In an apparent attempt to take advantage of the Congress led Punjab Government’s failures, the Akali Dal has planned a series of protest dharnas against the ruling regime in 15 districts of the State.

SAD, which has already held rosh dharnas in seven districts, has now finalized the schedule for similar protest dharnas against the Congress government’s anti-people policies and programmes in the remaining 15 districts.

SAD President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that the manner in which the State Government’s functioning had been paralyzed, development stopped, power rates for domestic and industrial supply hiked inordinately besides deterioration of law and order, it seemed there was no government in Punjab.

He said that the SAD would, through its series of dharnas, galvanize people into action and force the Government to fulfill the promises made to farmers, youth and weaker sections of society.

“It is also decided to intensify the ‘rosh dharna’ movement against the Congress party,” he said adding that the SAD had finalized the dates for the 15 district level dharnas which would start on February 13 from Amritsar and would culminate on April 11 at Mohali.

Sukhbir Badal would preside over all the protest dharnas and would also be attended by the senior leadership.

Giving details of the party programme, party senior leader Daljit Singh Cheema said that starting from Amritsar on February 13, the dharnas would be held on February 25 at Ferozepur, February 29 at Bathinda, March 4 at Tarn Taran, March 7 at Mansa, March 9 at Sri Anandpur Sahib (Hola Mohalla), March 10 at Fazilka, March 14 at Hoshiarpur, March 15 at Ludhiana, March 18 at Kapurthala, March 21 at Fatehgarh Sahib, March 23 at Nawanshahr, March 28 at Pathankot, March 29 at Jalandhar, April 4 at Gurdaspur and April 11 at Mohali.