Is BJP trying to portray pro-Sikh face in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls?
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Punjab BJP leaders who met PM Modi on Sunday are also scheduled to meet BJP national president J P Nadda and home minister Amit Shah to discuss the agenda of reopening of Kartapur Corridor ahead of Baba Guru Nanak birth anniversary.
New Delhi: After being marooned by alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal SAD(B), known as a panthic party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab is in a bid to portray its pro-Sikh image with an eye on Sikh vote bank especially after BJP had announced to go solo in Punjab and contest all the 117 seats.
The meeting of Punjab BJP leadership with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a single point agenda of reopening of Kartapur Corridor that too ahead of birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak being celebrated on November 19 is believed to be the part of a well-conceived political strategy to fill the political vacuum left after SAD(B) broke ties with BJP, expressed the political experts.
Punjab BJP leaders including state president Ashwani Sharma, national general secretary Tarun Chugh, veteran leader Harjeet Garewal, Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, state in-charge of BJP's Kisan Morcha etc who met PM Modi on Sunday are also scheduled to meet BJP national president J P Nadda and home minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue.
