Shiromani Akali Dal says all those who 'pretended' to contest Lok Sabha polls from Punjab on sacrilege issue thrown out in their Thank You meet

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday expressed deep gratitude to the people of Punjab with the SAD-BJP alliance substantially increasing its vote share and to log 51 lakh votes. The party especially thanked four lakh voters who abandoned the Congress to repose faith in the SAD compared with the 2017 Vidhan Sabha poll.  The party also thanked the voters for the seven per cent jump in the alliance vote share – from 30% to 37%. “In fact the SAD is the only party to improve its vote share as the share of the Congress and AAP actually fell significantly”, the core committee noted. 

The party also thanked the workers and leaders of the SAD-BJP alliance for their selfless work for the success of the alliance candidates. The Alliance had won 17 seats in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha poll which it more than doubled during this poll. On the other hand, four lakh voters rebuffed Congress because of its anti-Punjab and anti-people policies. Out of the 35 Vidhan Sabha segments in which the Alliance led over all the rest, the SAD alone accounted for 21 and the BJP 14, said the resolution.

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The party congratulated Badal for registering the biggest win in these elections defeating his Congress rival by two lakh votes. The party also thanked Biba Harsimrat Kaur Badal on her victory despite the Congress and all the so-called Panthic elements conspiring against her. The party noted with satisfaction that “Akal Purakh responded positively to the prayer of the SAD President Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal and decimated all those who committed or planned the sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

“The Congress president was leading the Congress-sponsored elements who had formed the so-called Morchas on the sacrilege issue. He was demolished as were his co-conspirators like Sukhpal Khaira , Baljeet Singh Daduwal, Dhian Singh Mand, Simranjit Singh Mann and the so-called Taksalis. All of them pretended to contest on the issue of sacrilege and all of them were thrown out by the people, especially by the Sikhs, and they lost their security deposits – a divine justice,” said the resolution.  

In another Resolution, the party came down heavily on the crushing hike in the electricity tariff in the state, especially when the facility of 200 free units to the poor was being withheld and the farmers, the industry, traders and the domestic sector were already reeling under the back-breaking burden imposed on them by this government. The party also lashed out against the Government for the irregular supply to every sector, especially domestic, farmers and the industry in the state.

(with inputs from PTI)