Asking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to tell who was right — its Punjab unit led by Sukhpal Khaira or Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)on Friday said that it was continuing to deceive Punjabi farmers with its culture of double speak.
like on the issue of the Sutlej-Yamuna link (SYl) canal, AAP units of Punjab and Delhi are speaking in different voices deliberately, said SAD spokesman and former minister Sikander Singh Maluka.
“This time again, both units have taken contrary stands on paddy stubble burning as part of a sinister plan to befool their respective electorates. Accordingly, Khaira has tried to show farmers that he is with them, even as Arvind Kejriwal wants paddy stubble burning to stop immediately,” said Maluka.
Asking AAP not to fool Punjabis with their double speak, Maluka said that the party should speak in one voice in case it wanted to be taken seriously.
“If Kejriwal is really concerned about the fate of Punjabi farmers, he should extend a liberal grant to them immediately on behalf of AAP Delhi government. If he does this, it will imply that he empathises with farmers who do not have the means to dispose of paddy stubble on their own and need to be given financial help,” he said.
He added that in case Kejriwal does not extend financial aid to the Punjabi farmer and continues to rave and rant to get cheap publicity, it will be clear that AAP only wanted to befool the electorate of both Punjab and Delhi and is not concerned about either the Punjabi farmer or the people of Delhi.
Asking AAP to clarify its stand immediately, Maluka said that empty gestures would further convince Punjabi farmers that it was not concerned about their plight and was only playing politics with them.
