Congress deputy leader in the lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday accused Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of falling back on Panthic agenda after having completely failed on the economic and law and order front
“The choice is between the economic progress and development on one side and the panthic agenda on the other”, Capt Amarinder said while addressing a workers meeting.
The former Chief Minister challenged Badal to list one single achievement he could claim the credit for. “Be it the wheat procurement, he (Badal) has failed. Be it law and order, he has failed. Be it economy, he has failed. Be it industry, he has failed. Be it agriculture, he has failed”, he said.
He said there is no trace of `14,640 crores cash credit limit sanctioned and released by the Reserve Bank of India for the procurement of wheat.
“The amount was sanctioned on April 1 and the farmers are yet to get the payment although 46 days have already passed”, he said.
Capt Amarinder also asked the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal as where was the surplus power he had been crying hoarse about all these years.
He pointed out how the junior Badal would boast about exporting power to Pakistan.
“Ask the farmers, the industrialists and common people and they will tell you the duration of scheduled and unscheduled power cuts they are subjected to, before you try to sell them the lies of exporting power to Pakistan”, he added.
Congress legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar lashed out at both the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister Badal for failing the country and the State, particularly the farmers.
He said, nobody seemed to be bothered about the plight and distress of farmers. He questioned Badal’s motives and timing in organising the religious yatra particularly when the State was faced with economic and law and order crisis.