Govt failed to deliver on promises: BJP

Tribune Reporters

Amritsar, September 16

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest against the Congress government for its “failure” to deliver on its poll promises outside Hall Gate today. The protest led to traffic bottlenecks.

They even burnt the government’s effigy and raised slogans against it. BJP district president Rajesh Honey said during the six-month tenure of the government, it failed to deliver on its promises. He said the loan waiver for farmers remained a cosmetic exercise and the government failed to provide electricity at Rs 5 per unit to industrialists. “Even the government is struggling to pay salaries to its employees,” they said.

BJP senior leader and state executive member Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina said the people’s faith in the government vanished in a short time. He blamed Capt Amarinder Singh for remaining inaccessible.

He said farmers were committing suicides and the Congress’ promises of waiving their loans had fallen flat.

He reminded the government of providing unemployment allowance and smartphones to the youth besides the pension to widows and old persons.

Dharna at Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: The district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party organised a dharna at the office of the Deputy Commissioner against the failure of the state government in implementing its election manifesto.

Jaswant Singh Padda, district president of the party, led the workers. Padda condemned the state government for stopping welfare schemes launched by the previous SAD-BJP Government. He added that farmers’ loan had not been waived and lakhs of youngsters were still unemployed.