Will contest civic polls on party symbol: Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Friday announced it would contest the forthcoming elections to 102 Nagar Council and nine Municipal Corporations on the party symbol. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the party’s halka incharges and district presidents, presided over by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. The meeting also decried […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal (File photo) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Friday announced it would contest the forthcoming elections to 102 Nagar Council and nine Municipal Corporations on the party symbol. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the party’s halka incharges and district presidents, presided over by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
The meeting also decried the manner in which custodians of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, including granthis and gurdwara committees, were being targetted for punishment under the new anti- sacrilege law — passed by the AAP government.
The party said while it wanted the most severe punishment to be awarded to those indulging the holy book’s sacrilege, granthis and gurdwara committees should not be persecuted.
Senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema also castigated the Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, for twisting the meaning of “custodian” in the anti-sacrilege act to befool the people.
Cheema disclosed that the meeting also authorised all halka incharge to appoint Block Level Officers (BLOs) to assist in the SIR exercise in the state. He said the BLOs would assist people in any problem during the conduct of SIR.
The SAD leader said the meeting took strong notice of the breakdown in the law and order situation. He said recent bomb blasts near the BSF headquarters in Jalandhar and the Army headquarters, Amritsar, had proved that no one was safe.
Instead of owning moral responsibility for the incident the Chief Minister had resorted to a blame game without presenting proof of the same, he said. “It is surprising that while the Chief Minister is blaming the BJP-led Central government for the blasts, the state DGP is holding Pakistan based agencies responsible for the same.”
Cheema said the meeting also noted that it was for the first time in Punjab’s history that people were witnessing a rain of notes. He said the fact that persons linked with the Chief Minister’s OSD (Officer on Special Duty) and state AAP president Aman Arora were involved in such corrupt activities pointed that this corruption was being committed by the very top persons in the AAP.
After the meeting, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal told the mediapersons that the CM, his personal staff and the AAP leadership were all neck-deep in corruption. He said the so-called “Shukrana Yatra” being undertaken by Bhagwant Mann was nothing but a distraction.
“Deploying over 1,000 cops in every district shows how scared the CM has become of his own people.”
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