Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has an “understanding” with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to split the AAP into a separate Punjab unit after the elections, like Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde did in Maharashtra, the SAD chief claimed on Saturday. Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal made the statement while he was addressing rallies in Sunam and Dhuri in favor of Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) Sangrur candidate Iqbal Singh Jhundan.
“Bhagwant Mann committed himself to the BJP because he felt that he would also be arrested like its boss (Arvind) Kejriwal because he had also perpetrated the same liquor scam that the AAP did in Delhi. This understanding saved him from arrest,” Badal alleged. .
Shiv Sena leader Shinde became chief minister of Maharashtra after parting ways with Uddhav Thackeray and forming an alliance with the BJP.
Since then, the Election Commission of India has recognized the Shinde faction as the official representative of the Shiv Sena, while the Thackeray-led faction has been using the name Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). The Shiromani Akali Dal chief also claimed that votes cannot be trusted to any Delhi-based party.
“Bhagwant Mann has opened channels with both the BJP and the Congress to hedge his bet. While he has an informal understanding with the BJP, he has also aligned himself with the Congress in Punjab and is waging a friendly fight in most of the constituencies elections,” Badal said.
He cited how the AAP is contesting against the Congress in Punjab, but Mann has been campaigning for the grand old party in Chandigarh and Haryana. The AAP and the Congress are constituents of the opposition bloc INDIA. While the two parties dispute the Lok Sabha elections Independently in Punjab, they have an alliance in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Chandigarh.
Urging Punjabis to “seal the borders” for all Delhi-based parties, Badal said, “The AAP government in Punjab and the Union government colluded to stop our farmers from marching to Delhi. This led to fire tear gas at our farmers and even fire rubber bullets. Now it is your turn to seal the borders of Punjab with your votes.
He also defended confidence in the Shiromani Akali Dal, a local party in Punjab. Badal said the Shiromani Akali Dal has always stood for the interests of Punjab and decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections alone when it became clear that the BJP was not prepared to resolve any of the outstanding grievances of the farmers or the Sikh community.
He also announced that once Shiromani Akali Dal is elected to power, it will release tubewell connections to all farmers who do not have a single connection in their name. He also promised that all social welfare schemes that have been curtailed by successive Congress and AAP governments would be fully revived.
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