Vote for SAD-BJP, save Punjab: CM

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Lambi, January 10

“Hath bann ke tuhanu benti hai Punjab nu bacha lao. Punjab taan hi bachuga je ethe Akali-BJP sarkar bane. Centre vich vi aapni sarkar hai. Hun ohna de aaun naal hi eh univesitiyan, AIIMS, Amritsar nu heritage status, smart city sab miliya hai…” says Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, while seeking voters at his home turf Lambi.

The grand old man of the Punjab politics is covering nearly 12 villages daily. He does not forget to say that he would not able to come again to the village, asking SAD workers to continue campaigning.

Despite his old age and chilly weather, he remains stick to his schedule and reaches all villages well in time. He terms AAP nominee Jarnail Singh an outsider, saying: “They have sent a man from Delhi, which means they have no one to contest from here in the state.”

He then moves to the next village accompanied by a large number of security personnel and a few SAD leaders. Notably, his security has been beefed up after Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal’s cavalcade was pelted with stones in Jalalabad on Sunday.