Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa on Sunday said that the Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was living in great illusion that he was a popular leader and the fact remains that he has no respect for democratic values and no concern for plight of the Punjab people.
Rebutting Sukhbir’s statement to decimate Congress party in Punjab, Bajwa said Congress was 125-year-old national party and it has obtained 40.09 per cent votes in the 2012 Assembly elections, whereas SAD got only 34.7 per cent votes.
Bajwa reminded Sukhbir that 60 per cent of people of State voted against SAD. “SAD had manipulated victory by undemocratic means and surviving with BJP’s support. It is shameful for Sukhbir, if he claims victory in block samiti and zila parishad elections by rigging the entire poll process,” he added.
“Sukhbir is most disliked person among Punjab people. He is doing disservice to Punjab by suppressing voters, capturing booths, using money and muscle power as is evident to whole of the world in block samiti and zila parishad elections. In a bid to grab democratic institutions, Sukhbir is snatching the right of self-governance from the people of Punjab granted to them by the Constitution,” said Bajwa.