UPA is Government of MNCs, for the MNCs: Sukhbir Badal

by Punjabnewswire4u

LUDHIANA, NOV 1

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that Congress led UPA Government was out to crush Aam-Aadmi with all anti-people decisions like raising the price of diesel, daily hike in the price of petrol and LPG, limiting the supply of cooking gas cylinders to six besides handing over the retail sector to Multi National Companies.

           Speaking to media persons at Sutton House here today Mr. Badal, who was accompanied by Revenue Minister Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia and PWD Minister Mr. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, said that all decisions of Congress led UPA Government were focused on filling the coffers of MNCs. He said that with oil companies declaring 1 lakh crore reserves, there was no rationale of giving them freedom to raise the price of oil products virtually everyday. 

He said that even today the Government has raised the price of non-subsidised LPG cylinder by 26.50 paise, two days before they had raised the price of petrol and diesel. He said that virtual daily increase of petrol, diesel and LPG was like putting Aam-Aadmi on the drip of slow poison.

 Mr. Badal said that it was shameful that Congress has brought back the culture of ration card and people are forced to line up in queues for hours to get a supply of single LPG cylinder. He said that Congress itself by taking such decisions was writing its own obituary note and said that President of India must intervene to stop minority government to take anti-people decisions.

           When asked about claim of Punjab on Chandigarh, Mr. Badal said that as per international law, all constitutional conventions and past practices parent state on division has first right on the Capital and Punjab has sole right on Chandigarh. He accused Congress for playing politics to keep this territorial issue alive. He said that Shiromani Akali Dal would continue to struggle till Chandigarh was transferred to Punjab and Punjab was restored its water rights.

           Mr. Badal said that SAD-BJP Government has prepared a detailed blueprint for changing the face of 142 cities and 12775 villages of Punjab. He said that detailed plan was being given final touches after through brainstorming with experts and hopefully by 1^st January 2013, Punjab would usher Rs. 14000 crore urban initiatives and Rs. 13000 crore rural initiatives for integrated development of total Punjab.

           When asked about the future of Congress in Punjab, Mr. Badal said that Congress like its proxy party PPP has diminished from the electoral scene of Punjab with every important leader with some base, deserting their sinking ship. He said that let Captain Amarinder has made himself a laughing stock by admitting two years before Lok Sabha elections that Congress is set to lose 11 out of 13 seats in Parliamentary.

           Rubbishing the prediction of Mrs. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal regarding mid term poll in Punjab, Mr. Badal said that her statement was like 'Mungeri Lal ke haseen sapney'. He said that at least I can assure Mrs. Bhattal that Congress Party would not return to power in Punjab for during her lifetime as people of Punjab have now adopted the development agenda of SAD-BJP Government.

           On the question of Paddy procurement, Mr. Badal said that Punjab has already set aside Rs. 20,000 crore to assure payment to farmers within 48 hours and said that Chief Minister and his Principal Secretary were personally monitoring procurement operations on hourly basis.

           Prominent amongst those were present on the occasion, Ludhiana Mayor Mr. Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria, Mr. Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Advisor to CM, Punjab, Mr. Hira Singh Gabria, former Minister.