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No AAP wave in Punjab: Sukhbir

PNS

Claiming that a wave in favour of Narendra Modi is sweeping the country, SAD president Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that new entrant, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), had no existence in Punjab. 

“AAP is nowhere in Punjab. There is no wave in favour of it,” he said. AAP is contesting all 13 lok Sabha seats in Punjab making the fight multi-cornered in all constituencies.On the other hand, Deputy Chief Minister said that a wave in favour BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Modi is sweeping the country. 

Exuding confidence about the SAD-BJP combine winning all 13 seats in Punjab, Sukhbir said that the election in the state was being fought on the issue of development. “A Government headed by Modi at the Centre will further accelerate the pace of development in Punjab,” he said, alleging that the Congress had discriminated against the State in the past 10 years.

“Modi stands for development,” he said while seeking votes for the SAD-BJP nominees.Sukhbir also accused the Punjab Congress of creating roadblocks in the path of development in the state. “Punjab is set to move into next trajectory of development thanks to the leadership of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Narendra Modi,” he claimed.