Badal said it doesn't behove of a chief minister to issue statements as given by Kejriwal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and even against the Akali leadership.
Interacting with the mediapersons on the sidelines of his 'Sangat Darshan' programme in Bhadaur assembly segment here, he said the irrational and baseless allegations levelled by Kejriwal - without any proof - reflect his hollow personality.
Kejriwal, AAP's national convenor, earlier today attacked the Punjab government after getting bail in a defamation case filed by the state Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.
Renewing his allegations against Majithia, brother-in-law of SAD chief and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, Kejriwal said Punjab was in a "bad state" due to the drug issue.
Badal claimed that due to its pro-people policies the SAD-BJP alliance would return to power in the state.
On a query regarding possibility of former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the chief minister said it would hardly have any effect.
He reiterated that people of the state have a strong dislike for "political opportunists and turncoats" and the people would teach a lesson to Sidhu for deceiving the BJP.
Earlier addressing the public gatherings during Sangat Darshan programme in Shehna, Jangiana and Bhaduar, the chief minister, while assailing the state Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh for "misleading" the people on Sutlej Yamuna Link canal issue, said that distortion of facts by Lok Sabha MP from Amritsar could not absolve him or his party from the sin of hatching the conspiracy to rob the waters of state.
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