Shiromani Akali Dal President and Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that Congress party was on the verge of extinction for following the ‘pide and rule’ policy of its British masters. He said that in parliamentary elections people of the nation had already punished it for following such anti nation policies and now with assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra Congress would say its final good bye.Talking to media while campaigning for SAD-BJP candidate Mr. Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Mr. Badal said that people of India were teaching befitting lesson to the Congress party which ruled the country for more than 5 decades by following the policy of ‘pide and rule’ taught to it by British rulers before leaving the India. He said that party shrink to 44 seats in Parliamentary elections and party was all set to meet the same fate in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly polls.
Condemning the Haryana police’s attack on media persons while they were covering the incident of capturing Gurdwaras by some persons at the insinuation of Haryana Congress government, Mr. Badal said that Hooda government was highly frustrated seeing written on wall its clear defeat in ensuing vidhan sabha elections, so Congress opted its age old tactics of capturing Gurdwaras at the gun point. He said that Shiromani Akali Dal would never allow Congress party to succeed in its conspiracy of piding Sikhs or harming the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) at any cost.Earlier addressing rallies in favour of Mr. Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu at Sangat Khurd, Teona Pojarian, Tangrali, Jogewala, Gatwali, Giana and Kanakwal, Mr. Badal appealed the voters to ensure the victory of Mr. Sidhu with a margin of more than 51000 votes. He said that Mr. Sidhu was so dedicated for the development of his constituency that he joined Shiromani Akali Dal with no other condition but the speedy development of his area. “Sidhu brings lot of development projects in the area by inviting Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for Sangat Darshans”, he added.Describing Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu as an efficient advocate for the betterment of Talwandi Sabo constituency, Mr. Badal said that a good advocate can ensure the victory of his client in a weak case too, whereas, an incompetent advocate can lose a good case.
Badal said that Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal was acting as an advocate for the people of Talwandi Sabo in centre government and now they should take this by poll as an opportunity to have Mr. Sidhu as their advocate in Punjab government.Addressing the rallies, Mr. Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu thanked the people attending the rallies for making these rallies grand success. He thanked the people of area for electing him as their representative for three times. He said that his only mission was to develop the Talwandi sabo area besides bringing opportunities for people of my area to raise their standard of living. He said that Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal led SAD-BJP government has taken the Punjab in general and Talwandi Sabo in specific to the new heights of development.Meanwhile, Congress suffered a major jolt as Mr. Rajwinder Singh, former Sarpanch Teona Pojarian, and prominent Congress leader from Talwandi Sabo constituency joined Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal. Once close aide of former transport minister Mr. Avtar Singh, Traditional Congress leader Mr. Rajwinder Singh has strong mass base in the Talwandi Sabo area.