Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that the party would announce its candidates for the lok Sabha elections after the declaration of poll dates by the Election Commission.
“The respective candidates already know about their candidature and are in the fray but the announcement of names would be made after announcement of poll dates,” said Sukhbir. At the same time, he appealed to the electorates to elect sitting Sangrur MP and senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa for the overall development of Sangrur district.
Sukhbir stated that SAD would fight the lok Sabha polls on the development plank and Congress would face punishing defeat for its misdeeds. He also appealed to the people to shun rivalry within the party ranks and join their hands “to give a crushing defeat to the anti-Punjab and anti-people Congress party in the state and to rule the State forever”.
“Akali Dal could never face any loss in the elections if all party workers unitedly put forth their efforts for the sake of party to elect its candidates,” he added. Talking about the role of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, he said that AAP “is not a factor in the State politics and will met the same fate as of the People’s Party of Punjab”.
Calling upon the people of Punjab to vote by keeping in view the performance of the SAD-BJP Government, Sukhbir said that the single point agenda of the Congress was to loot the country and its resources.
He declared that ensuing lok Sabha elections were “election of hope” for 125 crore people of the country who were reeling under the inflation, corruption, unemployment due to the directionless policies and leadership crisis of the Congress-led UPA Government.