Condemning the Aam Aadmi Party government for failing to fulfil the promises made to the Scheduled Caste community of Punjab, MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said on Saturday that the AAP dispensation had pursued anti-Dalit policies during its one year of tenure and took a series of decisions that insulted the Dalit community.
He said while the AAP government likes to flaunt Babasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar’s photos in the offices, it has stopped the work of state-of-the-art Dr BR Ambedkar Museum at IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.
He said former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had laid the foundation stone of the Rs 150 crore memorial to perpetuate the life, works and philosophy of Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar, but the Bhagwant Mann government has failed to complete what would have acted as a beacon to highlight the great scholar and social reformer’s glorious legacy.
Accompanied by former MLAs Sukhpal Singh Bhullar and Tarlochan Singh Soondh, MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary addressed public meetings in Masandpur, Gurha, Johal, Chak Desraj, Kale and Indna Kalaske villages of the Phillaur assembly constituency in support of Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary.
The Phillaur MLA said that instead of launching new schemes for the welfare of the poor and the marginalised sections of the society, the AAP government has stopped even the already existing programmes.“The Aam Aadmi Party government’s list of failures and broken promises is quite long.
They promised a Dalit deputy CM, but the promise has not been fulfilled even after a year. It refused to provide the benefit of reservation to lawyers from the SC community for vacancies in the Advocate General’s office. It has stopped the work of Dr BR Ambedkar Museum.
It has stopped the shagun scheme that provided an immense benefit to people from the Dalit community. It called back the Rs 25 crore grant given for setting up Guru Ravidas Bani Adhyan Centre at Dera Sachkhand Ballan. So much so that the vigilance bureau targeted Charanjit Singh Channi Ji for being a Dalit leader and summoned him on the day of Ambedkar Jayanti.
The fraud committed on the Dalit community by the AAP government is unparalleled,” MLA Chaudhary said.He said the people of Jalandhar have decided to teach AAP a lesson on May 10 for its anti-Dalit decisions and would vote in large numbers for Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary.