Bathinda: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that anticipating the inevitable defeat of Congress party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has preferred to ‘hang up his boots’ in advance.
Never seen any PM calling off his day in such manner
Addressing the gathering during Sangat Darshan program of Bathinda city here today, the Chief Minister, accompanied by Lok Sabha MP from Bathinda Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said that though he held the Prime Minister in high esteem but it was on record that the UPA government led by him has failed miserably on all the fronts. He said that in his entire political career he had never seen any Prime Minister calling off his day in such a manner adding that by doing so Dr. Manmohan Singh has accepted the defeat of his party. Mr. Badal said that it was on record that the Congress has nothing to count for facing the electorate the country.
The Chief Minister said that sensing well that their defeat was on cards, the UPA government has ceased to function and was rather taking irrational decisions to further accentuate the woes of common man. He said that this government would go down in the annals of the history as the one which was controlled by ‘strings’ by those extra constitutional authorities, who hardly had any experience of running the administration. He said that a decade long ‘misrule’ of the UPA government has further aggrieved the situation for common man as during these ten years inflation, corruption, poverty and other social maladies have crossed all limits.
Making a scathing attack on the Congress party, the Chief Minister said that in void of a capable person to lead the party, the Congressmen were pinning hope on their Vice President Mr. Rahul Gandhi by projecting him as their Prime Ministerial candidate. However he said that Mr. Gandhi, who was not having any experience of running the government, would be totally rejected by the wise electorate of the country. Equating the Nehru-Gandhi scion with a novice driver, Mr. Badal said that the bus driven by such an inexperienced person was bound to tumble. “Therefore the countrymen will not even think of electing such an immature person to the coveted post of Prime Minister of nation” he added.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Sarup Chand Singla, Assistant Media Advisor of Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Harjinder Sidhu, his Special Principal Secretary Mr. KJS Cheema, Director Local Government Mr. Priyank Bharti and Deputy Commissioner Mr. KK Yadav.