The senior Akali leaders hailing from the Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency today fired a yet another salvo against Congress candidate for the seat, Captain Amarinder Singh, seeking answers for five more questions.
They asked which project the Congress MPs and Minister from Punjab brought for the state under the 10 years of UPA rule?
Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike, Chief Parliamentary secretary Inderbir Singh Bolaria, District Planning Board Chairman Vir Singh Lopoke and SAD (B) District President Upkar Singh Sandhu asked Captain when Congress had 8 MPs and 4 Ministers from Punjab in UPA’s Cabinet what they did for Punjab. ``It the irony that except one FM Channel, no project of development was brought to Punjab by Congress MPs and Ministers in UPA’’, said they in the press statement issued here.
The Akali leaders alleged that Congress MPs remained mute spectators and behaved like `deaf and dumb parrots’ in the Parliament and did not raise their voice even one when it came to protect state’s interests. They asked Captain which were the issues raised by his party’s MPs in Punjab? They gave detailed account of how Akali MPs including Harsimrat Kaur Badal and others raised and fought for interests of the state in the Parliament but Congress MPs kept mum when it came to address public oriented issues.
They said Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal kept meeting the Central Cabinet Ministers with the request of sanctioning one or the other development projects but Congress Ministers were enjoying the powers doing nothing for people. ``Tell us which issue they raised and which development project they helped to bring for Punjab?’’, asked they from Captain Amarinder.
In another poser they asked why people should vote for Captain when his party’s government in Centre had done nothing for the border area and for industries in Punjab and rather gave incentive to industries in neighbouring states which led to flight of industry from Punjab. In another question, they asked Captain that the people of Delhi had been feeling cheated for bringing in the Congress government in national capital and have now have made up mind to wipe out the Congress from political scene there. ``Now do you think you can you cheat the people of Amritsar?’’, asked they. To a yet another poser to Captain they said during his own government in Punjab, Captain scrapped the free power to farmers, schemes for poor were taken back and recruitment for government jobs was banned. ``Now which agenda you have brought for the people of Amritsar?’’, said they.
They said under the NDA rule various development projects came for Punjab and for border areas and as the NDA government is all set to make come back, there will be new focus of development on Punjab and its border areas. They said even if Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi is willing to contest from Punjab, he will be shown the doors as his party had given the country one of the most corrupt government which did nothing but nurture scandals. They said the wave is in favour of NDA which stands for communal harmony not the divide, which is the agenda of Congress.