Former Member of Parliament Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday officially took over as president of Bharatiya Janta Party’s Punjab State unit and said that BJP was a strong political force in Punjab on its own.
In his first address to the party cadre here, Mr. Jakhar gave a call to the party cadre to realise and draw on their true collective strengths and play a pivotal role in Punjab’s future politics single-handedly. “In recent years, BJP on its own has grown immensely in Punjab and there is a palpable traction amongst Punjabis for several key initiatives taken by Centre government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
Referring to the party’s past political alliance, Mr. Jakhar said, “We have to move past the younger brother mindset because the responsibility on our shoulders is too big and we know we have the strength to play a decisive role on our own which people of Punjab want us to play by providing intellectual leadership.”
