Welcoming the announcement of lok Sabha elections, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday said that the development would be the main poll plank for the SAD-BJP alliance in the upcoming electoral battle.
“The SAD-BJP alliance will seek votes for development and people are eager to show the door to the corrupt Congress-led UPA,” said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The five-time Chief Minister alleged “step motherly” treatment with Punjab by the Centre and claimed people wanted to bring NDA back at the helm. “People are fed up with corruption, scams, price rise, step-motherly treatment with Punjab. Every section of the society including the farmers wants to show the door to the Congress and are eager to bring back the NDA to power,” Badal said.
Expressing confidence in the NDA, the 86-year-old leader said that the people will vote to bring back the NDA government to power at the Centre and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, will become the country's next Prime Minister. Claiming there was a strong “Modi wave” blowing across the country, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal said that the SAD-BJP will “sweep” the polls in Punjab.
“SAD-BJP will create history by winning all 13 lok Sabha seats as people can easily differentiate between development-oriented state and scam-ridden central government,” he said. Sukhbir asked people to vote for NDA to defeat Congress party in the lok Sabha polls, claiming that people were demoralized by rampant corruption, scams and lack of employment opportunities.