Three days after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Sukhbir on Monday ignored the query related to the possibility of re-alliance between the SAD and the BJP.He, however, said that he had approached the Prime Minister to discuss Punjab’s major issues and urged the Centre to find ways to save Punjab.“Punjab has many major issues. Several examination papers keep getting leaked, the AAP is looting Punjab, and the law and order situation has become so bad. I went to request the Prime Minister that somehow Punjab should be saved. They (AAP) have destroyed Punjab,” Sukhbir said while replying to a query.The SAD chief further challenged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal for a public debate over issues related to the alleged paper leaks and recruitment of candidates from outside the state.“I challenge Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal to have a debate with me. Do the children of Punjab not belong to you? If you have the courage, choose any place and I will come there to explain how paper leaks happened under your government, how candidates from outside Punjab were given government jobs, and how the youngsters of Punjab were ignored. I am ready to put every issue before the people of Punjab and answer every question. Choose the place and time, I am ready for the debate,” said Sukhbir.He added, “10 papers were leaked during your (AAP) government, will Kejriwal sit on a ‘dharna’?”He had come here to address a protest organised by the SAD’s student wing – Students’ Organisation of India (SOI) – outside the District Administrative Complex (DAC) here.Sukhbir claimed that decisions taken by the AAP government would be reviewed once the SAD forms the state government, and that those responsible would face inquiries.“All decisions of the AAP government will be reviewed. Its political bosses will have to face inquiries,” Badal said.When asked about Bhagwant Mann’s request to the Governor to grant Jagtar Singh Hawara 10-day parole on humanitarian grounds, Sukhbir said, “Then why did he write against it just four months ago?”The protestors demanded the resignation of Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, a CBI probe into alleged paper leaks during the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, and a court-monitored inquiry into allegations of jobs being given to candidates from outside Punjab.


