Punjab CM lauds Modi, asks him to ‘lead the nation’
June 23, 2013
Amritsar, 23 June 2013
The veteran Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today reiterated his party’s commitment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Badal showered praise on Modi and exhorted him to lead the country.
“I have told him (Modi) that he should leave Gujarat now and lead the country,” Badal said while addressing the Sankalp rally by the BJP to mark the 60th death anniversary of Jana Sangh founder, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, in this Punjab town.
“The Congress leaders, as I see their faces, are so scared of Narendra Modi. Their faces look as if their parents (‘ma-pio’) have died,” Badal said.
He said the over 45-year-old alliance between the Akali Dal and the BJP — and its forerunner Jana Sangh — would continue and get stronger.
“The Akali Dal has always been against the Congress party. The Congress has ruined this country over the years,” Badal said.
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