Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) got a shot in the arm as Delhi State president of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann Dal) Sansar Singh joined the party along with his supporters in the presence of party president and Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday.
Sansar Singh was Delhi state President of Mann Dal since the year 2008. He had contested Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee elections 2013 on Mann Dal ticket. This was said to be major boost to Hari Nagar candidate of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Shyam Sharma as Sansar Singh has a mass base in the area.
Welcoming Sansar Singh and his supporters into party fold, Sukhbir Singh Badal said that people were joining Shiromani Akali Dal as party was more sensible to issues of common masses and its leaders were more accessible and easily approachable than any other party. He assured Sansar Singh that he and his supporters would be given due respect in the party. He said that induction of Sansar Singh and his supporters in the party would also strengthen the party in the Hari Nagar constituency in Delhi.
Committing to work with their full strength to ensure the record victory of SAD-BJP candidate in Delhi assembly polls, Sansar said that he and thousands of his supporters would guarantee record margin victory of Shyam Sharma. He said that he and his supporters joined SAD (Badal) as they were very impressed by pro-people policies followed by SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab and they were confident once elected to power alliance would apply same policies in Delhi too.