AAP ex-MLA Phoolka, lawyer for ’84 riot victims, joins BJP
NEW DELHI: Senior advocate HS Phoolka, a former Aam Aadmi Social gathering MLA finest recognized for his decades-long doughty authorized battle for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, joined BJP on Wednesday in a lift to the social gathering’s outreach to Sikhs forward of meeting elections in Punjab early subsequent yr.The chief of opposition within the Punjab meeting throughout its earlier time period when AAP had emerged because the second largest social gathering after CongressPhoolka was scathing in his denunciation of its present govt for alleged crime and extortion, drug menace and rampant corruption. He stated solely BJP can “save” the border state. Although Phoolka shouldn’t be a traditional politician and has largely targeting his authorized observe, he enjoys appreciable goodwill amongst Sikhs, offering BJP a bridge to attach with them in Punjab.He recalled the killings of Sikhs in 1984 and was all praises for the assistance of the BJP brass, particularly Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Lal Khurana. It was a genocide, he stated, calling it focusing on of Sikhs by Congress and never Hindus, stressing the assistance rendered by a number of Hindus. He stated he had lengthy offered authorized assist to BJP in riot instances and has now determined to hitch it.
