Punjab Women Will Defeat Conspiracies To Weaken Akali Dal: Harsimrat Badal
NDTV
Addressing a gathering of women in the border belt area, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal asserted that conspiracies to weaken the SAD were nothing new and were always done ahead of elections in Punjab.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said women of Punjab would repose their faith in her party which has "always safeguarded" their aspirations and defeat the "conspiracies to weaken" it.
Addressing a gathering of women in the border belt area, she asserted that conspiracies to weaken the SAD were nothing new and were always done ahead of elections in Punjab.
"You have today proven that when women decide to take a stand no one can come in the way. It is now clear that just like West Bengal, where women played a big role in Mamata Banerjee's victory, the women of Punjab will also be instrumental in the victory of the SAD-BSP alliance in the forthcoming assembly elections," Ms Badal said.
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