Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is wooing estranged Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders back to the party fold. He will meet former Rajya Sabha member Varinder Singh Bajwa at his residence in Hoshiarpur tomorrow. Bajwa had joined hands with PPP chief Manpreet Singh Badal a few months back.
Markfed Chairman Jarnail Singh Wahad has played a major role in persuading Bajwa to rejoin the SAD. Earlier in July, Badal had met Manjinder Singh Kang, Akali MLA from Beas (the first to rebel against the SAD leadership and join hands with Manpreet Singh) at his his residence in Amritsar. Though Kang has yet to formally announce his return to the SAD, he had stopped taking part in PPP meetings long back.
Badal has also succeeded in winning back Charanjit Singh Brar, a longtime associate of Manpreet. Brar, one of the main architects of the PPP, is likely to join the SAD in the next few days. He has already met SAD chief Sukhbir Singh in this regard. Next on the CM’s radar is said to be Manjit Singh Calcutta, a Tohra loyalist.
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