The Punjab Congress on Thursday issued warning to all those Deputy Commissioners, District Transport Officers and police officials who were allegedly harassing the transporters providing buses for ferrying party workers for its Bathinda rally on December 15.
“The Congress rally will be held in any case at any cost and people will certainly reach there in large numbers, but imagine what will be your plight when we will form the government just over a year from now,” warned the state Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh.
He said that this reflected the panic and frustration the government, particularly the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, has been gripped with over the massive and overwhelming response and enthusiasm shown by the people towards the proposed Congress rally at Bathinda on December 15.
“I have been continuously receiving complaints from all over the state that some DTOs, DCs and police officials have started harassing and intimidating the transporters who have committed to provide buses for the Congress rally,” said Capt Amarinder.
He said: “Come what may, the rally will be held at all costs with record presence, but let me be frank with you that one year is not a long period that I will forget all those officials who tried to breach their brief and played second fiddle to Sukhbir.”
PPCC president said: “No matter how hard and ruthlessly Sukhbir might try to misuse his machinery to discourage people from attending the (Bathinda) rally, it will still be a grand and record breaking success as people will reach there of their own.”