Sarabjeeet Singh Jhinjer, president of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD), on Thursday strongly condemned the attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday patted the Punjab Police for foiling a deep rooted conspiracy to defame Punjab by vigilantly preventing an attack on Akali leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Amritsar.
Punjab can’t afford another dark era of terror, says former Chief Minister of the state.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a gunman tried to shoot him inside the Golden Temple premises in Punjab's Amritsar.
The shooter targeted the former Punjab deputy chief minister while performing "seva" at the shrine as part of a religious punishment pronounced by the Shri Akal Takht Sahib.
Badal said the SAD would resolve this issue once and for all when it assumed power in Punjab. “We are committed to terminating all water sharing agreements and stopping the flow of water to Rajasthan,” he said.
Addressing a party rally in Ferozepur, the Akali leader said the hands of the police had been tied by the AAP legislators because they were receiving monthlies from the mafia kingpins.
The SAD chief said a lower court verdict, in a 1984 riots case related to the murder of three people, had hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community which awaiting final closure to the wounds afflicted by the genocide.
The SAD chief said the AAP had opened up jobs to candidates from Haryana and Rajasthan with an eye on the forthcoming Assembly elections in the two states.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said power cuts in Punjab are threatening to destroy standing…
