and stones at the High Commission during the February 2022 protest, and requested the PM to intervene so that he could return and perform the funeral of his mother Jay Mala (64).
Mala, a Supreme Court lawyer, died on April 26 and her body has been kept at the mortuary of Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu after Love requested it be kept there till he returns to perform the last rites.
“I will be deeply thankful if you could kindly forgive me and allow me to visit Jammu to perform the last rites of my mother… I need to reach Jammu urgently as everyone is waiting for my arrival to perform the last rites,” Love said in an open letter to PM, adding it was also the wish of his mother.
Mentioning the Indian High Commission’s denial of approval for his travel, he said, “I assure you that henceforth there will be no such act by me against my Nation which I love very much and am very much proud of.”
Love said he was “misguided” by some other people surrounding him to commit the mistake, but expressed hope he will be forgiven and his visa cleared.
He also urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Jammu District Magistrate Avny Lavasa not to remove the body from the mortuary, and also postpone the postmortem. (PTI)
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