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This is an archive article published on April 19, 2009

Party chiefs throw weight behind nominees

Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee acting president Lal Singh today addressed meetings in the city to garner support for their respective candidates.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) acting president Lal Singh today addressed meetings in the city to garner support for their respective candidates.

While attending rallies and meetings of SAD-BJP workers,Sukhbir Badal claimed that SAD-BJP would win all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. He was here in the city to promote the election campaign of Gurcharan Singh Galib,the SAD-BJP candidate from Ludhiana constituency.

He attended large number of rallies in different areas and meetings of different groups of citizens. He added that the people’s verdict in UP and Bihar has shown that the Gandhi family will not ruled this country anymore. He said that Congress ruled this country for half century,but has done nothing to remove the poverty from the country.

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While giving details of the progress made by the Punjab under the present Government, he declared that the government had fulfiled all the promises made by it during the last Assembly election. He was accompanied by Tourism and Jail Minister Hira Singh Gabaria,Deputy Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha Satpal Gosain,M P Sharanjit Singh Dhillon,Chief Parliamentary Secretary Harish Rai Dhanda,MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik,SGPC member Balwinder Singh Bains and many others.

Meanwhile,PPCC acting president Lal Singh,while attending meeting of party workers and leaders,urged them to work unitedly for making the party candidates all over the state successful. He claimed that people of the country are looking forward to again elect Dr Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister.

Akalis get help from abroad
The Germany Unit of NRI wing of Shiromani Akali Dal has sent a team of workers to intensify the election campaign of Gurcharan Singh Galib. Manmohan Singh,president of the unit,said many senior NRI leaders of the German unit,apart from Rajinder Singh and Rajwinder Singh from USA and Harsimratpal Singh from Spain have also arrived to do canvassing for Galib.

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