The Punjab government decided on Friday that Arjun Pratap Singh Bajwa and Bhisham Pandey, sons of Congress MLAs, fateh singh Bajwa and Rakesh Pandey will be appointed as police inspector and a naib tehsildar as their grandfathers had been murdered by terrorists.
The decision has spelt trouble for Chief Minister Amarinder Singh who has been trying to tackle dissent ahead of the Punjab election next year
The Punjab Congress chief, Sunil Jakhar and two MLAs have demanded that the "ill-advised" move be rolled back. The Shiromani Akali Dal has alleged the decision is an attempt to "purchase" the loyalty of the Congress MLAs to "save his chair".
Singh has refused to scrap the decision, saying it is a "small token of gratitude and compensation for the sacrifices of their families" and said it is shameful that some are trying to give political colours to the decision.