07-14-2008, 02:25 AM
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Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
Shiromani Akali Dal supremo and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being a Sikh was a non-issue and his party would go with the NDA during the confidence vote on the nuclear deal issue in the Lok Sabha.
"<b>Don't drag me into non-issues like the Prime Minister being a Sikh," </b>he told mediapersons in Jalandhar when asked whether his party would vote against India's first Sikh Prime Minister during the confidence vote, according to PTI.
"SAD is a constituent of the NDA and we will follow the stand taken by it," the Punjab Chief Minister is reported to have said.
<b>Badal's remarks came amid reports that some Sikh bodies have approached the Akal Takht for a directive to community's MPs to support the Prime Minister during the trust vote </b>
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Congressi can now drag Akhal Takht. Somevbody should ask Seer to issue a directive that traitors to be sent to Andaman Islands.
Finally, Badal is behavimg like a Indian not Sikh.
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
Shiromani Akali Dal supremo and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being a Sikh was a non-issue and his party would go with the NDA during the confidence vote on the nuclear deal issue in the Lok Sabha.
"<b>Don't drag me into non-issues like the Prime Minister being a Sikh," </b>he told mediapersons in Jalandhar when asked whether his party would vote against India's first Sikh Prime Minister during the confidence vote, according to PTI.
"SAD is a constituent of the NDA and we will follow the stand taken by it," the Punjab Chief Minister is reported to have said.
<b>Badal's remarks came amid reports that some Sikh bodies have approached the Akal Takht for a directive to community's MPs to support the Prime Minister during the trust vote </b>
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Congressi can now drag Akhal Takht. Somevbody should ask Seer to issue a directive that traitors to be sent to Andaman Islands.
Finally, Badal is behavimg like a Indian not Sikh.