Punjab Congress on Friday claimed that the ruling alliance partners in Punjab - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — are heading for break up and “both the parties have lost trust in each other”.
“Opportunist character of both the parties have come to fore after SAD president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal is seen hunting for the BJP's agenda and making attempts to sneak into SAD bastion. SAD and BJP have common interests of communal politics and forwarding their business interest,” said Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa.
He said that Sukhbir was desperate after sensing his party's poor performance in the coming lok Sabha polls. “While BJP is dependent on support of state's urban voters, Sukhbir has been poaching for traders and other urban sections to deprive BJP of its strength.
Badal hijacked the agenda of BJP's meeting with traders and instead held a meeting with business community leaders at Jalandhar,” Bajwa added.
PPCC chief said that BJP had lost its base amongst the traders since it failed to safeguard their interests.
Assuring the traders of the state that Congress would watch their interests when returned to power, Bajwa said that lok Sabha election would give an opportunity to people to express their anger against SAD-BJP Government.