Ludhiana: With assembly elections barely a year away, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) seems to have already switched into election mode. The party has started taking feedback of its local leaders and workers about the possible candidates for the upcoming polls. Soon surveys will also be conducted by the SAD in the state to ascertain winnability chances of the probables after which the strongest candidate will be chosen.
Party insiders have maintained that the recent visit of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, too, focussed on the action plan in this regard. Sukhbir, who was in the city on Sunday, had met party’s senior leaders and workers at the farmhouse of a prominent businessman. The selective group of SAD leaders, which was invited to meet him, was apprised of Sukhbir’s visit only hours before he arrived in the afternoon at the plush farmhouse in South City.
After meeting with MLAs Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and Manpreet Singh Ayali, Sukhbir had lunch with all invitees. Soon after, he had one-on-one meetings with ticket seekers, prominent leaders and past and present councillors of the party. Some of the SAD leaders, who held closed door discussion with Badal, included party’s district president Ranjit Singh Dhillon, Gurdeep Singh Gosha, Hira Singh Gabria, Harish Rai Dhanda, Gurmeet Singh Kular, Vijay Danav, Kaka Sood, Satish Malhotra, Bhupiner Singh Bhinda, it is learnt.
Speaking to TOI on condition of anonymity, one of the SAD leader who held talks with Sukhbir said except for the SAD chief and the person being invited in the room where talks were held, no one else was allowed inside. Another leader, who was called for one-on-one meeting, said , “Sukhbir took feedback about the functioning of the district unit and also asked about the most hard working leaders.”
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