Patiala, Oct 7, 2018: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Sunday caused a big embarrassment to his father and the chief patron of the party Parkash Singh Badal and other leaders sitting on the stage when he addressed senior Badal as pita samaan (father-like).
Sukhbir said this while opening his address to the rally. Before he could finish his address, the video clip of this inadvertent mistake went viral on social media.
This is not the first time Sukhbir committed the faux pas. Last time, his tongue slipped in similar manner was in 2011 at a public rally on the occasion of Maghi Mela at Muktsar Sahib.
At that time, senior Badal had publicly corrected him but kept mum this time when his turn to address the rally came.
Meanwhile, SAD issued a statement complaining that some websites twisted the words of Sukhbir Badal when he addressed senior Badal in his speech.
Terming it as misleading interpretation, SAD spokesperson Harcharan Bains claimed that the party president had described the senior Badal as "our father-like elder" (apne pita smaan bazurg) but a section of web media mistakenly confused his words with "mere pita samaan bazurg" (my father-like elder).
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