Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday alleged that Akalis are “responsible” for “destroying” the agriculture and the youth of the State. At the same time, he promised that once his party comes to power, those involved in producing, smuggling or supply of drugs will be jailed.
“Those who pushed Punjab into drugs deserve no mercy as they have destroyed an entire generation,” he said, adding that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia will also not be spared if their involvement is proved.
Capt Amarinder, addressing a political conference in the memory of Shaheed Karnail Singh Issru and to mark the 70th Independence Day, alleged, “Under Parkash Singh Badal’s rule, the youth were pushed into drugs and the farmers driven to suicides.”
“The quantum of damage the Badals have done to Punjab has no parallel in history. So much so, from the first position, the state has come down to 23rd rank in terms of progress and development,” he claimed.
Caopt Amarinder also accused the Badals of amassing “huge amount of wealth” in the last 10 years by “grabbing” profit-making businesses in the state. “Be it transport, cable distribution, liquor trade or sand mining, the Badals have their hands in everything,” the state Congress chief alleged.
He added that the monopoly on cable distribution, sand mining and liquor trade will be finished once Congress forms government so that the income gets uniformly distributed.