Sukhbir Singh Badal – President, Akali Dal:

• Recent incidents of violence and communal flare up in Patiala are a matter of grave concern.
  
  
• These were the direct outcome of the utter administrative incompetence and reckless political opportunism, which have become the hallmarks of the present rulers in the state.
  
  
• Let me remind CM Bhagwant Mann that the Punjab tragedy of 1980s/90s had been caused by the reckless opportunism of some non-Punjabi politicians trying to control Punjab from Delhi. You must be watchful that history does not repeat itself here.
  
  
• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party team must understand that a sensitive border state like Punjab cannot afford their ambitious opportunism and adventurism.
  
  
• I appeal to all Punjabis to resist divisive ideologies and political opportunists.