IN A significant development, 1,500 members from the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, along with Singh Sabha and other Sikh organisations, joined BJP on Saturday, just weeks ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and Punjab. At a grand ceremony held at the party’s central office in New Delhi, BJP’s National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, National Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa, and Delhi Pradesh President Virendra Sachdeva conferred party membership to seven members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. Addressing the event after the joining of Sikh members, BJP National President J. P. Nadda said that it is a matter of “pride and happiness” for BJP.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a special bond with the Sikh community, and BJP, along with the Sikh community, will work for the development of Delhi and Punjab. If someone has worked genuinely for the Sikh community, it is PM Modi, said the BJP National President, adding: “Prime M inister Modi has been in charge of Punjab for a long time, and hence he shares a special bond with them.” Nadda claimed that “PM Modi has done many things for the Sikh community which no other Prime Minister could do in 70 years,” citing projects such as the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor and the provision of GST relief on langar meals by the Government.