Dhindsa to hold meetings to get support for ‘real Akali Dal’
Rajya Sabha member and dropped SAD leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, who publicly criticised party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, has now prepared to hold district-level meetings to pull-in volunteers and workers for what he says will come up as the “real Akali Dal”. As part of ‘Safar-e-Akali Lehar’, a movement initiated by him commenced from New Delhi on Saturday, senior Dhindsa has scheduled meetings at Ludhiana and Moga.
“On January 24, I will be holding a meeting in Ludhiana and on January 25 in Moga. We will hold district-level meetings across the state,” he said on Monday, two days after he showed up in the event at Delhi which was visited by SAD (Taksali) leaders Ranjit Saingh Brahampura, his son Ravinder Singh Brahampura and Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Dhindsa’s son and former Cabinet minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa and former Union minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.
The event was arranged by former chiefs of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Manjit Singh GK, who quit with SAD, and SAD arch opponent Paramjit Singh Sarna, the chief of SAD (Delhi).
SAD (Taksali) leader Sekhwan said that GK and Sarna coming together on a common platform was an expression that the new bloc was getting a lot of traction. “Agg te paani da mel ho gaya (It was like fire and water came together). Both Manjit Singh GK and Paramjit Singh Sarna have remained competitors, contesting DSGMC polls against each other. Their attendance on a common platform is a big hint that people want the real Akali Dal to take spotlight,” he added.
“We will be reaching out to people to convince them to join us in our fight. We will not only go village to village, but also house to house to seek support of the people,” said Sekhwan.
