By Express News ServiceCHANDIGARH: With Assembly elections just a couple of months away, political parties in Punjab are playing the religion card to woo Hindus and Sikhs. With eye on the 38 per cent Hindu vote bank, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and other leaders reached Salasar Dham in Rajasthan as part of their recent visits to Hindu religious shrines. Sources said Badal with a few MLAs and ex-MLAs paid obeisance to Balaji Maharaj at Salasar Dham. A few days ago during Navratri, Badal was in Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh, other than visiting temples in Amritsar and Jalandhar. Meanwhile, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu went to ICP at Kartarpur corridor on the Indo-Pak border demanding that the Centre should open the corridor so that Sikh pilgrims can visit gurdwaras in Pakistan.

Source: Indian Express November 10, 2021 02:26 UTC