SAD stages protest against BSF’s jurisdiction enhancement in Punjab
The Hindu
Badal says he will not let the State become subservient to Centre
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) members on Friday held a rally in Punjab’s Amritsar to oppose the Centre’s notification extending the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km along the international border.
The protest rally by SAD workers and leaders was carried out on motorcycles from the Wagah-Attari border to Amritsar’s ‘Golden Gate’.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said through the protest, the people of Punjab had sent out a clear signal that they will not tolerate any dilution of the federal structure by extending the jurisdiction of the BSF. “Punjabis also displayed their resolve that they would not let the conspiracy to make the State subservient to the Centre succeed at any cost,” he said.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.