Chandumajra finds a consolation in Salaria’s defeat
It was a humiliating defeat for the SAD-BJP combine in Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll and no one expected any alliance leader to defend the poor showing. But Akali MP Prem Singh Chandumajra seems satisfied with the vote share of alliance candidate Swaran Salaria. The SAD leader, who was in Badal village on Saturday to attend the party’s core committee meeting, told reporters that the bypoll verdict showed that only the Akali Dal can be the opposition party, as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has failed. What a
consolation! The BJP combine had lost the seat to Congress by 1.93 lakh votes. One wonders what other leaders of the two parties who have been blaming each other for the debacle have to say on the statement.