Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday told the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit to ask its high command why it had abandoned the core principles of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and violated coalition ‘dharma’ vis-a-vis the SAD instead of indulging in hate politics which would only vitiate peace and communal harmony in the State.
Expressing shock at the irresponsible statements of few Amritsar-based BJP leaders who parroted lines as per the script handed over to them, Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) senior leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said that the state BJP seems to have taken up the Congress policy of divide and rule which can only have devastating repercussions in the State.
Appealing to the Punjabis to realize the dangerous game being played by Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leaders who are ready to spoil the peace of the State, Chandumajra said:
“They are gearing up to make one brother fight against another solely to get a foothold after being overwhelmingly rejected by the people following the enactment of the three hated agricultural marketing Acts.”
Asking the local leaders to take their fight to the Centre, Chandumajra said:
“You need to ask your party leadership why it has abandoned the moderate policies of Atal Behari Vajpayee and forgotten to take everyone along with you.
Instead of spewing venom against the SAD you should ask the centre why it has taken an anti-farmer and anti-peasant line, and why is the new BJP toeing the line of the corporate sector?”