Congress leader Deepa joins SAD

Congress leader and former PPCC general secretary Rajinder Deepa today joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) along with his supporters here.

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal in a release said he had a long association with the Congress leader which went back to when he was a student in Chandigarh.

He said Deepa was a hard working leader who had a massive connect at the grass-roots level and he was confident that he would be an asset to the SAD.

Speaking on the occasion, Deepa said he had always worked for the Congress party but had discovered over the years that the party did not respect people who were really associated with the people.

 

"Besides working at the grass-roots level, I also functioned as spokesman for the Congress party. But I am sorry to state that the worker is not important in the Congress. This is why I am leaving the party and starting a new innings in politics," he said.

Deepa also recounted his association with the SAD president and said he would work for the party wherever he is asked to.