“As Party President…”: What Akali’s Sukhbir Badal Said On Punjab Polls

Chandigarh:

Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday mentioned because the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, he takes accountability for his social gathering’s defeat within the Punjab meeting election and the SAD’s core-committee will meet on March 14 to analyse the ballot outcomes.

The Aam Aadmi Occasion scripted a stellar victory in Punjab on Thursday, profitable a three-fourth majority pulverising its rivals.

The elections dealt a physique blow to the Shiromani Akali Dal, which dominated the state a number of instances, as its chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his father Parkash Singh Badal, each former chief ministers, fell by the wayside. Mr Badal mentioned, “As social gathering president, I take the accountability for the defeat.” He mentioned his social gathering accepts the individuals’s mandate whole-heartedly.

He additionally thanked his social gathering staff for toiling exhausting though the ballot outcomes didn’t come the social gathering’s means.

Replying to a query, he mentioned a gathering of the social gathering’s core committee and all candidates of the social gathering has been summoned on Monday.

The assembly will talk about and analyse the ballot outcomes, he informed reporters.

Commenting on AAP’s landslide victory, he mentioned the individuals of Punjab have entrusted a giant accountability on them.

He assured that as a accountable opposition, his social gathering will prolong full cooperation to the AAP dispensation in terms of issues pertaining to safeguarding Punjab’s pursuits.

Punjab being a border state, they are going to prolong all required cooperation in order that peace and mutual brotherhood is maintained, Mr Badal mentioned.

The AAP stormed to energy in Punjab bagging a document 92 of the 117 Meeting seats. The SAD might handle to win solely three seats whereas its ally BSP gained one seat.

Requested to touch upon the defeat of Badal senior, who has been a five-time chief minister, Sukhbir, who’s the Alkali patriarch’s son, mentioned his politics by no means remained depending on profitable or shedding nor turning into the chief minister.

“He’s a selfless chief who devoted his life to serve Punjab,” he mentioned.