Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress Deputy leader in the lok Sabha, Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday cautioned the people of Haryana against the Chautala-Badal nexus and urged them to ensure they return the Congress government if they wanted the development to continue in their state.
Capt Amarinder, on his first day of electioneering during Haryana assembly polls, warned people against the false promises being doled out by the BJP to mislead the people of Haryana as they did at the Centre.
Addressing a public meeting in support of the Congress candidate Anil Kumar Dhantauri at village Nalwi here, Capt Amarinder referred to the devastation caused in Punjab by the eight years rule of the Akalis led by the Badals who are in alliance with the Chautalas in Haryana. “The way they have looted and robbed Punjab, they will together loot and rob Haryana as well”, said he while adding that their only agenda was amassing personal wealth at the cost of public welfare.
He ridiculed the Chautala’s claims of ruling from Tihar jail. “It is extreme shamelessness that a person who has already been convicted of corruption is claiming to rule from Tihar jail”, he observed, while adding, “he (Chautala) should instead feel ashamed of having been convicted for robbing his own people”.
He said, the Badals were no different in Punjab and had not only destroyed its economy but also an entire generation by supplying and patronising the drug trade.
Capt Amarinder also warned people against the false dreams being shown by the BJP and their Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “You have seen for yourself as what they promised before elections for the country and what they have delivered”, he said, adding, they are now trying to use same ploy in Haryana as well.