* Express complete faith in Sukhbir Badal’s leadership, Sukhbir Badal was the best person to lead the party at this juncture:Working Committee*
*Authorize SAD president to take steps to strengthen party and maintain inner-party discipline*
Working Committee and constituency in-charges authorize SAD president to take steps to strengthen
Chandigarh, August 11 – The Working Committee and constituency in-charges of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today authorized party president Sukhbir Singh Badal to take appropriate steps to strengthen the party as well as maintain inner-party discipline.
SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal addressed two marathon meetings of the constituency in-charges as well as the Working Committee separately during the course of which party leaders asserted anyone breaching party discipline should be dealt with sternly. The senior leadership also expressed complete faith in Sukhbir Badal’s leadership and asserted that he was the best person to lead the party at this juncture.
The two meetings also witnessed party leaders giving concrete suggestions to strengthen the party. Mr Sukhbir Badal assured the party leaders that all suggestions would be taken into account and the party would never compromise on its principles. “All views which are aimed at strengthening the party will be implemented”, Mr Badal said while adding that the SAD would always work for strengthening Punjab and Punjabiyat. “We will always guard the interests of Punjabis come what may”, he added.
Briefing party men, senior leader Balwinder Singh Bhundur made it clear that the Jhundan Committee report had not called for leadership change. “The Committee has given 42 suggestions and they are being taken up for consideration”. Bhundur also explained that conspiracies were afoot to attack the SAD President to weaken the Akali Dal because it had always stood up to guard regional aspirations.
Later addressing media persons, senior leaders Balwinder Bhundur and Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra said Punjabis were suffering due to the directionless policies of the AAP government which had left the people to their fate. “We will not keep quiet in the face of suffering caused to the farming community which has not got any compensation for crop losses due to recent rains or for selling their Moong crop below the minimum support price. The party will soon come out with a party programme for this purpose”, he added.
The leaders also urged the party rank and file to support the programme of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to hand over memorandums to deputy commissioners in all districts calling for the release of the Sikh detenues on the occasion of 75th Independence Day which is also being celebrated as Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Both meetings also passed resolutions expressing condolences at the demise of senior leaders Jathedar Tota Singh and Nirmal Singh Kahlon as well as Sarabjit Kaur, wife of senior leader Balbir Singh Bath.
