Big blow to Congress in Majha; Labourfed Chairman, several Congressmen join SAD in presence of Sukhbir Badal
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Amritsar/Tarn Taran January 19, 2022 : Congress party suffered a severe blow in Majha when Punjab Labourfed Chairman Jagtar Singh Gosal, three sitting Municipal Councilors, various Block Samiti members, Sarpanches and host of other party office bearers joined Shiromani Akali Dal in presence of party President Sukhbir Singh Badal.
On the occasion senior leaders of the party including Bikram Singh Majithia, Anil Joshi, Harmeet Sandhu, Ravi Kahlon, Talbir Gill and Gauravdeep Valtoha were also present.
Welcoming all of them into party fold, the SAD President honoured them with robe of honour and assured them of due respect and responsibilities in party.
Speaking to media at Amritsar and Tarn Taran, Badal said that recoveries of crores of rupees in cash made by Enforcement Directorate (ED) from house of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew has vindicated our accusation that Channi is the biggest Sand mining mafia in the state. He said that now Channi had no right to be in the chair and should immediately resign from post of Chief Minister. He also demanded that his official residence at Chandigarh should also be raided as there were reports of him shifting cash from his Morinda house to CM residence.
Speaking further, Badal said that after forming SAD-BSP government in the state, this case would be thoroughly probed. We would recover the whole of ill-gotten money and prosecute him for running illegal Sand mining mafia in the state.
Lashing out at Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa for behaving like a dictator and patronising gangster culture in the state, Badal said that with the joining of Punjab Labourfed Chairman Jagtar Singh Gosal and other prominent leaders from Dera Baba Nanak constituency in Shiromani Akali Dal, Randhawa had suffered a big blow and now they all would ensure he loses the elections this time.
On a question regarding the hype AAP created before projecting Bhagwant Mann as CM face, Badal said that AAP Convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was all fraud and fielding Mann was just a gimmick when everyone knew that there was no one available for the post. He said that Kejriwal was a known Punjab opponent who had demanded closure of thermal plants of Punjab, then favoured the digging out SYL canal to take Punjab's water to Delhi and also went to Supreme Court demanding registration of cases against Punjab farmers for stubble burning. He said that he was also an anti-Sikh man who had been constantly refusing to release Bhai Davinder Singh Bhullar even though his sentence had already been completed. He said that SAD would continue its struggle for the release of Sikh prisoners.
Replying to a media query, the SAD president said that AAP leadership had no stand. They had claimed to give tickets to clean image people but now the tickets were allotted to a majority of candidates having criminal background. He categorically mentioned Dera Baba Nanak candidate facing police case for his involvement in terror activities. Similarly some of Ludhiana district candidates were infamous extortionists and Bathinda Rural candidate is known for committing frauds with innocent people of Malwa, he added.
While urging everyone not to believe in Opinion Polls being carried out by some media houses, Badal said this was a paid activity and all such surveys which were showing SAD-BSP not getting good response would have no value in the election results. He claimed that the alliance was coming to power with clear majority.
Those who joined Shiromani Akali Dal today included Labourfed Chairman Jagtar Singh Gosal, 3 sitting Congress councilors from Amritsar Jagdeep Singh Rinku Narula, Jasbir Singh Nijampura and Ashwani Kumar Bhagat, Balwinder Singh Haruwal Ex Chairman Market Committee Dera Baba Nanak, Parminder Singh Ghaniya General Secretary NRI Wing Congress and Ex Block Samiti member, Ritu Sahota District President AAP women wing Gurdaspur, Arif Chauhan Chairman Christian Sewa front, Satwinder Singh member Block Samiti Kalanour, Baldev Singh Bura Director Market Committee Dera Baba Nanak, Jasbir Singh Kahlon Senior Vice President District Congress Gurdaspur, Dilbag Singh Sarpanch Kila Nathu Singh, Krishna Sarpanch Daburji, Balkar Singh member block Samiti Kalanour and Kulwant Pal ex Sarpanch Kalanaur. Further, various Congress leaders including Gurminder Singh Rataul, Vijaypal Singh Chaudhary, Jagdish Kumar and Anita Verma joined Shiromani Akali Dal and the party president announced their positions and responsibilities in the party.