Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday slammed Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying that they are empty vessels suffering from “anti-Punjab” syndrome and were “unsympathetic” to the interests of people of the state.
Badal said that leadership of the two parties were raising hollow slogans and making false promises with the aim of assuming power in the state.
Accusing both Congress and AAP of trying to mislead people through “malicious propaganda”, Badal claimed that they were least bothered about interests of the people and the state and their only agenda was to plunder its wealth.
“Congress and AAP are like empty vessels which produce a loud sound but are good for nothing,” Badal said addressing a public gathering during Sangat Darshan programme in lambi assembly segment.
He said that neither AAP nor Congress has any “sympathy” with the state or its people while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had a glorious history of waging struggle for Punjab.
Slamming the Congress for its alleged anti-Punjab stance, Badal said that the party was “inimical” to the state as it denied Punjab of its legitimate territorial rights in terms of state capital, share in river water and for allegedly attacking Golden Temple, an action which hurt the religious sentiments of the Punjabis, including the Sikh community.
He said that Sikhs could never forgive Congress for the 1984 riots in which thousands of innocent Sikhs were brutally killed.
AAP is also suffering from the “anti-Punjab syndrome” which was exposed by the policies pursued by it in Delhi, he said adding that the AAP government discontinued teaching of Punjabi language in schools, did not observed a holiday on Baisakhi festival, demolished the ‘piau’ (water kiosk) outside Gurdwara Sisganj Sahib and submitted an affidavit against the state in Apex court on SYl issue.
Badal said that “disguised” in the garb of common man, AAP was working overtime against the interests of the State.