Giving a clarion call to the youth to be the change they wish to achieve, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Friday announced that the party would give 50 per cent representation in party tickets to youngsters in the next Assembly elections scheduled for 2022.
Sukhbir, addressing a meeting of Students’ Organisation of India (SOI) headed by its coordinator Parambans Singh Bunty Romana, said that the generation next would also be given due representation at all levels and units in the Akali Dal.
“Even as we assure youth workers and leaders that their interests will be safeguarded in the SAD, I appeal to them to make their way up in the party through hard work and sacrifice. I have also done this and worked in the youth wing of the SAD before assuming more responsibilities”, he added.
Speaking about the Panjab University, Sukhbir said that SAD had fulfilled all the demands raised by students through SOI.
“Whatever I promised, I delivered...Be it solar panels, gymnasium for girls, fans for various departments or washing machines for girls’ hostels. In future also, the SAD will continue to heed the demands of Panjab University students and work for their welfare”, he added.