Describing Congress as a ‘leadership bankrupt’ party, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said that the Congress was poaching the fugitives of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in dismay to form the Government in the State.
Badal, addressing the gathering during his Sangat Darshan programme in Jalandhar Cantt assembly segment, said that those leaders who ditch their mother party for the sake of tickets or plum posts could never succeed in life.
He said that such leaders were ‘pervert sons’ of their parent party, which has nurtured them since long.
Badal said that unfortunately, the Congress was today banking on such leaders to overcome its leadership crisis.
Exhorting the people to don’t support such leaders, Badal said that these turncoats and fugitives take the verdict of people for granted and frequently change their parties just for the sake of enjoying fruits of power.
Badal said that the time has come when people must show a door to such political leaders who have neither had any loyalty towards their party nor with the people. “These people who have deceived their mother party for lusts of power are not at all reliable and must be shown a door” he added.
He called upon the people to support the SAD-BJP alliance in the ensuing polls so as to further boost the ongoing development in the state.
Badal said that in order to facilitate the people, the state government would offer compensation to the Indian Army in lieu of removing octroi from two cantonments of Jalandhar Cantt and Ferozepur.
“Keeping in view larger public interests, the state government would set Jamsher Solid Waste Management plant at some alternate place,” said Badal while assuring the people to resolve the matter pertaining to periphery roads around these cantonments.
Strongly supporting the demonetization move of the BJP-led NDA government, Badal said that this decision has been taken in the larger interest of the country.
“After initial hiccups, the decision would prove as a boon for the countrymen,” he said while interacting with the media later on.
He said that the ongoing situation would normalize within a fortnight, adding that he would personally urge the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to enhance the flow of cash in the banks for facilitating the people.