Sacrilege incidents handiwork of disruptive forces: Badal

Ravi Dhaliwal

Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Churian, September 25

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Sunday the recent incidents of sacrilege were handiwork of disruptive forces which were out to destabilise the state in an election year.

The Chief Minister was here to attend the first death anniversary of Sawinder Kaur Kahlon, wife of former Speaker NS Kahlon.

“We have earned peace in Punjab the hard way. We will never let anti-national forces, which are working at the behest of vested interests, disturb this peace. We are duty bound to curb such incidents. For nine years we have maintained peace. We will not let it go so easily,” Badal said.

Speaking about the impending visit of AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the state, he said his visit would hardly affect the electoral combinations.

“The people of Punjab are politically mature to understand the difference between friends and foes. They know that it is only the SAD which is the true custodian of the interests of the public, particularly the poor and people belonging to the rural areas. Kejriwal is free to come to Punjab but it is not going to help his party in anyway as people have decided to vote for the SAD-BJP alliance,” he said.