In a letter, Bajwa addressed Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, and other prominent leaders, proposing a joint resolution in the assembly to recognise Dr Manmohan Singh’s unparalleled contributions to the nation and his deep-rooted connection to Punjab.
A Jat Sikh from Bhadaur town of Sangrur who has been fighting a four-decade-long legal battle for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Phoolka has the right credentials to emerge as a consensus candidate to head the SAD.
The Chabbewal bypoll was necessitated after Dr Ishank Kumar’s father Raj Kumar Chabbewal, who was a Congress MLA but later joined the AAP, was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur.
The leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly also told reporters here that due to “tardy” paddy procurement and lifting by the state government, farmers are facing hardships in mandis.