Moga, Sep 14 (PTI) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said he was confident of the SAD-Sant Samaj alliance candidates sweeping the SGPC polls to be held on September 18. “Not only SGPC polls, the SAD would also win the Assembly polls early next year by dubbing Congress,” he said addressing rallies in this district. He made it clear that the SAD would not tolerate indiscipline in the party. Party patron and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has earlier expelled former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Sukhjit Singh Kaka from the party on disciplinary gorunds, he said. Kaka is contesting SGPC polls as a rebel candidate from Dharamkot opposing SAD’s official nominee. Sukhbir said Kaka first agreed to contest SGPC elections from Dharamkot and made a commitment to the Chief Minister that he would not contest the Vidhan Sabha elections and assured that he would help former minister Tota Singh if he is given a party ticket from Dharamkot Assembly seat. He, however, refused to obey the party president and party patron’s decision and that was reason of his expulsion from the party, the SAD chief said. He was critical of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh and charged him with opposing every development work of the state government. He also accused the former chief minister of approaching the Centre with a request to stop supply of funds to the state government for urban development projects like roads, sewerage, street lighting and water supply in 50 towns. He claimed that the Sikh electorate would never tolerate Congress which “always tried to take control of the SGPC without success”. He said Sikhs would never forget operation Blue star and the 1984 riots.
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