New Delhi: A row has erupted between the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the former's reaction to Akal Takht Jathedar's statement suggesting that the 2019 Lok Sabha polls were rigged.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh had said that an "EVM government was ruling the country".
On the 100th Foundation Day of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee on Tuesday in Amritsar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh gave call to the SAD to start the journey “from Punjab to Panth”.
"It is not a democratically elected government at the Centre. It is an EVM-elected government and we don’t know for how long this EVM government is going to stay in power. So it is a must for us to come and unite on one platform by forgetting small differences.”, he added.
Senior BJP leader Harjeet Singh Grewal called Singh "an employee" of a political family and termed him "mentally ill". Grewal said the Jathedar had no business making political statements or calling a democratically-elected government an "EVM government".
