Former Batala municipal corporation President Naresh Mahajan leads team including 9 former councillors, 2 sitting councillors, former BJP district president and Mandal vice president besides others into SAD
Punjab Newsline, Amritsar, December 14
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was today wiped out in Batala with almost all of its leadership joining the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) along with their supporters in the presence of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
At a function here organised by former minister Anil Joshi the former president of the Batala municipal corporation - Naresh Mahajan, nine former councillors, two sitting councillors - Suman Handa and Sudha Mahajan, ex vice president of the Batala BJP Mandal, former BJP District President, office bearers of the party’s Kisan Morcha, Beopar Mandal, Yuva Morcha, OBC Cell, ex Vice President of the Senior Citizen Cell and office bearers of Truckers Association joined the SAD.
Welcoming the leadership of the BJP Batala unit into the party, Mr Sukhbir Badal said “I assure you I am committed to peace and communal harmony as well as rapid development and ensuring social welfare benefits reach one and all”. He thanked the BJP leaders for reposing faith in the SAD and assured them due regard and respect in the party.
Speaking on the occasion, former Batala municipal corporation President Naresh Mahajan said BJP leaders were convinced about the secular nature of the SAD and felt that the SAD alone could take Punjab forward under the able leadership of Mr Sukhbir Badal. He appreciated the efforts taken by former president Parkash Singh Badal in ushering in peace and communal harmony in the State by forging Hindu- Sikh unity. He said Sukhbir Badal was taking this forward and this was the reason why the entire leadership of Batala BJP had reposed faith in him.
Former minister Anil Joshi spoke on how Punjabis were feeling betrayed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and had now decided to support the SAD to bring back the era of peace and rapid development. He thanked the Batala BJP unit for joining the SAD in bulk and welcomed them into their new party.
The leaders who joined the SAD today included Rakesh Mahajan,Sukhdev Mahajan Suresh Mahajan,Ranjan Malhotra Raj Kumar Kali,Ashwani,Mahajan (Bittu Ji) Raj Kumar (Raju Agga1wal) Anshu Handa,Rakesh Kumar (Kesha Ji) Surinder Kansra, Raj Kumar Rajinder Bhagat (Kala Ji),Suman Handa ,Sudha Mahajan, Vined Sharma,Manraj Singh, Boparai Manohar Lal Sharma,Satpal Bhupinder Singh Laddi,
Rajesh Aggarwal Parveen Aggarwal Ashok Aggarwal Madhan Mohan Mahajan,Vijay Sharma,Vinod Ku1na r (Gora Ji),Neeraj Dholla, Sachin Sharnla, Minku Yadan, Baljinder Singh, Kimti Lal, Soni Mukesh Kulnar, Raam Das Malhotra, Sat Prakash Behal, Parveen Mahajan (Latti Ji),Jagdish Raj Aggarwal,Deepak Aggarwal,Vipan Aggarwal,Raman Aggarwal, Rakesh Bhatia,Raman Mahajan (Shawl Wale), Onkar Singh (OP) ,Bobby Malhotra, Jai Shiv,Rajesh Ahuja,Ravinder Ahuja &Pardeep Arora.
Senior leaders present on the occasion included Ravikiran Singh Kahlon, Talbir Singh Gill and Raj Kumar Gupta. EOM
Jangveer Singh.