Shun alliance talks, focus on all 117 seats: Nabin to Punjab cadre
Ludhiana, June 23 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin told party workers to stop discussing alliances. During a meeting in Ludhiana, he asked them to avoid talking about any partnership with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) or other parties. Instead, he directed leaders to prepare to contest all 117 assembly seats.
Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha was also present in the meeting for the first time after switching to the BJP.
Nabin expressed satisfaction that the Punjab BJP is preparing to contest all 117 Assembly seats with full strength in the assembly elections. He claimed that there is a strong sentiment among the people of Punjab to bring the BJP government, and now it is the duty of the workers to connect to them.
He advised the BJP leadership and workers to work toward a common goal, function as a team and stop talking about alliances. He also asked the Punjab leadership to form an organisational structure within one month. It is learnt that former BJP Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar discussed about the BJP-SAD alliance on Sunday during Nabin's visit to Ludhiana.
Nabin also asked the workers to get involved in SIR activities initiated in Punjab. Drawing parallels with West Bengal, where changing demographics due to illegal Bangladeshi infiltration became a matter of national concern, Nabin said Punjab's "deteriorating" law and order situation, rising gangsterism, drug menace, and the migration of youth have become issues of serious concern for both the state and the nation.
Punjab BJP chief Kewal Singh Dhillon, former state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar, Rajinder Gupta and Tarun Chugh were also present. While listening to the grievances of industrialists in Ludhiana, Nabin said restoring the industrial and commercial glory of Punjab is the BJP's resolve, and it will be fulfilled at all costs. Addressing young participants during the Yuva Milni programme in Ludhiana, Nabin said he had come to understand Punjab's issues through the perspective of its youth....
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