Speaking to a reporter of the Tribune, Aparna Banerjee, at the Utho Mere Desh program in Jallandhar on Ambedkar Jayanti, Bant Singh said, I can stay hungry for two days, but I cant accept money from political parties. I dont need their money.... I believe all this is being done to gain some publicity ahead of elections. Only a government which stays true to the ideology of Bhagat Singh shall talk for the rights of the common man (aam aadmi).�
He added, Modi had said good days would come, but see how tough is the going for farmers and labourers these days.� On the Congress, he said, Sonia (Gandhi) also once said that she wanted to meet me. I thought she would come with 60 cameras. Congress men severed my limbs and I thought that the party president would tell the entire country that Bant Singh had pardoned them. I dont play into the hands of such people.�
On the Shiromani Akali Dal, he said: They never invited me. But before every elections, they drop me a letter to vote with care. When they need our vote, they recognise us for a few days. But for most of the five-year period, no one cares about the common man.�
