Punjab Congress on Wednesday appealed the people of Punjab to question the ruling SAD-BJP Government about the promises it made during 2012 assembly polls before exercising their franchise in the ensuing Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections on May 19.
Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa, addressing a series of election meetings during his tour of Nawanshahr, Ropar, and Mohali districts, asked the voters not to be lured by “catchy” statements and “false” promises being made by SAD-BJP Government.
“For the last six years, SAD-BJP Government is surviving on press statements and repeating same set of promises every six months,” he said.
Bajwa said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal were working on the premise of Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister of Adolf Hitler, who said, “if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”.
Waiving copy of SAD election manifesto, Bajwa blamed Badal for hoodwinking the poor and Dalit people by promising to increase the compensation under Shagun Scheme, old age pension, pensions to handicaps and widows.
Majithia describes polls as warm-up game
Chandigarh/Amritsar: Punjab Revenue and Public Relations Minister and Youth Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday described the ensuing panchayati raj institution’s elections, “a warm up game” for the 2014 Parliament polls.
Majithia, addressing an election rally in favor party’s candidate from Kathunangal zone of Zila Parishad Amritsar and candidates of different zones of Block Samiti, exhorted the people to decimate Congress in ensuing Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections for its anti-Punjab and anti-people policies as it has always ignored the interests of the State.
“Congress’ down fall has already started throughout the country and even the Supreme Court has taken the serious note of total politicisation of national agencies like CBI. list of congress ministers being exposed in various corruption cases is increasing day-by-day and one should not be surprised that by the time of general elections Congress may not left with a single non-tainted Minister,” said Majithia.
Congressmen joins SAD, candidate withdraws in SAD’s favour
Amritsar: In a season of shifting political loyalities, more than 150 prominent families belonging to Congress party joined Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday. They expressed their full faith in the leadership and policies of Akali Dal.
Also, Congress candidate for Block Samiti from lehrka zone in Amritsar Baldev Singh, has announced to retire from election campaign in the support of the SAD candidate Balkar Singh.
Tewari lashes out at Akali-BJP for law and order failure
ludhiana: lashing out at Akali-BJP Government in Punjab for its all round failure, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and ludhiana MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday cautioned the party workers against the backstabbing by some own people.
“Had it not been the internal sabotage, the situation in Punjab would be different”, he regretted, while referring to the poor law and order, shattered economy, widespread unemployment and rampant drug peddling and addiction prevailing in Punjab under Akali regime.
Tewari, addressing a series of public meetings in support of party candidates contesting Block Samiti and Zila Parishad elections in Jagaraon assembly segment, pointed out that despite the best efforts of the party workers, the Congress candidate from Jagaraon Isher Singh Meharban lost by just about two hundred votes as some people from within worked against him.
Khanna dares Akalis to hold free, fair elections
Sangrur: Punjab Congress general secretary and Dhuri MlA Arvind Khanna has challenged the Akali-BJP government in the state to hold free and fair elections to the Block Samitis and Zila Parishads and let the people vote freely and independently without any threat, intimidation or arm-twisting.