Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday flayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for comparing former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with “most corrupt” Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal describing it as “a great insult of Vajpayee who represented a different class of politicians”.
AAP’s state convener Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi said that Modi, during his rally at Kotkapura, had justified corruption and non-governance by SAD-BJP government during last ten years. Upsurge among the masses in Punjab was due to large scale corruption and loot of state resources by Badal family of which BJP was equal share holder, he said.
He said that drug and illegal mining mafia had spread its roots during the Badal government and BJP being a partner in the government had indulged in malpractices. He reminded Modi that BJP had to replace its all ministers in 2014 due to wide spread corruption done by BJP ministers.
BJP had never protested against drug menace and illegal mining rather provided a cover to the misdeeds of Sukhbir Badal and Bikram Majithia who are epitome of corruption, he said.
Ghuggi said that people of Punjab would not buy the logic given by Modi that if SAD-BJP alliance would not be in power, there would by threat of Pakistan.
“Modi has created a false threat few months back and forced the border area residents to evacuate from their villages. People of Punjab dared Pakistan many times,” he said.
AAP leader said that BJP had brought people from outside to show crowd to PM who was upset to see thin attendance during his last rally in Jalandhar.