With many senior leaders from other parties now with it, BJP feels it is in much stronger position in state; Akali Dal is turning to its Sikh base, arguing that farm protests made a tie-up improbable
President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and MP-elect from Sangrur Lok Sabha, Simranjit Singh Mann, has attributed his win from AAP stronghold Sangrur to Khalistani militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
It is a victory of party workers and the teachings of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, said Simranjit Singh Mann after winning Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll on Sunday
The shouting match between the two leaders was caught on camera.
Highlights
Both were arguing over the three contentious agriculture laws
Argument in sharp contrast to photos from Tuesday s opposition meeting
New Delhi:
A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a breakfast meeting in a show of opposition unity against the government, two MPs from Punjab - Congress s Ravneet Singh Bittu and Akali Dal s Harsimrat Kaur Badal - were seen arguing outside parliament this morning over three contentious farm laws. The bill was passed by the Union Cabinet when she was still the minister. You resigned later. They (Akali Dal) continue to indulge in drama, Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu told reporters, hitting out at Harsimrat Kaur Badal. She had resigned last year as the Union Minister to protest the government s new farm laws that triggered widespread protests.