12-09-2006, 03:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sidhu overshadows Sukhbir at Moga rally </b>
Pioneer Newes Service | Moga
Even BJP leaders fail to impress crowd
Former cricketer and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in a road rage case on Friday, overshadowed his political competitor Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Parkash Singh Badal at a rally held here by SAD-BJP alliance partners.
Sidhu was clearly the centre of attraction for the people as most of the participants in the rally wanted to listen to Sidhu. Even the top BJP leaders who were present on the stage had failed to impress the audience.
Besides Sidhu, national BJP president Rajnath Singh and SAD(B) president Parkash Singh Badal were present.
The SAD also tried to ride on Sidhu's popularity.
Badal even offered Sidhu to contest from anywhere in the State, an offer that BJP leaders may not digest.
Sidhu attired in saffron shirt and turban had not shown any sign of tension after the conviction by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He called upon the people of State to throw out the Congress Government and bring Parkash Singh Badal to lead Punjab. He described Badal as a brave leader.
He said the Congress had done nothing in five years except pursuing the politics of vendetta.
<b>Sidhu was getting public applause on every sentence and he was seen in his best form of performance at a public meeting.</b>
The people at the rally arrived in vehicles provided by the SAD and had started going back without listening top leaders.
<b>Organisers at rally for reasons known to them had underplayed the presence of Sukhbir Singh Badal. Posters of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh and Badal were displayed. This is second time that posters of Sukhbir Badal were not displayed. Earlier at Chandigarh rally, he was not highlighted. Political observers said that the SAD didn't want to lose ground by bringing Sukhbir Singh into limelight.</b>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The organisers had arranged two lakh samosas for the people but the show was so disorganised that people were seen quarrelling over the samosas. </span> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer Newes Service | Moga
Even BJP leaders fail to impress crowd
Former cricketer and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in a road rage case on Friday, overshadowed his political competitor Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Parkash Singh Badal at a rally held here by SAD-BJP alliance partners.
Sidhu was clearly the centre of attraction for the people as most of the participants in the rally wanted to listen to Sidhu. Even the top BJP leaders who were present on the stage had failed to impress the audience.
Besides Sidhu, national BJP president Rajnath Singh and SAD(B) president Parkash Singh Badal were present.
The SAD also tried to ride on Sidhu's popularity.
Badal even offered Sidhu to contest from anywhere in the State, an offer that BJP leaders may not digest.
Sidhu attired in saffron shirt and turban had not shown any sign of tension after the conviction by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He called upon the people of State to throw out the Congress Government and bring Parkash Singh Badal to lead Punjab. He described Badal as a brave leader.
He said the Congress had done nothing in five years except pursuing the politics of vendetta.
<b>Sidhu was getting public applause on every sentence and he was seen in his best form of performance at a public meeting.</b>
The people at the rally arrived in vehicles provided by the SAD and had started going back without listening top leaders.
<b>Organisers at rally for reasons known to them had underplayed the presence of Sukhbir Singh Badal. Posters of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh and Badal were displayed. This is second time that posters of Sukhbir Badal were not displayed. Earlier at Chandigarh rally, he was not highlighted. Political observers said that the SAD didn't want to lose ground by bringing Sukhbir Singh into limelight.</b>
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The organisers had arranged two lakh samosas for the people but the show was so disorganised that people were seen quarrelling over the samosas. </span> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->