Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) has no future in the state and its Chief Manpreet Singh Badal has committed political suicide by leaving Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) at the behest of Congress party.
Addressing the gathering during the concluding day of Sangat Darshan program of the Lambi assembly segment here today, the Chief Minister said that the Congress has always adopted the policy of ‘pide and Rule’ to weaken the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the constitution of PPP was part of one such conspiracy of the Congress. He said that despite of all such efforts the SAD has always emerged stronger as ‘it is like an ocean where hardly any difference is caused if any leader leave the party’. Mr Badal said that history of state polity was an ample proof that people have never accepted the treacherous attempts of the Congress leaders and SAD has emerged victorious and more powerful after every such attempt.
The Chief Minister said that Manpreet has fallen prey to the cheap tactics of Congress party but as usual the wise voters of Punjab have shown the door to him. Mr Badal categorically said that Manpreet has ruined his entire political career by floating the PPP because the people of Punjab would never forgive him for this political blunder. Taking a dig at the PPP, he said that the result of Moga by-election has proved that people hardly have any faith in this party as its candidate has lost its security deposits, which was a clear proof of its dwindling popularity amongst the masses.
The Chief Minister further equated the condition of Congress after the debacle of its official candidate in Moga by-election with a patient in ‘ICU’ on last breath. He said that the people of Punjab have time and again rejected the pisive politics of Captain Amarinder Singh and have reposed their faith in the people friendly and development oriented policies of the SAD. Mr Badal said that the people were fed up due to the anti-people policies of the Congress led UPA government at the Centre and the party would be routed out from the state in the next Lok Sabha elections.
Assailing the Union government for an irrational budget, the Chief Minister said that nothing has been done for the welfare of the farmers, poor and the middle class sections of the society in this budget. He said that the adverse policies of the Union government were responsible for the day-by-day mounting inflation which has resulted in the increase in agonies of the common man manifolds. Mr Badal bemoaned that centre’s allocation of merely Rs 500 crore for Green Revolution states primarily Punjab was just a peanut to undertake massive crop persification program to pull out its beleaguered peasantry from the rut of wheat/paddy rotation. It may be recalled that the state government has been demanding Rs 5000 crore for this ambitious program.
The Chief Minister said that rather than helping the states the Union government has usurped the rights of the states thereby rendering them to the status of dignified Municipal Committees. He said that apathetic attitude of the Union government towards state could be well judged from the fact that the centre has done nothing for the tackling the grave problem of water logging in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the Congress led UPA government was neck deep in corruption, nepotism and maladministration adding that it has today virtually became a synonym of the scams and scandals. He said that the UPA government must resign from the power on moral grounds and pave way for fresh elections so that people could give their verdict for constituting a pro-people government at the centre.
Taking strong exception to his Haryana counterpart Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s offer to resolve the contentious river water issue between Punjab and Haryana amicably through a dialogue, the Chief Minister said that resolution of river water dispute was not within ambit of Mr Hooda alone. He said that Mr Hooda was sadly mistaken that the key to the solution of this issue was in hands of states as Mr Hooda neither had any mandate or right to solve this issue. Mr Badal said that Punjab had always played a role of big brother to its neighbouring state Haryana where as the latter has never repaid in the same gesture.
The Chief Minister rued that the centre has betrayed Punjab by denying its legitimate share of river water in accordance with the universally accepted riparian principles besides non -transferring the Punjabi speaking areas and Chandigarh to Punjab. He categorically said that unless and until the Congress at centre was sincere to the core, these territorial issues could not be solved as they needed a strong political will which the centre government was lacking.
Earlier during the Sangat Darshan program at village Kakhanwali, Bhullar Wala and Haakuwala a large number of Congress and PPP leaders joined the SAD in the presence of Chief Minister.
Meanwhile during the Sangat Darshan in Lambi, Panjawa, Kakhanwali, Bhullar Wala, Haakuwala, Fatta Khera, Kandu Khera, Dhani Telian Wali and Bheetiwala the Chief Minister disbursed the grants for undertaking development works in them.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Special Principal Secretary Mr KJS Cheema, DC Mr Paramjeet Singh and SGPC Member Jathedar Dayal Singh Kolianwali.