Congress and AAP are essentially on the same page : Sukhbir Badal

Reacting to the decision of Bholath legislator Sukhpal Khaira and two other AAP MLAs – Jagdev Singh Kamalu and Pirmal Singh Khalsa to throw in their lot with the Congress party today  Sukhbir Badal said “the cat is out of the bag. This only goes on to show that the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are essentially on the same page. Earlier Sukhpal Khaira, who had contested the 2017 assembly elections on an AAP ticket after leaving the Congress, had formed the Punjab Ekta Party (PEP). Both Nirmal Singh Manshaia and Pirmal Singh Khalsa supported Khaira initially before Manshaia joined the Congress party. Now all three of them are officially in the Congress camp proving AAP and Congress were in an informal alliance in the State”.

The SAD President expressed deep sorrow on the anniversary of the storming of the Sri Darbar Sahib complex by the army on the orders of Indira Gandhi and said it was a matter of abiding pain that not only was the Sri Akal Takth Sahib destroyed but thousands of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji Maharaj were consigned to flames during the attack. He said it was also a matter of shame that the Gandhi family continued to promote the kin of those who had justified the attack. He said the Gandhi family had given plum posts to Sunil Jakhar and Sukhjinder Randhawa whose fathers Balram Jakhar and Santokh Singh Randhawa had justified Indira Gandhi’s actions.