CHANDIGARH, Punjab—The political alliance of Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP is in a very sensitive condition. After the Parliament Elections in Punjab, BJP leaders were attacking Akali Dal with words, but the senior Akali Leadership kept on inhibiting the Junior Leadership from falling into a clash with BJP. But for the first time, BJP and Akali Leadership are going to attack each other on the issue of drug smuggling. PoliticaleExperts say that due to the anti-drug campaign to be initiated by BJP leadership in Amritsar on 12 January, Akali Dal has experienced that BJP’s attitude towards Akali Dal is unfriendly. Keeping these circumstances in view, Shiromani Akali Dal has planned to organize earlier anti-drug smuggling protests on India-Pakistan border stations. Shiromani Akali Dal has played a very clever political stunt by blaming the BJP Governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh being responsible for drug production beside Pakistan. BJP is appearing helpless in front of these political stunts of Shiromani Akali Dal.
According to the information made available by Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema (Party Secretary and Spokesperson), Akali workers of Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawan Shehar, Ropar, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib will gather on Attari Border for protesting against drug smuggling from Pakistan. Similarly, Akali workers of Gurdaspur, Hushiarpur and Pathankot will protest in Gurdaspur Border. Dr. Cheema informed that meetings have been organized in Amritsar and Chandigarh for discussing these protests. He informed that Akali workers from 14 districts will attend the meeting in the head office of Shiromani Akali Dal in Chandigarh. This meeting will be lead by Chief Minister of Punjab S. Parkash Badal.
Ropar, Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Moga Ferozepur, Fazilka, Mukatsar, Faridkot, Bathinda and Mansa belong to these districts. Meeting of rest 8 Districts ( Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hushiarpur, Nawan Shehar, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot) will be held on 31st December in Amritsar at 2pm. Patronage of Shiromani Akali Dal, S. Parkash Badal will lead this meeting also. He said that all Member Parliament, MLA’s, SGPC members, District Presidents, and senior leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal have been invited in these meetings.
