SAD asks Punjab BJP to ask its high command why it has abandoned core principles of Atal Behari Vajpayee
Prof Prem S Chandumajra says Punjab BJP leaders playing a dangerous game by pitting one brother (Sikh) against another (Hindu).
(Ask BJP Amritsar based local leaders to take up cudgels with the centre if they were really interested in the welfare of Punjabis instead of targeting the SAD President)
Chandigarh, December 17 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today told the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit to ask its high command why it had abandoned the core principles of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and violated coalition ‘dharma’ vis a vis the SAD instead of indulging in hate politics which would only vitiate peace and communal harmony in the State.
Expressing shock at the irresponsible statements of few Amritsar based BJP leaders who parroted lines as per the script handed over to them, SAD senior leader Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra said “the Punjab BJP seems to have taken up the Congress policy of divide and rule which can only have devastating repercussions in the State. The SAD appeals to Punjabis to realize the dangerous game being played by Punjab BJP leaders who are ready to spoil the peace of the State. They are gearing up to make one brother fight against another solely to get a foothold after being overwhelmingly rejected by the people following the enactment of the three hated agricultural marketing Acts”.
Asking the local leaders to take their fight to the centre, Prof Chandumajra said “you need to ask your party leadership why it has abandoned the moderate policies of Atal Behari Vajpayee and forgotten to take everyone along with you. Instead of spewing venom against the SAD you should ask the centre why it has taken an anti-farmer and anti-peasant line. Why is the new BJP toeing the line of the corporate sector? Why did it frame legislation without even consulting the stake holders and why it is bent on giving a ‘gift’ which farmers don’t want?” He said that had the NDA Government listened to the advice of SAD, then we would not have to face to this situation .
