by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
MAUR
MANDI (BATHINDA), SEPT 27
Setting the political agenda for the
coming Lok Sabha elections in 2014, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal today called upon the people to give a befitting reply to the
discriminatory and apathetic attitude of Congress led UPA government by showing
them the door to install the NDA government at Center for heralding a new era
of prosperity and overall development in the country in general and Punjab in
particular.
Addressing a massive rally organized
by the SAD-BJP here at local grain market, Mr. Badal said that the upbeat mood
of the people in the today’s rally was a prophecy for the UPA government that
its days were numbered, as its fall was imminent under its own weight due to
rampant corruption, un-controllable inflation and autocratic style of
functioning resulting in ill-conceived anti-people decisions. He blamed the Center for usurping the
legitimate powers of the states to its own advantage thereby diluting the
federal structure of the country. He
emphasized the need that states should be given full autonomy at least free
hand in sorting out state-related issues like sanctioning of link roads and
drinking water schemes etc. Mr. Badal
said: “It is highly derogatory that the states had to depend heavily on Center
for even petty issues whereas Central government is adopting tough posture
rather addressing these issues liberally”.
Mr.
Badal equated the indifferent attitude of Congress like a parasitic plant “Amar
Bel” which was bound to vanish the country especially the common man to whom it
considers its votary. He pointed out
that the UPA government was bent upon to throw all the democratic norms and
constitutional ethics to the wind. He
said that the deliberate denial of drought package to Punjab was a testimony
towards Center’s step motherly treatment to the state as the other states like
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Odisha had been allowed this package
while we had been deliberately kept out on the pretext that the state
government had not requested the Center to send a special team to assess the
damage. Making mockery of the Center’s
plea on this count, Mr. Badal asked them whether the Central team was bigger
than team of the two Central Ministers under the chairmanship of Agriculture
Minister Mr. Sharad Pawar accompanied by Rural Development Minister Mr. Jairam
Ramesh who held detailed parlays with the senior officers of the Punjab
government led by Cabinet Minister Mr. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, who had
demanded a special financial package of Rs.5112 crore to bail out the
beleaguered farmers as well as state government for incurring extra expenditure
to save paddy in the wake of drought like conditions across the state. He categorically said that Center was in no
mood to extend financial package to Punjab as it was concocting one excuse
after another to deliberately exclude Punjab
from it.
Listing
the major achievements of the SAD-BJP government, the Chief Minister said that
it was a matter of great pride and satisfaction that our state had been ranked
No.1 in Education and adjudged the best state in Health sector for excellent
infrastructure. He said that the state
government had embarked upon an ambitious program for the cleaning of rivers at
a huge cost of Rs.2500 crore which had been badly polluted due to reckless
disposal of municipal sewage and industrial effluents into it. Likewise, all the households would be
provided with safe drinking water in all the cities, towns and villages keeping
in view immense significance of quality water to ensure health and hygiene of
the people. Realizing the tremendous
success of the recent mega-medical camps organized at village Badal where
nearly 17000 patients were diagnosed and medically treated for various
ailments, the government has now decided to organize another two-day Mega
medical camp at Mansa on November 3 and 4, which would be later replicated in
other parts of the state.
Conceding the demands put forth by
the MLA Maur Mandi and Irrigation Minister Mr. Janmeja Singh Sekhon, the Chief
Minister announced that Maur Mandi would be soon accorded the status of
Sub-Division in the next Cabinet Meeting.
He also announced to establish a Land Mortgage Bank besides Govt. Senior
Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls.
The Chief Minister also announced to set up an ultra-modern grain market
besides sanctioning adequate funds
for fire tender to cope up any eventuality arising out of sudden fire
incidents.
In
his address, Deputy Chief Minister and President Shiromani Akali Dal Mr.
Sukhbir Singh Badal felicitated the people of Maur Constituency for scuttling
the game of Congress Party and its B team PPP by electing SAD nominee Mr.
Janmeja Singh Sekhon adding that this largest ever rally in the history of Maur
gives a unmistakable message that days of Congress party and its proxy parties
were over in Punjab. He said that people of Punjab
have reposed their unflinching faith in the leadership of S. Parkash Singh
Badal, Chief Minister Punjab who has ensured record development in the state.
He said that it was vote for development, vote for transparency in governance
and stamp of approval for governance reforms initiated by SAD-BJP government.
Deputy
Chief Minister further said that we are moving with full speed from day one to
further accelerate the development of the state. He announced that all
distributaries in all constituencies would be relined as Chief Minister has
approved most comprehensive program for mini irrigation in the state. He said
that besides ensuring integrating development of all 142 cities at the cost of
8775 crore, all villages would be provided internal concrete roads within next
3 years. Mr. Badal said that in last term we provide government jobs to 1.20
lac youth and we would soon start recruitment process for 1.5 lac vacant posts
in the government departments. He said that Malwa would be lucky as textile hub
would generate employment avenues for 1 lac youth in coming 4 years. Announcing
3rd edition of world cup Kabbadi, Mr. Badal said that inaugural
function would be held at Bathinda on December 1 and for the first time teams
from Africa and Europe would participate in
the tournament. The Deputy Chief Minister assured that Maur was all set to get
new face lift as they have best advocate as their MLA who pleads their case
very forcefully.
Training
her guns against the Congress led UPA government, Lok Sabha MP Mrs. Harsimrat
Kaur Badal said that instead of formulating any pro-people policy the most
corrupt Congress led UPA government of the country has plundered 4 lakh 60
thousand crore Rupees through the scams like 2G, CWG, Adarsh society and now
the coalgate. She said that on one hand the state government under the
stewardship of Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal has left no stone unturned
for ensuring the welfare of all sections of the society but on the other hand
the UPA government has made the life of people miserable by plundering the
public money. Mrs Badal said that the denial of the drought relief package to
state was an ample proof of the anti-Punjab stance of the Congress adding that
the need of the hour was that NDA government must be formed at the Centre to
make sure that state makes 50 times more progress.
Making
a
scathing attack on the PPP leader Manpreet Singh Badal, the Lok Sabha
MP said
that this “B” team of the Congress has been taught a lesson by the
people of Punjab as all of its candidates were poorly defeated in
the state assembly elections. She said that the people were now well
aware
about the tactics of the Congress, who have always used such defectors
for
derailing the progress of the state. Mrs Badal urged the people
strengthen the
hands of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP combine by ensuring that the
alliance wins all the 13 Lok Sabha seats of the state in coming
Parliament
elections.
Addressing
the gathering Cabinet Minister Mr Bikram Singh Majithia said due to its
anti-people stance the Congress led UPA government has been reduced to minority
adding that the President of India must convene a session of the Lok Sabha and
ask that the government to prove its majority. He said that it was an ironical
situation that Congress led UPA Government, which had came into power on the
name of common man, has today broken their backbone by hiking the prices of the
essential commodities in an unprecedented manner. Terming the UPA as the most
corrupt government of the country, Mr Majithia said that in the last eight
years of their ‘misrule’ the Ministers of this government have plundered far
more wealth than what the Britishers had done in the tenure of imperialism
spanning for around 200 years.
He
said that it was unfortunate that on the one hand the UPA government was
wrongfully denying the drought relief package to Punjab
but on the other it was illegally diverting the tax payer’s hard earned money
in Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s Constituency, for carrying out
developmental works. Exhorting the
people to rout out the Congress party in the coming Lok Sabha elections,
Majithia said that the time has come when Punjabis must teach this party a
lesson for their anti-Punjab decisions. Terming Manpreet Singh Badal as a
traitor, the Revenue Minister said that by joining hands with the Congress in a
clandestine manner the PPP leader has deceived the ‘Panth’. However he said
that the voters of Punjab were wise enough to
teach him a lesson for the treachery against SAD during the assembly
elections.
Earlier,
in his welcome address, Irrigation Minister Mr. Jameja Singh Sekhon thanked the
people for the overwhelming response in making today’s rally a grand
success. He assured the Chief Minister
that the people of Maur Mandi would repeat the same history of extending
exemplary support to Harsimrat Kaur Badal in the next parliamentary elections
with a thumping majority. He appealed
the Chief Minister to accept the demands of the area which had been grossly
neglected by the earlier Congress regime.
Prominent
amongst others who spoke on the occasion included Senior Vice President SAD Mr.
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, SAD General Secretary & Member Rajya Sabha Mr.
Balwinder Singh Bhunder, senior Akali leader and constituency Incharge of
Talwandi Sabo Mr. Amarjit Singh Sidhu, former MLA Mr. Mangat Rai Bansal and
District Rural BJP President Mr. Dyal Singh Sodhi.
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