After Murmu, SAD helps NDA’s V-P alternative too

The voting for presidential elections befell on July 18.

In 2020, SAD had pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance in protest in opposition to the now-repealed new agriculture legal guidelines.
The MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are eligible for voting within the vice-presidential elections. SAD has two members within the Lower House – celebration chief Sukhbir Badal and his spouse Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Sukhbir stated in a tweet, “Shiromani Akali Dal supports a peasant’s son, crusader for farmers’ rights and the man who secured OBC status for the farming community (Jats) in his state, Jagdeep Dhankhar for the Vice Presidency.” In one other tweet, he stated, “Shiromani Akali Dal is happy that in both Presidential and Vice Presidential polls, we have supported the candidates who have stood by the downtrodden and the farmers.” In a tweet, Bathinda MP Harsimrat addressed BJP veteran Rajnath Singh as farmers’ pal. “Voted for farmer’s son and champion of peasants’ rights Jagdeep Dhankhar…led a successful fight for OBC status for Jaats in his state.”

In one other tweet, she stated, “When BJP chief JP Nadda and farmers’ friend Rajnath Singh called for support, Akali Dal welcomed a famers’ son being nominated for this august office. I hope Dhankhar ji as VP will help to resolve farmers’ issues.”

Interestingly, SAD MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali had boycotted the voting of presidential elections regardless that his celebration supported NDA’s nominee. Ayali stated that he had nothing in opposition to Murmu, however he was not able to assist the BJP’s candidate, particularly when the ruling celebration on the Centre had not resolved any Punjab-related points.

Many SAD rebels had supported Ayali at the moment. Even a gathering of Fatehgarh Sahib Akali Dal was held final week demanding a change in celebration management.

When requested concerning the stand of his celebration for the vice-presidential elections, Ayali stated, “There’s no change in my stand on vice-presidential elections. MLAs are not eligible to vote, or else I would have boycotted again. This is because our issues of Sikh prisoners, Chandigarh, SYL, and Punjabi-speaking areas in neighbouring state remain as it is.”

Ayali stated, “The issues remain the same, and hence my stand also remain the same. Based on the feedback taken from 100 constituencies of Punjab, a committee headed by SAD leader Iqbal Singh Jhundan had submitted a report to the party president demanding reforms. And unless these reforms are carried out, the party cannot be revived. We need to take some tough decisions.”

On July 29, SAD had dissolved its whole organisational construction. On August 1, SAD chief Sukhbir Badal whereas speaking to reporters at Abohar had stated {that a} disciplinary committee was being fashioned and anybody breaching the celebration self-discipline could be proven the door.

Ayali stated, “I had a meeting with the party president in the past and I apprised him of many things that were not in Jhundan committee’s report. Feedback was given to him based on what we heard from the area.”
It could also be famous that Ayali was additionally a part of the Jhundan committee that went to 100 constituencies in search of suggestions from individuals.

Meanwhile, Sukhbir Badal today is seen lively within the state as an alternative of attending the Parliament session. He is the MP from Ferozepur. He had misplaced the Jalalabad seat to AAP’s Jagdeep Singh Goldy Kamboj within the Vidhan Sabha polls held in February this 12 months.