![]() ![]() We cannot allow it.” Arya Pratinidhi Sabha attacked Jana Sangh Under the overall direction of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Jana Sangh had also joined the ‘Save Hindi Agitation’ launched by the Hindi Samiti in May 1957, against the language formula and regional formula, which was conceived for reorganization of Punjab. This Suba therefore will be a theocratic state in India. It is carried on openly not only from the religious platforms in the gurdwaras. ![]() ![]() Whatever Sant Fateh Singh might say, the whole movement is based on communal appeal. Lal, who also served as president of Sanatan Dharam Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab, had written, “The Jana Sangh had demanded a common governor, a common high court and common power and irrigation boards, which were acceded to by the Government of Punjab.” It will be a theocratic state, wrote Deen Dayal Upadhayay Apart from other strong arguments against Punjabi Suba in his article titled ‘This Punjabi Suba Business’ in Organiser on September 5, 1965, Jana Sangh patriarch Deen Dayal Upadhayay wrote, “It need not be repeated that the Punjabi Suba is a misnomer for Master Tara Singh’s Sikh state. Lal also mentioned that among the nine members of the PCC “who appended their separate notes”, Sujit Singh Majithia’s name (grandfather of Bikram Majithia) also figures. Lal too was opposed to reorganization of Punjab like then CM Partap Singh Kairon and several other Congress leaders. Without naming Kairon, Sukhbir had then said that Akali Dal leaders should stay away from factionalism and focs on working to strengthen the party.ĬHANDIGARH: It seems all is not well within the Badal clan in Punjab.įormer senior minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon has been reportedly avoiding using the party’s name in functions in his constituency.Īlso missing are the name and pictures of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal from hoardings and (function() ) Apart from reproducing Vajpayee’s note in his book, “Disintegration of Punjab”, late Pandit Mohan Lal, who remained finance and home minister of Punjab in the Congress governments of 1950s-60s, has also noted that Vajpayee quoted Nehru’s speech in Parliament to show that it was a communal demand. Valtoha has contested the seat since 2007. However, Khemkaran is the home turf of SAD’s veteran leader Virsa Singh Valtoha.Įarly this year, Sukhbir had announced Valtoha as the party candidate from Khemkaran. The buzz was that Parneet Kaur, wife of Adesh and sister of Sukhbir, wanted to contest a seat adjacent to her husband’s assembly segment. The party is yet to declare its candidates from Patti and Khadoor Sahib assembly segments.Ī party leader said Kairon had a few months back held public meetings in villages of Khemkaran assembly segment and said that one of his family members would contest the seat. He has represented the seat four times from 1997 to 2017, but lost in 2017 to Harminder Singh Gill of the Congress.Īccording to sources, Kairon’s pique could stem from the fact that sometime back, the Akali Dal had nominated Harmit Singh Sandhu as the area in-charge for Tarn Taran district of which Patti is a part. Sources said Kairon appeared to flaunt his family’s name in the recent campaign for his Patti constituency in Amritsar. Kairon is son-in-law of former chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal. ![]()
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