People won’t forgive SAD for drugs: Jakhar

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 10

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sunil Jakhar today said the people of Punjab would never forgive the Akalis for the grave sins of sacrilege and drugs. “If they (Akalis) feel that the people will forget or forgive the acts of sacrilege and drugs, they are mistaken,” he said.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a roadshow in support of party candidate Capt Sandeep Singh Sandhu, Jakhar claimed that the people of Dakha knew that half of the term of this government was still left and by electing Capt Sandhu, they would see all-round development.

Jakhar said despite odds faced by the Congress government due to financial crisis inherited from the SAD-BJP, the farmers were provided relief from debt and youth were given jobs. “This is despite the fact that the Akalis had only left empty coffers for us,” he said, adding that the next two years would see a complete turnaround in Punjab.

Jakhar reminded the Akalis that their leader and former CM Parkash Singh Badal had said during the Moga byelection in 2012 that he would not allow an opposition MLA to lay even a single brick for development. “Though the Congress does not discriminate like that, let me tell you it is always a privilege to have an MLA belonging to the ruling party,” he added.