We are least bothered about Navjot Sidhu moving to AAP: Sukhbir Badal

Sukhbil Badal said it did not matter if Sidhu joined any Aam Aadmi Party or Khaas party.

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Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday said that ‘whether Sidhu couple joins Aam Aadmi Party or any Khaas Party, the ties of Akali Dal-BJP are going to be unaffected’.

Attending an event of administration to distribute blue cards of government’s atta-dal scheme, Sukhbir Badal commenting on the resignation of BJP Rajya Sabha member Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu as chief parliamentary secretary, also said that ‘there is not going to be an iota of affect on results of 2017 assembly polls.’

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“The results of 2017 polls are going to be least affected by Sidhu couple moving to any Aam Aadmi Party or Khaas Party. The ties of SAD-BJP are the strongest ever and will continue to be so. We are least bothered about Navjot Sidhu moving to AAP or whatever,” said Sukhbir Badal.

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On AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal performing sewa on Monday at Golden Temple to ‘apologize’ for youth manifesto goof up, Sukhbir said that ‘Delhi CM behaved like a dramebaaz’.

“He is not here in Punjab to apologize, in fact he is here for a drama because he is an acclaimed dramebaaz. AAP has already hurt sentiments of people of Punjab. The voters are well aware that Kejriwal is an opportunist, he has no real feelings for people of Punjab. I must say he is a real big dramebaaz,” said Sukhbir.

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Deputy CM also said that ‘Kejriwal is a liar’ who ‘formed political party and entered politics despite his earlier promises to the people that he will never enter politics’.

“While Kejriwal does not do anything except drama with nothing on the ground, Congress’ Captain Amarinder Singh never had or never will feel the pain of the people of Punjab. It is only CM Parkash Singh Badal who understands the problems of people in Punjab,” claimed Sukhbir.

Meanwhile, Kuljit Singh Nagra, Congress MLA from Fatehgarh Sahib staged protest with his supporters claiming that ‘real beneficiaries of atta-dal scheme are not being identified and Akali ‘sycophants’ who do not even deserve free atta-dal are being issued blue cards.’

“This scheme was given to the nation by former PM Manmohan Singh but Akalis are misusing it to the core,” said Nagra.

Divya Goyal

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab. ... Read More

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