Preneet Kaur, her son Raninder Singh, Manish Tewari, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Om Parkash Soni, Partap Singh Bajwa and other Congress candidates have been urging voters that if they are keen to see Punjabi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the seat of power in Delhi, they should ensure the victory of their (Congress candidates) in the state.

The Congress candidates and other Congress leaders have been urging voters to pose questions to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Badal why had they directed their party (SAD) MPs to vote against Manmohan during a confidence motion in the LS a few months ago? “Do you want LK Advani or Dr Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister?” this is the question often posed to people by Congress leaders at their election rallies.

There has been a strong reaction from the Congress to SGPC chief Avtar Singh’s remarks that the Prime Minister is not a Sikh. “Neither Manmohan nor we need a certificate from Avtar Singh to prove that we are Sikh”, said former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

A day earlier, the Congress leaders had blasted the BJP leader Balbir Singh Punj for describing Manmohan as a “circus’ lion”.

Already, president of the Delhi Akali Dal Paramjit Singh Sarna has been campaigning in support of Manmohan in the state. Even Manjit Singh Calcutta, former minister and secretary of the SGPC, has started canvassing in support of the Congress candidates. Yesterday, Calcutta addressed a rally in support of the Congress candidate at Wadala Bangar village in the Gurdaspur constituency where former Akali minister Sucha Singh Chhotepur had joined the Congress.

When asked Parkash Singh Badal and his confidant Bikram Singh Majithia had asked him to stay in the SAD, Calcutta said Badal was for Advani as Prime Minister and that was not acceptable to him as he was all for Manmohan.

Calcutta said: “Manmohan was made the Prime Minister by the Congress on merit because he is an intelligent and an honest person.”

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