‘Badal bachao’ cry by Akali Dal: Capt

Chandigarh, December 8

Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today dismissed the SAD’s “Paani Bachao, Punjab Bachao” rally in Moga as a desperate “Badal bachao” cry from a party that had lost “all credibility in the state due to its 10 years of misrule”.

“Notwithstanding hired workers and crowds lured or coerced into coming to the rally, it was evident that the SAD was bereft of any issues and was on the defensive in the face of imminent defeat in the Assembly elections,” he said in a statement here.

He said the so-called anti-SYL mega rally turned out to be a “damp squib” as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had failed to announce any action plan on the issue.

“A lot of rhetoric that Badals have been repeating incessantly for the past several weeks on the SYL issue is now being taken with a pinch of salt by the people,” Amarinder said.

Holding Badal responsible for bringing the SYL issue to such a pass, he said the people knew the entire drama has been enacted by the Badals with an eye the polls.

Had he made some effort to ensure the case was properly fought in Supreme Court, things would have been different, Amarinder said. "Badal is responsible for selling Punjab's interests in SYL. He did it in exchange for a paltry amount from Haryana on account of his relations with the then chief minister Devi Lal," he alleged, claiming there was sufficient proof for it. — PTI