Patiala-- Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today gave a clarion call for "no third term for UPA "asserting this was the only way to take the country out of the severe economic mess it had slipped into due to flawed policies and programmes of the central government.
Describing the Congress led UPA government as "indecisive", Mr. Badal said India was in a ‘pitiable’ condition due to the total collapse in governance and that the people were now ready to throw it out of power in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
When asked about the allegations of communalism being levelled against Mr. Modi, the Deputy Chief Minister rubbishing the charges of Congress party and asked how a party which was itself engulfed in communalism, raise such allegations. “The Congress is the most communal party in the world and it was responsible for the 1984 Sikh carnage. Congress leaders like Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar are still being shielded", he said.
Announcing a lifelong gift for the people of Punjab, Mr. Badal said that SAD-BJP Government was all set to dedicate three three units of thermal plants which were under construction to the State. He said the first unit would be inaugurated on November 24 while the second on December 8 and third on December 20. He declared that with the inauguration of these plants, Punjab would become a power surplus state and the usage rates of power would automatically become cheaper in the state.
Meanwhile Mr. Rakhra said that SAD-BJP Government has given special attention towards the development of royal city Patiala and announced several projects for the city. He described Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal as ‘Vision of Punjab’ and said that Mr. Badal would take Punjab to the zenith of development. Mr. Amrinder Singh Bajaj, Mayor, Patiala extended welcome to Deputy CM. Former SGPC Chief Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar along with SGPC Members of Patiala honoured Deputy CM by offering siropa.