My Priority Is To Establish BJP As Only Alternative In Punjab: Sunil Jakhar

New Delhi:  Restoring people’s faith in democracy and establishing the BJP as the only alternative in Punjab will be his prime focus, Sunil Jakhar, the newly appointed chief of the party’s state unit, said today.

Speaking to reporters after meeting party national president J P Nadda at the BJP headquarters here, Mr Jakhar claimed, “Punjab is in a very miserable shape today with growing burden of loans and dwindling law-and-order situation.” There is an atmosphere of fear across Punjab, he alleged, claiming that nobody feels safe in the state.

“People, who gave their mandate to the Aam Aadmi Party, are today feeling cheated,” Mr Jakhar, who quit the Congress last year to join the BJP, said.

During the paddy season in Punjab, nearly 15 lakh tube wells are used to extract water from the ground for irrigating crops. As paddy sowing is still going on and flood irrigation is required for 35-40 days after sowing, these tube wells are run almost daily for several hours.