Exhorting the SAD-BJP alliance to work zealously towards thwarting any attempts to disturb harmony in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said some forces, both from within and outside the country, were trying to disrupt its hard-earned peace.


The Chief Minister said there were some active forces which were wary of the state's peace and progress and their sole motive was to destabilize the state government by disturbing peace and communal harmony as part of a conspiracy.


He was addressing a gathering after the bhog (culmination) of Akhand Path Sahib (recitation of hymns) at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib as repentance over the acts of desecration of a Sikh holy book in the state.


Badal said it was time for all leaders of the alliance to come forward and make people aware of the nefarious designs of such forces in order to foil their attempts.