New Delhi:
More than 800 members of the Sikh community today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi in the presence of the party's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh.
The event was held in the presence of the party's national general secretary Tarun Chugh and was attended by BJP leaders including Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.
Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the new party members and highlighted the BJP's aim to secure all seven assembly seats in Delhi in the upcoming elections.
“I humbly welcome all my brothers on behalf of my party. We will win all seven seats in Delhi and fulfill the intention of making Prime Minister Modi Prime Minister for the third time,” Mr. Sachdeva said.
Praising the Sikh community, Mr Sachdeva said: “Whenever we talk about the history of the Sikhs, wherever there is bravery, courage, compassion and kindness, rest assured there will be a Sikh behind it.”
He further highlighted the historic role of late Guru Gobind Singh.
“The late Guru Gobind Singh, who created and nurtured the Sikhs, was on a mission to fight against oppression and tyranny. Their goal is to cultivate compassion and kindness in society. Today, the entire Sikh community, united under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, is determined to make India a developed country, contributing to the progress of the country,” Sachdeva said.
Mr. Sachdeva also commended the Sikh community for its continued support in times of national crisis and stated, “In this courageous group, whenever the nation or society faces a crisis, the Sikh community has always come forward stepped to protect and save the entire society.”
Speaking at the event, Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that the members of the Sikh community are supporting Prime Minister Modi because on the one hand, there is a horrific period of 55 years during which Sikhs were branded as terrorists and on the other hand, Prime Minister Modi's administration, in which the those responsible for the massacres of the Sikhs were put in jail.
“People ask me why Sikhs support Modi ji. They support him because on the one hand, there is a horrific 55-year period when Sikhs were labeled as terrorists, then Sikhs were labeled as murderers, and then, by using these tools, labels gave people power and then rewarded those who were Sikhs murdered by giving them positions of power. But after Modi ji came to power, those responsible for the Sikh massacres were put in jail, and those who loved Sikhs, Modi ji embraced them. and said, 'Without you, Indian culture and Indian identity are incomplete.' This is Modi ji's love,” Sirsa said.
Voting for all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi is scheduled on May 25, during the sixth phase of the election process. The counting for all seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls will take place on June 4, 2024.