NAKODAR /NURMAHAL
The Shiromani Akali (SAD) Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday gave a clarion call to strengthen SAD to save Punjab.
Addressing meetings of party activists at various places Sukhbir said that SAD is the property of Panth not his adding that if today he is the president of the party tomorrow somebody else will be its president.
He said it is a party of martyrs and 100 years old which is serving the people before and after freedom.
Sukhbir Singh said that false propaganda has been launched against the SAD and charges of sacrilege are being labeled against the party and there is no mention of any SAD leader or activist in the charge sheet presented in the court.
He said that the law-and-order situation in the state is deteriorating day by day gangsters are demanding ransom and people are being murdered in broad daylight and police have become a silent spectator
Sukhbir Singh Badal termed the breaking of donation boxes and locks of gurdwara offices in Haryana as a black day in the history of the Sikh community. He termed the police action against devotees and gurdwara management officials as reprehensible. He also announced that the SAD would continue to strive to bring back all gurdwaras in Haryana back to the fold of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
Reacting strongly to the forcible takeover of Patshahi Chevin Gurdwara in Kurukshetra by breaking office locks, the SAD president said it was shocking that the Haryana Government used police force against devotees and gurdwara management officials. He condemned the Haryana government for ordering the arrest of gurdwara officials.
Responding to allegations of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann that SAD had not done enough for the release of Bandi Singhs, Badal said that Bhagwant doesn’t know what he is speaking. From stalling the death sentence of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana to securing parole of Bandi Singhs and bringing Sikh detainees to Punjab jails for their better car, it was the result of SAD’s struggle.
Attacking the Punjab CM, the SAD president asked him, to tell the Sikh Panth why his master Arvind Kejriwal rejected Prof Davinderpal Singh Bhullar’s release petition six times and also why he recommended that Bhai Gurmeet Singh Engineer should not be released.
Sukhbir also slammed the appointment of Amarjit Mehta as the PCA head, alleging that he was a major defaulter of the tax department. During his tour of the Nakodar Assembly constituency, he addressed the public in various villages. He was accompanied by Gurpartap Singh Wadala.