Punjab Congress legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar on Sunday strongly reacted over the attempts being made by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and his Cabinet members to blame the Congress for the present turmoil in the State.
Jakhar dared Chief Minister Parkash Badal to recommend special session of the Assembly to discuss the law and order situation besides the agrarian crisis which had abetted many farmers to commit suicide.
He said that SAD-BJP Government can’t escape from its administrative and moral responsibility by trying to put Congress in the dock. Millions of people across the country were reasonably pointing accusing fingers on SAD for creating political, religious and social mess in Punjab, regretfully BJP had become a silent spectator and continued to extend support to its big brother, people believe.
Claiming that Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dr Navjot Sidhu had endorsed Congress stand by holding Chief Minister and his Deputy for the present unrest in the State, Jakhar said Congress is ready to take the Government to task on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha over the agrarian crisis and deteriorating law and order situation following the unfortunate desecration incidents and the consequences thereof.
lambasting Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for “self-imposed” confinement to CM residence at Chandigarh for past two months, Jakhar said Akali leadership was facing the heat for exploiting religion to meet political ends. As their grip on the religion had loosened, the ruling big politicians allegedly chose to play with sentiments of people. But they must have realised by now that people were aware of their ill designs and resorting back on SAD leaders visits in each part of the state. The SAD leaders should understand the truth that BJP had lost its post position in Bihar polls as the saffron party tried to mix religion with politics, said Jakhar.
Jakhar said CM, Deputy CM and their cabinet colleagues did not visit grain markets to bail out farmers hit by cotton and paddy crisis. No remedial steps were taken to check exploitation of paddy growers. There had been many unfortunate incidents of suicides by debt ridden farmers, all this needs to be debated in the Assembly, he added.