BSP has subtle understanding with SAD: Capt
Tuesday, 05/04/2016
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Bathinda: Extending support to the agitating jewelers, the Congress leader Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday visited them at their dharna site in the city.
Kapurthala : Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday claimed that there was a subtle understanding between the Bahujan Samaj Party and ruling Shiromani Akali Dal.
He said this was the reason why the BSP was not aligning with the Congress as it wanted to help Sukhbir Singh Badal-led SAD by fielding candidates in all 117 assembly segments across Punjab, which goes to polls early next year.
Talking to reporters along the sidelines of a function to mark the 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar here, the former Punjab Chief Minister said, “despite my and my party’s sincere efforts, the BSP did not reciprocate for the reasons best known to it.”
However, he added, “some of the BSP leaders who recently joined the Congress told me that there was clear understanding between the senior state and central BSP leadership and the SAD and Sukhbir.”
The PCC president recalled the contribution of Dr Ambedkar in drafting the Constitution, saying it is one of the best in the world. The Amritsar MP welcomed the pruning of a blacklist maintained by the Centre imposing visa restrictions on Sikhs settled abroad. Replying to a question on dropping several names from the black list, he said, it was a welcome move and he had always advocated it. He said the central government must consider scrapping the list unless someone is involved in some serious crime. On the issue of SGPC election, he said, Congress being a secular party will not contest these elections.
