SAD leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema urges election commission to act against Manish Sisodia; demands AAP debarment in Punjab
Akali Dal
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SAD
) leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take strict cognisance of Manish Sisodia's 'highly provocative utterances' and seek the cancellation of his bail in the corruption case.
He further demanded that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) be debarred from contesting in Punjab 'to save the sensitive border state from a repeat of the dangerous past.'
Cheema also pressed for strict and prompt legal action against Sisodia for allegedly inciting 'fraternal bloodshed' in Punjab.
'The Aam Aadmi Party's cat is finally out of the bag. The mask has fallen,' Cheema declared, alleging that AAP's 'deceptions, lies, false promises, and dirty tactics—like riots, violence, and money games—aimed at clinging to power in Punjab in 2027 have now been shamelessly and openly admitted by their top leader, Sisodia.'
He further alleged that ever since AAP entered Punjab in 2014, the state witnessed incidents of sacrilege. 'With their own MLA convicted for the 2016 Malerkotla sacrilege, is there still any doubt in anyone's mind about who was behind those incidents?' Cheema asked.
The SAD leader accused AAP of playing dangerous games by exploiting Punjabis' religious sensitivities and fuelling communal divisions for political gain. 'All this is now openly admitted. I call upon Punjabis to see through this dangerous game to set brothers against brothers in Punjab, especially among Sikhs, just to divide and weaken the Shiromani Akali Dal,' Cheema added.
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