New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal joined the BJP on Sunday within the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and different senior leaders of the celebration. Atwal, who stop the SAD to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the son of Charanjit Singh Atwal, who was the deputy speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 and who additionally served because the speaker of the Punjab Assembly prior to now.
Along with Atwal, his youthful brother Jasjeet Singh Atwal and different leaders from Punjab additionally joined the BJP on the celebration headquarters. “If at all anyone is implementing the ideas of Babasaheb Ambedkar in a real sense, it is the government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am joining the BJP after being impressed by the work done by its government at the Centre through various schemes,” Atwal, a former SAD vice-president, instructed reporters.
He additionally hailed Modi for reopening the Kartarpur hall for Sikhs and stated the prime minister set a “historic milestone” with this step. Atwal stated there’s a must herald “a new era” of growth in Punjab, taking alongside all sections of the society, together with Dalits.
“We will work day and night to strengthen the BJP in Punjab under the guidance of the party leadership. We will take along the entire Sikh society as well as people belonging to every religion and community to lead Punjab onto the path of progress,” he added. Welcoming Atwal and the others into the party-fold, Puri stated folks have been becoming a member of the BJP resulting from Modi’s “new governance model”.
“Good governance is also good politics,” the Union minister stated, asserting that the nation has witnessed progress below Modi’s management. He recalled the contributions of Charanjit Singh Atwal to the nation’s polity and stated the BJP might be strengthened along with his sons becoming a member of it.
