Former MLA Ghuriana returns to Akali Dal

Amritsar | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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BATHINDA: After spending two years in the Congress without getting any position, three-time MLA Gurtej Singh Ghuriana has returned to his old party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Sukhbir said that the party would benefit immensely by Ghuriana re-joining the Akali Dal.Ghuriana, 67, had won from Balluana assembly constituency on SAD ticket in 1997, 2007 and 2012. He had then left the Akali Dal just before the assembly elections to join the Congress on January 6, 2017.While joining SAD on Thursday, Ghuriana said, “Sometimes misunderstandings crop up and that happened with me too. Bhatti was in the Congress at that time but later had joined SAD and got the party ticket in the 2017 elections from Balluana in place of Ghuriana. He had demanded ticket from Balluana or Malout assembly segment, but did not get either..