Give Chandigarh to Punjab: Sukhbir Badal to PM Modi

Dinanagar, December 28

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give Chandigarh and some Hindi-speaking areas to Punjab on his visit to Punjab on January 5.

He addressed a series of meetings in the Dinanagar Assembly segment in support of BSP candidate Kamaljit Chawla. On MLAs Fateh Bajwa and Balwinder Laddi joining the BJP, he said both had been in touch with the saffron party for the past several weeks and today’s development was on expected lines.

“Just wait for some more days and then see the spillover from the Congress to other parties. The Congress MLAs were disgusted earlier with Capt Amarinder Singh and now with Charanjit Singh Channi. The Congress will now contest the polls as a fractured entity,” he said.

He added if his party came to power, he would make efforts to solve the vexed SYL issue. “It has been a long time now. We should do something about it. We should ensure that Punjab gets its rightful due,” said Sukhbir. — TNS

Panth in danger

The Panth and Punjab is in danger as the other parties are only interested in grabbing power. — Parkash Singh Badal, SAD patron