Union Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal today demanded that Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP party should sack its Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira for reportedly supporting Sikh referendum campaign.
Badal, who is Union Food Processing Minister, accused the Delhi Chief Minister of "tacit support" to Khaira by maintaining silence on the issue.
Last week, Khaira reportedly said: "I support the Sikh referendum 2020 movement as Sikhs have the right to demand justice against atrocities suffered by them."
Replying to queries on the issue, Badal said: "On one side he (Kejriwal) is siting on dharna asking for independent statehood of Delhi, on the other side his own MLA and the leader of opposition of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab is talking about supporting Refrendum 2020 which is about 'separating Punjab from India's clutches'."
Amid a barrage of criticism, Khaira had responded to the Punjab chief minister in a tweet: "I am surprised a leader of your level is tweeting against me without checking his facts, I am not a votary of 2020 but I don't hesitate to point out a consistent policy of discrimination against Sikhs by central governments! Be it attack on Darbar Sahib, genocide of Sikhs leading to 2020."