Amarinder's campaign a ploy to befool people, says Badal

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday ridiculed Congress Deputy leader in lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh for “playing to the gallery rather seriously focusing” on his “much-hyped mass contact programme” to reclaim his party’s base and credibility.

“Congress base has been shoddily eroded due to people’s unflinching faith and confidence in the policies and programmes of the SAD-BJP alliance in the State,” said Badal.Badal, on the sidelines on the first day of his Sangat Darshan programme in Jandiala Guru Assembly segment, said that the real ‘mass contact’ programme to establish cordial relations with the general public was his time tested ‘Sangat Darshan’ programme which was primarily aimed at resolving the issues of common man on the spot besides instilling a sense of confidence in the functioning of the State administration.

“What Amarinder Singh was doing for the last two days is nothing short of theatrical just to befool people by targeting his bête noire PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa and opposing SAD-BJP alliance rather hardly making any efforts to establish contact with the people in the right earnest,” said Badal.

The Chief Minister said that Capt Amarinder was bent hell upon to tarnish SAD’s image and malign its leaders in every possible manner “by telling white lies in the broad daylight”.