Terming that some forces inimical to Punjab’s peace and progress were hell bent upon disturbing its hard earned peace, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday exhorted the people of State to thwart any such attempt collectively.
Badal, addressing gatherings during his Sangat Darshan programme at Dirbha assembly segment, said that Punjab had suffered a lot during black days but due to concerted efforts of the SAD-BJP alliance government, state was put on the part of high growth trajectory.
However, he said that unfortunately some forces vary to the development of the state were again trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere of the state. “The state government is duty-bound to prevent such forces from raising their ugly head,” he said.
Chief Minister urged the people to not fall prey to divisive agenda of such forces and foil their nefarious designs. “Public support is the basic necessity to promote the ethos of communal harmony, peace and amity in the state…I assure you that with your active support and cooperation, we will not allow any force to push our state into turbulent times,” he added.
Exhorting the people to be prepared for struggle to save the state’s water, Badal said that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were inimical to the interests of the state and were hell bent upon depriving the state from its water.
“Every Punjabi would have to struggle hard to save every single drop of water and if AAP and Congress succeed in their nefarious designs, then no one could save Punjab from becoming a desert,” he said.
Badal, later interacting with media, said that the state Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh was misleading the youth on issue of jobs.
“During his tenure as Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh had put blanket ban on the jobs. However, now in the dream of getting Chief Minister’s chair again, Captain is making every promise to youth…and the youngsters are well aware of track record of Captain and they would not fell prey to it,” said Badal.