AMRITSAR SAHIB—Taking jabs at both the BJP and the Congress for playing tug of war against each other to establish who is more poisonous, the Dal Khalsa claimed that for ethnic minorities, both have equal amounts of poison.
In a hard hitting statement, party spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said it was highly ridiculous to see the tit-for-tat statements of both Congress head Sonia Gandhi and the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi accusing each other of containing more poison than the other.
He pointed out that one should ask Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs, who have been bitten by both Congress and the BJP from time to time as to who was more poisonous.
“To cater Hindu votes, both the parties had competed with each other to degrade ethnic minorities by spewing venom against them, as they have refused to succumb to the dictates of the New Delhi,” said Singh.
What Congress did to Sikhs in 1984 and in Punjab for decades, the BJP did with Muslims in 2002 and Christians in Orissa in 2008, “It was the poisonous minds of frenzied mob associated with both the parties that spilled blood of innocents on streets.”
He castigated various factions of the Akali Dal in toeing the lines of either the Congress or the BJP. He said that it was ironic that the Sikh polity has been divided into anti-Badal and pro-Badal factions. “Certain factions drive strength from the Congress to give challenge to Badal Dal, which has become second fiddle to the BJP, he alleged.
“The real meaning and motive behind the formation of the Akali Dal as a Panthik Party has got lost ever since its leadership has gone into the hands of those whose sole aim is to enjoy pelf and power.”
The Dal Khalsa leader stressed on Panthik unity and called upon leaders of all factions of the Akali Dal to “come out of the shadows” of the BJP and the Congress and maintain their independent character.
