Hoshiarpur, March 10 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said his party, after returning to power, would ensure that the industrial units in the state employ 75% of their workforce from their respective areas to avail government incentives. Electing a right candidate as the chief minister solves 90% of the problems of the people, he said during a party event in Garhshankar.

"In the past 10 years, the governments of the Congress and the AAP devastated the state," he said.

On the occasion, veteran Akali leader Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan, along with a few leaders, rejoined the party. Earlier, they had joined the SAD breakaway faction Punar Surjit. The SAD president said their return had given a major bo...