JAMMU, May 4:
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) founder Bhim Singh’s son has been removed from the blacklist and issued an emergency visa to attend his mother’s funeral after he apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for participating in an anti-Government protest in London last year.
Ankit Love (39), who is based in London, was given a three-month emergency visa today for attending his mother’s last rites. A copy of the visa was posted by him on Facebook with the message, “Thank you India for taking me off the blacklist so that I may go and attend my mother’s funeral. God bless”.
The only son of JKNPP founder Bhim Singh has apologised to Prime Minister Modi for participating in an anti-Government protest in February last year that led to him being blacklisted by the High Commission.
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, Love said that he regrets throwing eggs and stones at the High Commission during the February 2022 protest and requested the Prime Minister 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.
“Praise Shiva! Mom, I will be there tomorrow! Promise. Thank you Prime Minister Narendra Modi and everyone for your loving support to get me back home for my mom’s funeral. Peace & #Love ProfBhim Singh,” he said in another post on Facebook. (PTI)
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