Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal slams AAP govt in Punjab over legislation and order problem
Muktsar, January 14
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) authorities in Punjab on Saturday over the problem of legislation and order and stated the state’s future is secure solely within the palms of his celebration.
Badal additionally appealed to folks to strengthen the SAD as it’s the rightful inheritor to Punjab’s wealthy cultural heritage, including that his celebration would proceed to attempt to stay true to its core precept of “sarbat da bhala” (welfare of all), in accordance with a press release.
Addressing a gathering on the Maghi Mela right here, Badal stated, “The way forward for Punjab is secure solely within the palms of the celebration that had ushered in file improvement, moreover making certain peace and communal concord.” “In stark distinction, you’re witnessing a authorities that has presided over the collapse of legislation and order in addition to the potential monetary destroy of the state,” he was quoted as saying within the assertion issued by the SAD.
Badal stated Punjabis have already seen how the earlier Congress authorities within the state had made “false” guarantees to them.
Punjabis may neither hope a lot from the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), which is “instigating” them to battle in opposition to one another, he alleged.
Calling upon Punjabis to suppose earlier than taking choices, Badal stated they had been swayed by the “ek mauka” (one probability) slogan earlier.
He stated the final eight months of the AAP authorities have proven that the slogan was “hole”.
“By no means earlier than have Punjabis suffered a lot. Snatching, robberies and extortions are affecting the widespread man. Business is migrating out of the state. All improvement work has stopped. Even the guarantees made to folks, together with Rs 1,000 per thirty days to ladies and jobs to kids, haven’t been fulfilled,” Badal stated.
He additionally focused the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and requested folks to suppose twice earlier than welcoming Rahul Gandhi of their midst, apparently referring to the opposition celebration’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Asserting that Punjab had witnessed unprecedented improvement throughout the SAD tenure, Badal stated, “We had developed the state systematically. We had first developed the irrigation community, coupled with mandis (wholesale markets), for a clean procurement of foodgrains.” He stated the SAD was additionally answerable for making Punjab a power-surplus state, moreover constructing world-class roads and airports.