Former minister Anil Joshi quits SAD, says party entangled only in ‘panthic’ agenda

He was expelled from the BJP aft helium criticised the enactment for “mishandling” the workplace agitation successful 2021. Thereafter, helium joined the SAD.

His resignation comes conscionable 4 days aft Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned for the station of enactment president.

Joshi, who was besides SAD vice-president, sent his resignation to party’s acting president Balwinder Singh Bhunder.

In the letter, Joshi said helium had joined the SAD successful 2021 erstwhile the BJP expelled him from the enactment for six years for raising dependable successful favour of Punjab and farmers against the now-repealed 3 workplace laws. “I joined the SAD due to the fact that I ever felt that Parkash Singh Badal is the emblem bearer of Punjab’s unity, integrity and communal brotherhood and arsenic CM for 5 times, helium ever respected each religion. I saw this reasoning successful Sukhbir Singh Badal,” helium wrote.

However, referring to the caller events wrong the party, helium expressed his disappointment. “I consciousness that thing is being said astir the existent issues of Punjab, nor is determination immoderate notation of the brotherhood and unity for which I had joined the party,” helium said.

Criticising the party’s existent direction, helium said, “It seems that the SAD is present entangled lone successful spiritual and Panthic agendas. I person ever been a protagonist of secularism and broad improvement and I don’t spot immoderate spot for myself successful this ‘Panthic’ politics.”

Sukhbir Singh Badal had to resign from the station of SAD president due to the fact that of the concern that arose successful the enactment and the issues that predominate it aft the decease of Parkash Singh Badal, Joshi wrote. He said it is not imaginable for him to service the radical of Punjab by being successful the SAD.

“Therefore, I americium sending my resignation from the superior rank and each positions to the party,” helium wrote.

When contacted, Bhunder said, “I don’t privation to remark connected immoderate resignation. We are a beardown enactment and volition travel retired beardown from this impermanent signifier soon.”