Badal terms third front nothing but a figment of imagination

by Punjabnewswire4u

BADAL (SRI MUKTSAR SAHIB), MARCH 26 

          Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that the proposed constitution of Third Front at national level was nothing but a figment of an imagination. He however said that any possibility of third front would be cleared only after the formal announcement of Lok Sabha polls.

          Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of Sangat Darshan program here today, the Chief Minister said that due to the instability of the Union Government new gossip was taking place every day which was hardly having anything concrete in it. He said that picture would be clear after the process of Lok Sabha elections was set in motion. However reiterating that the SAD-BJP alliance was firm, Mr Badal said that the SAD being an important ally of the NDA was fully committed to the support the BJP to wipe out the Congress party from the national political scene.

          The Chief Minister said that the SAD was fully prepared for contesting the Lok Sabha elections at any time. He categorically said that SAD would contest these forthcoming polls in alliance with the BJP adding that the unprecedented development of the state along with the people oriented policies of the SAD-BJP alliance government in the state would be their sole agenda.

Replying to another query regarding the ruckus in the state assembly by the Congress MLAs during the recently concluded budget session, the Chief Minister while terming it as a nationwide problem emphasized on the need for building a consensus  for taking steps to maintain decorum in the state assembly and national Parliament. He said that it was unfortunate that the Congress leadership in the state have not paid any heed to smoothly run the proceedings of the state assembly. Mr Badalcategorically said that the Congress leaders had misused their position by helping an unauthorized person to enter in the assembly premises thereby breaching the security adding that instead of apologizing for their mistake the Congress leaders had created ruckus in the house thereby undermining the democratic norms and ethics of the house.

The Chief Minister said that not only this but in another shameful act the Congress leaders exhibited grave disrespect to the chair of Speaker of Punjab assembly. Mr Badal said that the Congress leaders should have upheld the honour and dignity of the august house rather than indulging in such derogatory acts.

Earlier in his address during the Sangat Darshan program, the Chief Minister criticized the Union government for meting out a step motherly treatment with the state. He said that despite of enormous contribution of the state in the freedom struggle of the country and later on in making country self reliant in food production the successive Congress governments at the Centre have not only ignored the vast contribution of the state but have adopted an apathetic attitude towards it. Mr Badal said that it was on record that the Union government frame policies to deliberately exclude the state from getting its benefits.

The Chief Minister said that due to the discriminatory policies of the Union Government the industry and agriculture of the state were on the brink of economic disaster. Mr Badal further said that due to the ill conceived policies of the Union government the beleaguered farmers of the state were reeling under a whopping debt of Rs 32000 crore and were virtually on the crossroads.

The Chief Minister said that as the power of fixing the MSP and the cost of Agricultural inputs was in the hands of the Union government so the agonies of the farmers have increased manifolds. Mr Badal further said that the non remunerative MSP coupled with the sky rocketing price of the Agricultural inputs the Agriculture was no longer a profitable preposition. He said that the irony of the fate was that the states, which were connected with the people at the grass root level, were hardly consulted by the Union government while taking such vital decisions due to which the situation has aggrieved further.

Assailing the Union government for the ‘deregulated diesel mechanism’, the Chief Minister said that the sole motive of this system was to extend largesse to the big Oil companies that too at the cost of the common man. He said that under the garb of this system the big oil companies were frequently increasing the price of diesel which was adversely affecting the interests of the farmers. He said that the UPA government has rendered the hard working and resilient farmers of the country on the mercy of the Big Oil companies.

The Chief Minister further said that in the current scenario when the profits margins have been squeezed in the agriculture sector, the imparting of Skill training to the youngsters was the key for self employment. Mr Badal said that realizing well that imparting technical training to the youth for gainful self employment was the need of the hour, the state government has laid special thrust on opening a number of skill centres across the state.

During the Sangat Darshan program the Chief Minister disbursed grants for the developmental works in villages Bhai ka Kera, Baloch Khera, Kangan Khera, Dabwali Malkon ki and Badal.

          The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Political Advisor Major Bhupinder Singh, Senior Akali leader Mr Paramjeet Singh Lalli Badal, SGPC Member Jathedar Dayal Singh Kolianwali, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr Gurkirat Kirpal Singh and Deputy Commissioner Mr Paramjeet Singh.