"Honour Sukhbir Badal's Attacker": Union Minister's Dig At Akali Dal, Leader Responds
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Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged the Akali Dal sympathised with terrorists, "but terrorists are not loyal to anyone"
Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu has suggested the Shiromani Akali Dal should honour the man who shot at Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal since he himself had accepted he committed sacrilege, due to which the former Punjab deputy chief minister had to serve penance. #WATCH | Punjab: On Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu's statement on the attack on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia says, "... On December 4, he condemned the attack outside the Parliament and now he has validated the attack. BJP... pic.twitter.com/WU4O37yOPQ
Mr Bittu in a swipe at the Akali Dal also suggested the party's general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia should embrace Narain Singh Chaura, the man who shot at Mr Badal, "in the same way Majithia had embraced Beant Singh's killers."
Mr Bittu alleged the Akali Dal sympathised with terrorists, "but terrorists are not loyal to anyone."
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