The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday warned to pursue legal case against Punjab Government in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in case it fails to find a solution of the stray animals roaming around on the State roads.
“The animals are killing hundreds of innocent people everyday. The problem of stray cattle and dogs is taking a bigger shape with each passing day but the Government is in deep slumber and no policy has been formed to find any solution,” said the Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema, party’s kisan wing president and MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan, youth wing in-charge and MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and youth wing president Manjinder Singh Sidhu, in a joint statement.
Opposing the Gover-nment’s failure to tackle the problem of stray animals, AAP’s youth wing on Sunday started an indefinite strike in front of Abohar SDM office.
AAP leaders stated that despite AAP raising the issue at different platforms, and the Government agreeing to form a policy regarding the problem during Vidhan Sabha session, it has now stepped back to find the solution.
Cheema said the AAP will ask about the utilisation of ‘Gau cess’, and other taxes being collected on the name of taking care of stray animals. “It is the sole responsibility of the Government to protect the lives and belongings of the people of the State but the Government has left it to the fate,” he said.
Sandhwan said till 2012, the Government used to conduct survey to know the number of stray dogs and cows and find the solution accordingly, but no effort has been made after 2012 which shows the non-serious attitude of the Government regarding the basic problems of the people of the State.
Meet Hayer and Sidhu told that an indefinite dharna has been started by the youth wing under the guidance of Malwa zone president Sukhraj Singh Gora at Abohar. The party will keep on raising the people’s voice till the Government wakes up and listen to their grievances, they said.