BJP Sikh leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday trashed allegations leveled by Akali Dal leadership that BJP coerced and used dirty tricks to induct him into party and clarified that he has joined BJP with the sole agenda to serve Sikh community and this party has provided him a platform which will help resolve Sikh issues lingering on for long.
In a statement issued here, Sirsa said that he was surprised at these allegations leveled by Akali leadership. He said that if BJP had to coerce him, the party would have asked him to join as President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and not as an individual. He said that he had joined voluntarily because after breaking alliance with this party, Akali Dal was not in a position to work on resolving Sikh issues as there was no one left to help them out.
The newly inducted BJP leader said that he has left Akali Dal without leveling any sort of allegations unlike others who blamed the grand old party for turning into a family centric party and on sacrilege and drug issues.
“I am a positive man with one main focus - to serve the community and it is possible only by being a member of the National party,” he said, adding he has a commitment with himself that he will focus on only resolving Sikh issues and getting fulfilled demands of Sikh community and he will not get distracted by wild allegations levelled against him by anybody.
He said that Akali Dal today has been reduced to a regional party as its leadership itself claims and it’s not focusing on pan-India Sikh issues.
Sirsa also said that establishing Sikh University in Delhi and helping Sikh students scale new heights was his goal on which he will work as a BJP leader in the country.