Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday got a leader of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in its fold from the doaba region of the state which the party claimed is a “shot in arm”.
Baldev Singh Khaira joined the SAD along with his supporters. He was inducted in to the party by Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal by presenting a siropa. The SAD president said that Khaira would be accorded full respect in the party and his services would be utilized in making SAD more strong in the doaba region. He disclosed that many leaders of the opposition parties are vying to join SAD.
Talking to reporters, Badal said that anti Punjab and anti-Sikh parties like Congress and AAP are trying every dirty trick up their sleeve to capture power and to wilfully defame the state.
Castigating AAP, he said that it has committed a sacrilege by equating its youth manifesto with Guru Granth Sahib. Sukhbir said that neither does AAP respects
Sikhs nor its leaders care for the sentiments of the
Sikh community. Terming AAP as a bunch of psychologicaly ill people, he said that such people don’t care to measure their words before speaking.
Regarding the incident of sacrilege of a religious scripture in Malerkotla, he said that culprits behind this heinous act would be caught soon and the truth would be before the people.