BJP on Wednesday slammed Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress Government for its decision to buy 400 luxury vehicles at the cost of Rs 80 crore.
Terming the decision as anti-poor, BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh said that the Chief Minister and his Finance Minister Manpreet Badal’s decision is contradictory to their claims that the State does not have enough funds even for the welfare schemes such as Atta-Dal Scheme, Shagun Scheme, Old Age Pension and Widow Pension etc.
“While the poorest of the poor are waiting for basic requirements due to lack of funds, the Chief Minister has approved Land Cruisers and Fortuners for himself, his ministers, army of OSDs and bureaucrats,” he said.
Chugh reminded the Chief Minister that the Congress government in the state was not in a position to pay salaries timely to the staff of various departments and numerous development projects had not been completed because of scarcity of funds.