Dubbing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a disarrayed force, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said this party was bereft of any pro-people or development-oriented ideology.
Addressing a gathering during Sangat Darshan programme of Khadoor Sahib Assembly segment, the Chief Minister said the antecedents and future planning of these people who claim themselves to be common man were not known to anybody.
He said the AAP Government at Delhi has miserably failed to fulfill the expectations of the common man. Citing an example, Badal said that the Delhi Chief Minister had announced to hold ‘Janta Darbars’ for redressing the grievances of people, but this never turned into a reality. He said that this interactive programme for redressing the public complaints could be successfully held by only those public representatives, who were well versed with the problems of the masses and not by those, who were not aware of these woes.
Badal said that in the same manner, the Congress leaders were also averse to the idea of meeting the people due to which they had never came out of their posh residences to interact with the people. He said that these leaders used the mandate of people just for enjoying fruits of power rather than working for the development of the State and prosperity of its people. He said that Congress leaders used the power for their own well-being whereas SAD-BJP alliance Government has from day one devoted itself to public cause.
Highlighting the significance of Sangat Darshan programme, the Chief Minister said that it was a flagship programme of his Government from the first day ever since he assumed the office. He said that this programme finds no parallel across the country as no other Chief Minister bothers to spare so much time for the people by solving their problems at their doorsteps. Badal said that this programme helps in quick resolution of public problems on one hand besides judging the performance of the Government officers/ officials on the other.
The Chief Minister further said that the sole aim of organising Sadbhawna rallies was to emerge Punjab as a ‘peaceful and prosperous’ State. He said that these rallies were being held to promote the ethos of peace and amity besides cementing the age-old bond of communal harmony and brotherhood in the State. Badal said that these rallies are aimed at giving a stern message to the divisive forces that no one will be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of State.
Talking to mediapersons later, the Chief Minister said that all the people of the State irrespective of their political affiliations must attend the Sadbhwana Rallies in the larger national interests. He said that these rallies were not aimed at scoring any political goal but their sole objective was to promote peace and brotherhood in the State. Badal said that not only SAD-BJP alliance but every person of the State should vow to protect the hard earned peace of the State by attending these rallies.