“Vote for those who have delivered, fulfilled their promises”: SAD’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Shiromani Akali Dal leader and candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday urged the people to vote for those who have delivered and fulfilled their promises.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader and candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday urged the people to vote for those who have delivered and fulfilled their promises.
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa spoke about a gamut of issues including the future of the party he once belonged to - the Shiromani Akali Dal.
“The chief minister has added the revenue figure of Rs 31,839 Crore with the borrowing of Rs 16,075 crore and merged them to project revenue earnings of Rs 47,923 Crore which is tantamount to committing fraud on Punjabis,” said SAD) general secretary Parambans Singh Romana.
Addressing a news conference on Friday, SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia said his party would approach Punjab and Haryana high court to get this matter probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. He also condemned the transfer of “upright officers in lieu of protection given to mining mafia and gangsters” in the state by the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government.
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Prof Ashutosh Kumar, Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, said the Akali Dal at the moment is not ideal for coalition as it is failing to secure a vote for itself.
Congress stronghold, Jalandhar seat fell vacant after Congress' Member of Parliament (MP) Santokh Singh Chaudhary, 76, died of a heart attack during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this January.
"Badal Saheb's departure is a big loss for the country. He stood like a rock against Emergency to protect democracy," Shah said.
Scores of political dignitaries and party supporters on Thursday flooded Parkash Singh Badal's native village in Muktsar district where the late Akali patriarch and five-time Punjab Chief Minister's body was kept from morning till around 1 p.m. for people to catch a last glimpse of the late leader.
