Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that after the formation of NDA government at the centre, the UPA leaders would be made accountable for every single penny plundered by them from the public exchequer.Addressing a mammoth gathering on the conference to mark Gurgaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji here today, the Chief Minister, while terming the UPA government as the most corrupt government in the annals of Indian history, said that the NDA government would not spare these corrupt leaders for their misdeeds. Mr. Badal said that the Congress leaders have mercilessly looted the public money during their tenure and the multi crore scams like CWG, Coalgate, Adarsh and other speaks volume of the rampant corruption in UPA regime. He said that the UPA leaders have stashed their black money, earned from such scams, in foreign banks which was equal to the Annual budget of state.
Coming down heavily on the UPA government, the Chief Minister said that this spineless government has miserably failed on all the fronts and due to its weaknesses; the internal and external sovereignty of the nation was in deep peril. He said that on the one hand the countries like China and Pakistan were posing grave threat to external security of the country and on the other the communal riots in many parts of country were making the life of people miserable but the UPA government was a mute spectator to all these things. Likewise Mr. Badal bemoaned that the performance of UPA on economic front was also dismissal as the Rupee has touched the lowest ebb as compared with Dollar.
Terming the Central grants as a huge fraud with the people, the Chief Minister categorically said in the absence of fair criteria for its devolution these central grants were a mere sham. He said that the riders imposed by the Union government while issuing these grants were resulting in the lopsided development of the country. Mr. Badal further said that if these grants were disbursed in an impartial manner then unprecedented development could have been witnessed in the state.
Taking the Congress party to the cudgels, the Chief Minister categorically said that due to the long rule of this party our country once known as ‘Golden Sparrow’ was now confronting a large number of social maladies like poverty, unemployment, corruption and illiteracy. He said that it was a fact that though the Congress swears by the name of common man to seek their votes but its each and every step was aimed at helping the rich, directly or indirectly. Mr. Badal also held the Congress responsible for breaking the backbone of the Agriculture adding that due to the wrong policies of the centre the hard working and resilient farmer of the state was reeling under a whopping debt of Rs 30000 crore.
The Chief Minister said that the centre was not aware of the ground realities faced by the common man and a glaring example of which was the meager and inadequate compensation given the flood victims. He said that the Union government has imposed such riders on the state government due to which they could not give more compensation to the people even if they desire so, to bail out the distressed people in this hour of crisis. Mr. Badal said that the fact that the flood victims of state have been deprived of financial assistance under ‘National Calamity Fund’ despite of the fact that he had met Prime Minister and Union Home Minister over the issue, reflected the discriminatory attitude of centre towards Punjab.
Slamming the state Congress leadership, the Chief Minister said that instead of doing anything constructive for the state these Congress leaders including state President Mr. Partap Singh Bajwa were busy in spitting venom against the state government. He said that the state Congress leaders have never raised any issue pertaining to the issues related to state with the Centre but were misleading the people with their irrational statements.
Giving a clarion call to ‘capture Delhi’ in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, the Chief Minister exhorted the people to form the NDA government for getting the long pending issues of state resolved. Mr. Badal the formation of NDA would go a long way in further putting the state on the high growth trajectory besides ensuring the overall development of Punjab. Later on talking to media persons, the Chief Minister said that he was very much peeved by the recent outburst by the Lok Sabha MP Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who used to shower all praise on them after his election as MP. Mr. Badal said that the outburst by MP was a wrong decision and even his parent party, the BJP, has failed to understand that what has happened to Mr. Sidhu, all of the sudden. However he said that it would not at all affect the prospects of SAD-BJP alliance in ensuing Lok Sabha polls as the people were fed up from misrule of UPA.
When asked to comment on the stopping of grants by the Union government on the pretext of his photos on ambulances, the Chief Minister said that it reflected the narrow mindset of the Congress leaders.Earlier the Chief Minister also laid the foundation stone of the new Tehsil complex in the town.Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included former Ministers Jathedar Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and Jathedar Alwinderpal Singh Pakhoke, Lok Sabha MP Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala, Chairman District Planning Committee Tarn Taran Mr. Ravinder Singh Brahampura and senior Akali leader Mr. Ramandeep Singh Bharowal.