SAD president Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh would impose power bills on the farmers’ tubewells immediately after the Lok Sabha elections.
“Don't trust him if he denies this even on oath because by now he has become quite used to swearing by the most sacred religious icons only to break those oaths,” said Sukhbir — the SAD-BJP combine candidate from Ferozepur — while addressing a massive public rally in the historic town of Mudki.
Sukhbir said that his sources in officialdom have revealed to him that “free power to agriculture in Punjab will soon end as the Amarinder government is all set to impose power bills on tubewells on the pretext of empty coffers. An elaborate plan has been prepared in this regard”.
He was hastened to add that that the SAD-BJP will launch a massive agitation against such anti-people decisions, and “we will not sit idle till we have forced the government to change its mind and honour these commitments to the people”.
Answering a media query on the poll outcome in Punjab, Sukhbir quipped, “Amarinder’s ‘Mission-13’ has already turned into a ‘Miss-on 13’ as the SAD-BJP is all set to sweep these elections in the State. The Congress is up against people's wrath on broken promises and non-performance."