Ludhiana-     Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that before seeking white paper on the fiscal condition of the state, the Union Ministers from state should peep into their conscience to ascertain how the economic health of country had deteriorated under the ‘misrule’ of the UPA government at the centre.

Talking to the media persons after unveiling the biography of Mr. OP Munjal, the founder of Hero cycles, here today, the Chief Minister said that it was on record that the economic position of the country was at the lowest ebb due to the wrong policies of the Union government. He said that the exchange value of Rupee against Dollar has touched its all time low and the prices of the essential commodities were sky rocketing, much to the dismay of common man. Mr. Badal said that moreover the UPA has failed miserably in safeguarding the interests of the country due to which it has lost the moral right to remain in power.

The Chief Minister further said that being at the helms of the affairs of the country, the Union government was duty bound to preserve the sovereignty of the nation but unfortunately it has also failed in providing external and internal security to the countrymen. He said that the centre government owes an explanation to the countrymen as why it has remained mute spectator to the continuous attack on country’s sovereignty by thePakistanandChina. Mr. Badal said that the people of the country were fed up by the weakness of the Union government.

Prior to this the Chief Minister also inaugurated ‘Hunar’ a skill centre of the Hero group in its premises. In his address the Mr. Badal said that the need of the hour was that the industrial units and the state government should join hands to impart quality skill training to the unemployed youth for making them self employed on one hand and weaning them away from the drugs on the other. He expressed hope that the centre opened by the Hero group would act as lighthouse for the other industrial units to follow its footsteps. The Chief Minister also assured fulsome support and cooperation to the industrial units for such endeavors. 

Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included Mr. OP Munjal and Mr. Pankaj Munjal.Earlier in the morning the Chief Minister, while addressing a function at the Gobind Gau Dham, said that the state government in cooperation with the managements of the Gau Dhams was mulling over a scheme to tackle the menace of stray cattle in the state. He said that the government would extend all possible help to the managements of Gau Dhams for this cause. Mr. Badal also said that the state government has enacted stringent laws to check cow slaughter in the state adding that in accordance with the teachings of great gurus, saints and seers the state government was taking every possible step to protect Cows in the state.