Praise for Badals

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech with Jo Bole So Nihal, while enquiring about people’s well-being in Punjabi, saying, “Baiji, kiven ho? Sehta kiven han?”

Modi’s chopper couldn’t take off from the airstrip near the rally venue due to dust storm and was taken to Bhisiana Air Force base by road.

Modi avoided addressing Rahul Gandhi by his name and instead chose to call him “namdaar”.

State BJP chief Shwait Malik addressed SAD chief Sukhbir Badal as “future CM of Punjab”.

People listened to PM Modi’s address till the last even amid a dust storm at the fag end.

SAD candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal appealed to people to vote for the SAD-BJP alliance.

BJP’s four mandal pardhans resigned from the party after Modi’s rally in the evening.

Former minister Sikander Singh Maluka took the name of Bobby Deol as Gurdaspur candidate instead of Sunny Deol, while mentioning alliance candidates.

Jagmeet Brar showered lavish praise on the Badal clan and resorted to a scathing attack on the CM.