Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

SAD to gherao Punjab Vidhan Sabha on March 1

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to gherao the Vidhan Sabha on the opening day of the forthcomin­g budget session on March 1 to “give voice to the widespread resentment against Captain Amarinder Singh’s sacrilegio­us act of breaking his oath of promises,” made to the people in the run-up to last assembly elections.

The party workers will assemble at Sector 25 on March 1 morning from where they will proceed towards the Vidhan Sabha premises. It will also focus on the back-breaking hike in electricit­y bills as well as in the prices of diesel, petrol and cooking gas as a result of excessive Central and state government taxes, according to a statement released after a meeting of the party’s core committee on Monday evening.

SAYS WANTS TO GIVE VOICE TO THE ANGER AGAINST CM AMARINDER’S BREAKING OF HIS PROMISES MADE IN THE RUN-UP TO 2017 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Core committee meets to chalk out action

The core committee met under party president Sukhbir Singh Badal to chalk out its line of action to secure justice for the beleaguere­d people of Punjab who are feeling cheated by a “brazenly dishonest” Congress government, Harcharan Bains, principal adviser to Sukhbir, said. The core committee also paid rich tributes to the brave party workers who sacrificed their lives fighting the “government sponsored goondaism” and all farmers who have sacrifices their lives during the on-going struggle against the Centre’s three anti-farmer laws.

Balwinder Singh Bhundar, Jathedar Tota Singh, SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur, Charanjit Singh Atwal, Prem Singh Chandumajr­a, Maheshinde­r Grewal, former minister Daljit Singh Cheema, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, ex-minister Sikander Singh Maluka, Upinderjit Kaur, Gulzar Singh Ranike, Bikram Singh Majithia and Surjit Singh Rakhra were among those who attended the meeting.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal along with party leader and SGPC chief Jagir Kaur during a core committee meeting in Chandigarh on Monday.
HT PHOTO Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal along with party leader and SGPC chief Jagir Kaur during a core committee meeting in Chandigarh on Monday.

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