"As Party President...": What Akali's Sukhbir Badal Said On Punjab Polls
NDTV
Punjab Assembly Election: The Aam Aadmi Party scripted a stellar victory in Punjab on Thursday, winning a three-fourth majority pulverising its rivals.
Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said as the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, he takes responsibility for his party's defeat in the Punjab assembly election and the SAD's core-committee will meet on March 14 to analyse the poll results.
The Aam Aadmi Party scripted a stellar victory in Punjab on Thursday, winning a three-fourth majority pulverising its rivals.
The elections dealt a body blow to the Shiromani Akali Dal, which ruled the state several times, as its chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his father Parkash Singh Badal, both former chief ministers, fell by the wayside. Mr Badal said, "As party president, I take the responsibility for the defeat." He said his party accepts the people's mandate whole-heartedly.
He also thanked his party workers for toiling hard although the poll results did not come the party's way.
