Sri Muktsar Sahib:Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today dared the state Congress President Mr. Partap Singh Bajwa to get the amount of flood compensation hiked from their government at the Centre for helping the victims of this natural tragedy in the state.
Addressing the gathering during his visit in the flood affected water logged areas of Sri Muktsar Sahib District here today, the Chief Minister said that rather than shedding crocodile tears over this grave issue, the Congress leaders including Mr. Bajwa should take up the case of enhancing the meager compensation given to victims of natural tragedy, with the Union government. Mr. Badal said that the Punjab Congress leaders owes an answer to the flood victims for their stoic silence against the riders imposed by centre, which were debarring the state government from helping the victims of this natural tragedy.
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He said that the Congress leaders were criticizing the state government for the sake of criticism but on the other hand they were mum over the meager compensation being given by the Union Government to compensate the flood victims for the unprecedented loss due to fury of floods in water logged areas. The Chief Minister said that it was strange that on one hand the victims of flood affected areas have been ruined due to whopping loss of infra structure and standing crops but on the other Mr. Bajwa and other MPs besides Union Ministers from the state were silent over the discriminatory approach of Union government towards the flood victims adding he said that Bajwa and Co. by issuing senseless and irrational statements in the media were just rubbing salts into the wounds of the distressed victims who have been virtually vanished by the fury of floods.
Mr. Badal advised the Congress leaders to do something constructive instead of politicking on this grave tragedy. Cautioning the Congress leaders to refrain from politicizing this sensitive issue, he said that the people of state would not forgive the Congress leaders for their sinful activities and dubious role.The Chief Minister was accompanied by Lok Sabha MP Mr. Sher Singh Ghubaya, Youth Akali leader Mr. Kanwarjeet Singh Rozi Barkandi, Chairman District Planning Board Sri Muktsar Sahib Mr. Hardeep Singh Dimpi Dhillon, Chairman Punjab State Cooperative Bank Mr. Sukhdarshan Singh Marar, his Special Principal Secretary Mr. KJS Cheema and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Paramjeet Singh.