The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday lambasted Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal led Government on Tuesday for promoting own transport business in Punjab while causing huge financial losses to the State owned transport.
lashing at Badal and his Deputy Chief Minister son Sukhbir Badal who owns a large fleet of private buses, AAP's Sangrur MP, Bhagwant Mann cited the concern expressed by Punjab Roadways Employees Joint Action Committee on Monday.
Mann said the committee clearly exposed the Badal family by revealing that due to anti-state transport policies formulated by the SAD led government in the past, Punjab Roadways has been incurring financial losses for many years. On the other hand the Badal family owned transport business flourished in the state with impunity, added Mann.
In a bid to keep the Badal family and its cronies in good humor the state government has turned a blind eye and failed to stop private buses from plying illegally on various routes that led to the bleeding of the state transport over the years.
Mann said AAP would fully support the committee's stir against the Badal government to save the state transport system.