Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday attacked the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying the parties had failed Punjab and appealed to people to respond with faith in the SAD ahead of the Tarn Taran bypoll.

Recalling the Operation Blue Star under former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, he attacked Congress State Chief Raja Warring for hailing Gandhi.

Addressing public meetings, the SAD president said, “We can never forget or forgive the Congress party for ordering the attack on Sri Darbar Sahib. It is an insult to us that the present Pradesh Congress President, Raja Warring, continues to eulogise Indira Gandhi and proudly calls her his mother. It is this thinking which has resulted in bloodshed in the State and needs to be snubbed resolutely.”

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