Amritsar: Ignoring all health protocols and government directions, president of Istri Akali Dal, women’s wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Bibi JagirKaur has been regularly attending public functions, just 12 days after her return from Italy.
According to Jagir’s Facebook page, she was at the centre of Europe’s coronavirus outbreak, launching Istri Akali Dal’s Italy wing. She appointed Amarjit Kaur and Harvinder Kaur as president and vice-president of the wing in Italy on February 26.

While talking to TOI on Tuesday, Kaur said she had returned to India on February 27. She said she underwent thermal scanning both at Italy and Kiev but not in Delhi. “Then there wasn’t much talk about coronavirus in India and the thermal screening had not begun. Even where I stayed in Italy, there wasn’t much hullabaloo about Covid-19,” she claimed.
Yet, according to Italian media reports, 11 persons had died due to coronavirus in Italy by February 25.
After 12 days of her arrival from Italy, Jagir attended several functions on March 11. As par her Facebook posts, on March 11 she held several meetings in Bholath assembly constituency, including election of the SAD’s Boparai circle chief, a meeting at Dialpura circle, and two marriage and engagemens sceremonies. On March 13, she honoured party leader Ranjit Singh Rindhi at Gurdwara Sant Prem Singh Ji Murarle walia. Since then she has been attending several functions.
Kaur said she had taken medical advise and also took some tests but not the virology test since she was not advised for the same . “For 14 days I confined myself to my room only reciting Gurbani and if I had to urgently attend a religious function, I had gone for a while but maintaining good distance with other people,” she claimed.