Moga, Feb 16 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday urged people to not “trust” the AAP and its chief Arvind Kejriwal, who only wants to “deceive” them with big promises in the same manner former chief minister Amarinder Singh earlier did.
The SAD president made the comments while addressing public gatherings at Dharamkot for Tota Singh and at Nihalsinghwala for Baldev Singh Manuke.
“The truth is that Punjabis gave a chance to the Aam Aadmi Party in 2017 by electing 20 of its legislators and even made it the principal opposition party in the state.
“However instead of working for the welfare of Punjabis, 11 out of its 20 legislators joined hands with the Congress party. Now you cannot trust AAP with your vote again,” he said.
On promises being made by the AAP, Badal said its election will mean withdrawing of free electricity to farmers.
“Punjabis should be clear that the Delhi model meant that the free power facility being availed by farmers in the state would be withdrawn.
“The AAP will also not extend social welfare benefits started by the SAD including the old age pension, ‘Aata-daal’ and ‘Shagun’ schemes,” he said.
He said in Delhi, the AAP government was not giving even one rupee to women as a welfare measure even as it has promised Rs 1,000 per month to women in Punjab.
Badal said thousands of contractual employees in Delhi have been protesting for eight years demanding regularisation.
“I do not understand how Kejriwal can promise regularisation of contractual employees in Punjab when he is on record to have said that employees do not work if they are regularised,” the leader said.
Asserting that the SAD alone represented their aspirations, Badal said the SAD governments were responsible for all the development done in the state, be it establishment of thermal plants, or construction of 4-6 lane roads, airports, and irrigation facilities.
“The Congress party does not have one achievement to its credit”, he claimed, adding Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi also admitted as much.
He alleged that the Amarinder Singh government of 2002-07 had only done patch work on state roads. PTI CHS VSD VN VN
This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Source: The Print
