Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) senior leadership and youth volunteers today braved force and water cannons unleashed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in their bid to approach the latter’s residence to hold a debate on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal as well as other burning issues concerning the State.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal led from the front and also addressed party workers on the road when the party leaders were prevented from approaching the chief minister’s residence. He said it was condemnable that the chief minister had chosen to flee Punjab rather than debate his betrayal on the SYL canal with the Shiromani Akali Dal. Slogans of ‘bhaj gaya vi bhaj gaya’ echoed on the roads of Chandigarh even as the SAD president was addressing the congregation from atop a vehicle. Party workers placed an empty chair with the chief minister’s name on the vehicle to show how Bhagwant Mann had run away from the debate. Speaking on the occasion, Sukhbir Badal said “The chief minister challenged me to a debate on the SYL which I accepted and even announced that I would come to his residence today to debate all facets of the case.
