Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Inder Iqbal Singh Atal in presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri joined Bhartiya Janta Patry forward of the 2024 polls. Along with Atwal, his youthful brother Jasjeet Singh Atwal and different leaders from Punjab additionally joined the BJP on the get together headquarters right here.
Atwal joined BJP
Atwal, who stop the SAD to join 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 up to now.
“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, informed reporters.
He hailed PM Modi
He additionally hailed Modi for reopening the Kartarpur hall for Sikhs and mentioned the prime minister set a “historic milestone” with this step. Atwal mentioned there’s a have to herald “a new era” of improvement 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.
“Good governance is also good politics”
Welcoming Atwal and the others into the party-fold, Puri mentioned folks have been becoming a member of the BJP as a consequence of Modi’s “new governance model”. “Good governance is also good politics,” the Union minister mentioned, 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 mentioned the BJP will likely be strengthened with his sons becoming a member of it.
(with inputs from PTI)
