AAP failed, Capt too will: CM

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 29

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has urged the Centre to release a special package for the natives of the border districts of the state as an acknowledgement of their sacrifices in protecting the nation.

He said this after winding up his two-day Sangat Darshan meets in various villages of Rajasansi Assembly segment here today.

On the likely CM candidate of the Congress Capt Amarinder Singh, Badal said he never bothered to meet the people during his regime. However now, in the false hope of becoming Chief Minister, Captain has announced to hold ‘darbars’ in every constituency, he said.

He asked the people whether they have seen their Amritsar Lok Sabha MP, Captain Amarinder Singh, after the General Election. He said the electorate of the Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency were repenting their decision to elect Amarinder.

Saying that pro-people exercises like Sangat Darshan was not every Chief Minister’s ‘cup of tea’, Badal said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had attempted to hold Janta Darbar in Delhi, but could not continue it.

The Chief Minister slammed the AAP leadership for issuing a statement to review power subsidy being given to farmers after coming to power.

He said the Rs 5,000 crore annual power subsidy to the farmers by the state government was a humble tribute by it towards the immense contribution of the food growers of the country, who had played a key role in making the country self-reliant in food production. He said that the withdrawal of this subsidy would mean an additional burden on the already indebted farmers of the state.

Badal said a special package for border districts by the Centre would bolster the morale of the people living along the international border.

Terming the border natives as true patriots, Badal said these brave sons of the soil had suffered a lot due to Partition. He said that had the division of the country not taken place, this region would have been one of the most prosperous parts of the country.

The region has suffered much due to Partition. For this reason, the state government was specially focussing on its development.

He said he had regularly been raising this issue with the Centre and hoped that the NDA government would pay heed to the just demands of the Punjabis.

Badal today held Sangat Darshan meets in Mohale, Vehra, Bhiddi Aulakh Khud and other villages in Rajasansi Assembly segment.