Soon after the AAP protest against the State Government, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said here that the Aam Admi Party’s so-called rally and Gherao programme was” a massive flop show” because of that party’s act of betrayal of Punjab on the river waters issue and because of their politics of fraud, deception and cheap stunts.
“Their game is over. It is time for the circus called Aam Admi Party to fold up their tents and leave, because the people of Punjab, especially our farmers, have spoken out most clearly and categorically that they are not amused or entertained by the petty songs, vulgar jokes and cheap stunts and gimmicks indulged in by the indulged in by the organisers of the AAP circus,” said Badal in a statement here.
Badal said that the leaders of AAP in Punjab are remote-controlled by notorious non-Punjabi actors who were hated by the people in their own States because of their corrupt, criminal and immoral acts. These non-Punjabi leaders who are most powerful in that party have no interest in the welfare of the State nor did they understand Punjabi pride in their State and its culture. “The AAP leaders of Punjab were acting at the behest of their non-Punjabi masters and were defaming and ridiculing their own State. They were trying day and night to prove that Punjabis especially Punjabi youth were no match for youth of other states like Biharis, Begalis, UP-ites etc. Today, the AAP leaders must have found out what Punjabi youth and farmers think about this act of betrayal of Punjab by AAP.”
The Chief Minister said that the phenomenon of farmers’ suicides was not limited to Punjab. “It is a very critical and complex issue and the only way to address it was to make farming a lucrative profession. For this, the best way out is to implement the Swaminathan Formula of giving farmers MSP with 50 per cent profit over the cost of production, because several aspects like the price of land and the human resource and labour provided by members of the farmers’ families were not counted as input costs while deciding the MSP of farmers’ produce, he said.”
The Chief Minster claimed that no State in the country could match what the SAD-BJP Government in Punjab has done for the farmers.