The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said its morality has rotten to such an extent that it is accepting and forging alliance with people like Jagmeet Singh Brar who has been discarded by every political dispensation.Interacting with media-persons on the sidelines of Punjab Vidhan Sabha session here, the Deputy Chief Minister said the AAP Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has got nothing to do with the welfare of the state and its people instead he has hidden intentions to be the CM of the state. He further said that Kejriwal has planned to use Punjab as a battleground to further his ambitions of becoming leader of anti-Modi platform to emerge on the center stage of country’s politics.The Deputy Chief Minister further divulged that an agitationist that Kejriwal is, cannot spell out even a single progress centric measure of his government in Delhi. Branding Kejriwal as a responsibility shirker, S. badal said if voted to power Kejriwal would spell doom for state’s farming community as his constant feuds with the Union government would result in smooth procurement, payments to farmers and non-lifting of wheat and paddy from the mandis as well as godowns.
Labelling AAP as a bunch of atheists, S. Badal said these people indulge in desecration of holy books, have no regard for the cultural traditions of Punjab and its state observers are facing the ire of people owing to charges of moral turpitude in the state. Referring to the announcement of making Amritsar a holy city by Kejriwal, S. Badal said first AAP leader should make his own party holy especially his party MP Bhagwant Mann, who has appeared in inebriated state to pay his obeisance to Sri Guru Granth Sahib and afterwards concentrate on Amritsar.
In a lighter vein, the Deputy CM said Kejriwal should expel those 63 people from his party whose sting CDs he accuses, are lying with him (Deputy Chief Minister). S. Badal made it clear that he has no such CD.
Taking the newly formed fourth front head on, the Deputy Chief Minister branded its main leader Navjot Singh Sidhu as a rank opportunist who only wants to grab power and even exploits the name of revolutionary martyrs for the purpose but the people of Punjab have seen through their devious game plan and would give them a befitting reply. He also dismissed 'Bains brothers', MLAs from Ludhiana, as an undisciplined lot.
Not sparing Congress, the Deputy CM said it is really unfortunate that Congress used today’s occasion to pay gratitude to Baba Sahib Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar for furthering its political agenda in the assembly. Calling Congress the main opponent of the SAD-BJP government, S. Badal said its leader Sunil Jakhar is sidelined within his own party and has developed a habit of talking without facts to create sensationalism and hog the limelight. Calling congress a confused party, he said that now a days everything in congress is decided by PK (Prashant Kishore).
Touching the developmental aspect, S. Badal said the record of previous 9 years of the SAD-BJP is a perfect testimony to the fact that only this alliance has worked wonders for the state in terms of taking the state up on the index of social and economic progress. Disclosing more, he said the Union Minister Mr. Nitin Gadkari is coming on 14th September in the state to inaugurate three major road projects worth Rs. 10000 crore. He also reiterated the resolve of the state government to maintain law & order in the state and said that gangsters would not be spared at any cost.Among others present on the occasion included Education Minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, MLA N.K. Sharma, Principal Secretary to Deputy CM P.S. Aujla, Special Principal Secretary to Deputy CM Rahul Tewari, Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Uma Shankar and Director Public Relations Dr. Senu Duggal.