In Haryana, it’s ‘clean clan’ verdict, says ex-MP Sidhu

Monday, 20/10/2014

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141020/punjab.htm#8

Amritsar : Upbeat over the BJP’s convincing victory in Haryana Assembly elections, former Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today termed the poll results as the mandate against dynastic politics and in favour of clean politics with development at its core.

Talking to The Tribune, Sidhu said, “The people of Haryana have sent out their message loud and clear. They have rejected those who were neck-deep in corruption in the past and have opted for the politics of development. The people don't want any dilemma or regionalism to dominate the state's politics. They have decisively expressed their faith in those with clean image, integrity and faith.”

He said the people could no more be taken for a ride and they knew who could usher in an era of development in the state. He hit out at the Akali Dal's alliance with the INLD.

“What sort of alliance it was? There was neither coalition dharma nor rashtra dharma in it. It was merely forged on the basis of vested interests,” he said.

The cricketer-turned-politician asserted that he did not say anything wrong while campaigning for the BJP in Haryana. “Everybody knows that the Akali Dal-led government in Punjab is running with our support while in Haryana they wrestled with us in alliance with the INLD."

Asked whether the SAD did any wrong by allying with the INLD, he said he would not comment on it but added that the Akali Dal “certainly needed to do a lot of soul-searching”. He said the people of Haryana had exposed the real face of the INLD-SAD alliance. He reiterated his charge that the Akali Dal had allegedly backstabbed the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab.

On whether the BJP should go it alone in Punjab after its triumph in Haryana, he said he was nobody to comment on this and it was for the party high command to decide.

His wife and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu sounded ecstatic, saying Diwali had arrived for the BJP three days in advance. She alleged the people of Haryana had punished the corrupt who looted them. “They have woken up and given mandate for good governance, rising above the religious and caste lines. It has come as a hope for the future of the country. Without public support, no political party can do anything," she said.

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