Seems like mid-term polls are around the corner: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Chandigarh: Ahead of its swearing-in ceremony in Punjab, Akali Dal's leader Sukhbir Singh Badal added to the mid-term polls clamour by saying that they are around the corner because the UPA government has failed to make policy decisions.

"It seems like it (mid-term polls are around the corner). If you look through the country, the Congress party is being wiped out because their performance has been so bad. I have been talking to a lot of industrialists and they want an immediate change. The country and the government of India has come to a standstill," Mr Badal told NDTV.

"The growth rate has gone down, and inflation has gone up; there is financial chaos in this country," he added.

He also said that he has invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the swearing-in ceremony on March 15, but Mr Badal is not sure if she will attend. (Read: Mamata keeps Congress on the edge)

"We are all Indians, we are a part of a family. Personal relations are above party lines.  It's a wrong projection by the media. It doesn't mean that somebody in Congress is our enemy. But I am not sure if she (Ms Banerjee) is attending" Mr Badal said.