Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said the people of Punjab will not forget the Congress for the sins it had committed in 1984 by attacking Darbar Sahib with tanks and then indulging in massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other States.
"It is anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab party not in any way concerned with development of the state rather has only one objective of looting Punjab and its resources,” he said while addressing a gathering here on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the development projects.
Badal said Congress never did justice to Punjab on any issue especially concerning SYl canal and other important issues of Punjab. He said that PPCC president Captain Amarinder Singh never cared to venture out of his royal palace to know the condition of the people of Sanaur region then how can he be expected to devote time to the entire StateIJ
The Deputy Chief Minister further said Captain Amarinder Singh owes an explanation to the people of Punjab regarding his foreign bank accounts if he has any concern left in him for the sake of probity.
Taking on AAP, Sukhbir said this party also stands exposed before the people of the state with its changing stands on SYl issue and its Convener Kejriwal is still tight-lipped on the sharing of river waters of Punjab.
Sukhbir said AAP went back on its word of not forming any alliance by teaming up with the Bains brothers who have many cases going on against them. He said AAP is a bunch of worthless fellows who don’t have any regard for the religious sentiments of any community and its leader Arvind Kejriwal cannot tell a difference between the two crops then how come he harbours dream to rule Punjab which is predominantly an agrarian State.
Describing SAD-BJP as the farmer friendly government, the Deputy CM said keeping in view the interests of farming community of the state in mind, the Punjab Government has de-notified the SYl land and returned it to the farmers. He re-iterated that not even a single drop of Punjab’s river waters would be allowed to go outside the State.
Sukhbir said the SAD-BJP Government made Punjab surplus in power, provided free power to the farmers, free power worth 200 units to SC/BC families, excellent 4 and 6 laned road infrastructure, waiving of tubewell bills worth Rs 6000 crore annually, sanctioned 15 lakh tube well connections to farmers, constructed focal points and mandi’s in villages to enable farmers to sell produce, health insurance for farmers and traders, free medicine and lab testing centers, interest free loans to the farmers, 1 lakh jobs and preservation of cultural heritage in the form of memorials of all religions.