Chandigarh, Jan 23 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday appointed observers for all districts in Haryana to mobilise its cadre for the forthcoming Assembly elections which it has decided to contest on its symbol.
The observers were appointed after a two-hour meeting of the party’s Haryana leadership which was presided over by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Mr Sharanjit Singh Sahota was unanimously re-given the responsibility of heading the party’s Haryana unit and Rajya Sabha member Balwinder Singh Bhundur appointed party In charge for Haryana.
Addressing the party’s Haryana leadership, Mr Badal said the SAD would contest the forthcoming Assembly elections on the maximum number of seats on its own steam. “There are around 35 seats which have a sizeable Sikh presence. Sikhs are part of the population in many more seats. They need to be mobilized”, he said while asking the party rank and file to fan out in the countryside and undertake a recruitment drive." He said this should be followed up with district level meetings to strengthen the SAD in Haryana.