‘Symbol of poor and tribal segments’: Akali Dal backs Droupadi Murmu for President

By IANS

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday determined to assist NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu within the forthcoming presidential ballot “as she symbolises the cause of minorities, the exploited and backward classes as well as the women and has emerged as a symbol of the poor and tribal segments in the country”.

“While our serious reservations with the BJP over the prevailing atmosphere of mounting divisive and communal polarisation, especially the growing insecurity in the minds of the members of the minority communities, under the NDA government remains strongly intact, SAD is eventually inspired and guided by the ideals placed before humanity in supporting Murmu as she not only symbolises the dignity of womenfolk but also belongs to the downtrodden,” mentioned a decision handed by the core committee of the celebration.

Giving particulars of the assembly, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal instructed the media right here the celebration was additionally involved over the hazards posed to human rights, particularly to the democratic values like non secular tolerance and freedom of speech.

“The party will never swerve from its core pro-Punjab, pro-minority, pro-farmers and pro-poor agenda. But in the presidential poll in question, the options before the party is either to support the candidate sponsored and supported by the Congress and its direct and indirect allies, or to be led by its conviction based on the ideals of great guru ‘sahiban’. We have chosen to go by the latter,” he mentioned.

Badal additionally highlighted that a number of points associated to the Sikh neighborhood and Punjab remained unresolved and that the celebration was dedicated to doing its utmost to make sure they reached their logical conclusion.

He mentioned these included securing the discharge of all Sikh detenues whose sentences had been commuted by the Central authorities on the event of 550th Prakash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev, handing over Chandigarh to Punjab in addition to different points like making certain the standing of Panjab University was not modified.

The SAD president, who additionally met Murmu right here together with senior celebration members, supplied the assist of SAD to her.

He knowledgeable Murmu, who had earlier rung up the SAD President to hunt assist of her candidature, that the celebration’s core committee had taken a unanimous determination to assist her.