Former minister and secretary Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Bikram Singh Majithia today

Chandigar : Former minister and secretary Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Bikram Singh Majithia today hailed the valour  grit and determination of the dedicated party workers who withstood  the threats and pressure of police, administration and local Congress goons in run up to the polls.

Majithia thanking the Almighty for the one sided victory in his constituency Majitha said " 100 percent success in Zilla Parishad and 95 percent victory in block samiti was due to the valour of the voters and SAD workers who believed in "democracy" and stood there ground despite hostility and victimisation. Lauding the landslide victory in his high profile constituency Majitha warned the Congress not to subjugate the democratic spirit of the people of Punjab.

Despite hostile environment and maneuvering of the poll process by the ruling party, the performance of the SAD candidates was laudable as they registered victories and put up brave fight all over the state and lost by thin margins. The credit for this goes not only to the candidates but to the party workers at grass root level.“Nothing deterred the Akali cadre, not even threats to them or their families and slapping of scores of false cases”, he added.

Especially thanking the party cadre in his own constituency, Majithia said they need a special pat on back as they could ensure victory of their candidates as the Congress had targeted his constituency and spared no efforts to wrest victory but it failed miserably.

The SAD leader hit at both the factions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying the party was in total cohorts with the congress party and shamelessly had become an off shoot of the Congress losing its face and credibility in the state politics. He further alleged that APP was led by "Traitors" of democracy and people who had only self serving agendas. The Sukhpal khaira and Harpal cheema's have lost there political relevance and become redundant in the State politics.

 Lambasting Congress for its brutal and callous approach to win polls at any cost, Majithia said the police invariably threatened the SAD activists and small workers, restrained them from campaigning and intimated them and actually registered cases to brow beat and paralyze their functioning but nothing worked.