By Punjabnewswire4u
BATHINDA, JAN 5
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that anticipating the
inevitable defeat of Congress party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has preferred to ‘hang up his boots’ in
advance.
Addressing the gathering during Sangat Darshan program of Bathinda city here
today, the Chief Minister, accompanied by Lok Sabha MP from Bathinda Mrs.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said that though he held the Prime Minister in high
esteem but it was on record that the UPA government led by him has failed
miserably on all the fronts. He said that in his entire political career he had
never seen any Prime Minister calling off his day in such a manner adding that
by doing so Dr. Manmohan Singh has accepted the defeat of his party. Mr. Badal
said that it was on record that the Congress has nothing to count for facing
the electorate the country.
The Chief Minister said that sensing well that their defeat
was on cards, the UPA government has ceased to function and was rather taking
irrational decisions to further accentuate the woes of common man. He said that
this government would go down in the annals of the history as the one which was
controlled by ‘strings’ by those extra constitutional authorities, who hardly
had any experience of running the administration. He said that a decade long
‘misrule’ of the UPA government has further aggrieved the situation for common
man as during these ten years inflation, corruption, poverty and other social
maladies have crossed all limits.
Making a scathing attack on the Congress party, the Chief Minister said that in
void of a capable person to lead the party, the Congressmen were pinning hope
on their Vice President Mr. Rahul Gandhi by projecting him as their Prime
Ministerial candidate. However he said that Mr. Gandhi, who was not having any
experience of running the government, would be totally rejected by the wise
electorate of the country. Equating the Nehru-Gandhi scion with a novice
driver, Mr. Badal said that the bus driven by such an inexperienced person was
bound to tumble. “Therefore the countrymen will not even think of electing such
an immature person to the coveted post of Prime Minister of nation” he added.
The Chief Minister further said that the ensuing General elections would mark
an end to the step motherly treatment meted out with the state by the UPA
government as the wise voters of the country would form the NDA government at
centre, with senior BJP leader Mr. Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister. He said
that Punjab would witness an era of unprecedented development after Mr. Modi
assumes office as Prime Minister of the country. Mr. Badal impressed upon the
people to carefully exercise their franchise in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls
as their decision would either make or mar the future of the state.
Terming Sangat Darshan as a flagship program of the
SAD-BJP alliance government, the Chief Minister further said that Sangat
Darshan was an integral part of the state’s governance as it enabled the
government to redress the problems of the people besides judging the
performance of the officials/ officers. He said that the Sangat Darshan
virtually brought the government at the door steps of the people thereby
bridging the gap between the executive and the people. Mr. Badal said that due
to the huge success of this program, it was being emulated by other parties.
Later on interacting with the media persons on the side
lines of Sangat Darshan, the Chief Minister said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
could not even think of what the Shiromani Akali Dal has done for the welfare
of the people. He said that besides initiating a number of pro-poor welfare
schemes, the SAD-BJP alliance government had given free power to the farmers of
the state by itself incurring an additional burden of Rs 6000 crore. Mr. Badal
said that not only this but due to the concerted efforts of the state
government, Punjab has today become the only state of the country to become
power surplus besides leading the nation in almost every field.
When asked to comment on the internal bickering in the
Congress after the constitution of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
(PPCC), the Chief Minister said that it was an internal matter of the Congress.
However he said that after the coming Lok Sabha polls, the name of Congress
party would figure only in the books of history as it would be completely wiped
off from the country. Mr. Badal said that the countrymen were eagerly waiting
for the general elections to teach the Congress party and its leaders a
befitting lesson.
Answering another query, the Chief Minister said that the
matter pertaining to the PIIMS would be solved within a week.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Chief Parliamentary
Secretary Mr. Sarup Chand Singla, Assistant Media Advisor of Deputy Chief
Minister Mr. Harjinder Sidhu, his Special Principal Secretary Mr. KJS Cheema,
Director Local Government Mr. Priyank Bharti and Deputy Commissioner Mr. KK
Yadav.
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