Defector Manpreet would be decimated from poll scene: CM

Former Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal has committed a mistake by ditching his mother party and people will teach him a lesson in the coming state assembly election,Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Monday.

Former Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal has committed a mistake by ditching his mother party and people will teach him a lesson in the coming state assembly election,Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Monday.

Results of the election will make him realise his mistake of leaving the Shiromani Akali Dal as he and his party will be completely routed, the SAD patriarch told a gathering here.

I nurtured the political career of Manpreet by handing over my native assembly constituency of Gidderbaha,but he ditched the party by joining hands with the Congress in a covert manner, the Chief Minister said.

The people of the state would never forgive him for this betrayal and teach him a befitting lesson at the hustings,he said.

The election results will prove that people of the state do not support defectors and Manpreet will not get even a single seat, Badal said.

Former Chief Minister S S Barnala and PPP leader Manpreet Singh Badal have formed Sanjha Morcha,a four-party alliance.

The opposition parties do not have any leader of mass appeal due to which they were relying on defectors from the SAD,Badal said.

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He said the steep hike in petroleum prices had broken the backbone of the common man. Massive hike in agricultural inputs had also brought the whole of the agricultural community on the brink of economic disaster,Badal said.

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