The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that the SAD-BJP government has effected record development in the state during past 9 years. He also said that this developmental wave was non-existent in the tenure of congress party which was in power for most of the time during 60 years. The Deputy Chief Minister also said that the SAD-BJP would form the government in the state for the third consecutive time in 2017 assembly polls riding on the wave of progress centric initiatives.The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing workers in Gurudwara Bhai Behlo in village Fafre Bhai Ke in connection with the December 8 ‘Paani Bachao-Punjab Bachao’ (Save Water Save Punjab) rally to be held in Killi Chahlan (Moga).Interacting with the media-persons on the occasion, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the police is doing its best to find the prisoners who fled from the nabha jail and these would be put behind bars very soon. Regarding AAP, S. Badal said that this party has no base in Punjab so it would be futile to expect anything worthwhile from it. Attacking AAP further, he said that all its leaders are out to mint money for the sake of which they are selling tickets.
Coming to the development oriented measures, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the tenure of SAD-BJP government has seen the state going on upswing in power sector, road network, industrial progress, health, educational and social sector front. Taking Congress party to task, S. Badal said that this party ruled for a long time but only indulged in ‘Divide and Rule’ politics and mislead the people of Punjab.The Deputy Chief Minister further elaborated that Punjab is the first power surplus state in the country and has undertaken the unique initiative of Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna (BPSSBY) providing health insurance to farmers and traders besides economically poor sections. He also said that all the major highways of the state are being 4 and 6 laned which would act as a game changer for the transportation system thereby ensuring a big high for the industrial transportation.S. Badal also informed that during next 5 years all more than 12000 villages of the state would be equipped with the sewerage, water supply, concretized streets, street lights besides other infrastructural necessities. He also said that the Punjab government is committed to protecting the river waters of state as only Punjab has the right over its waters. He also said that Punjab doesn’t has even a single drop of water to spare and not a drop would be allowed to go outside state.