lamenting the disastrous effects of demonetisation and GST, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday called upon the people of Himachal Pradesh to vote the Congress to power with a resounding margin to pave the way for the complete elimination of BJP in the 2019 lok Sabha elections.
A Congress victory in both Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat would lead to the BJP being completely wiped out in 2019, said Captain Amarinder, calling upon the people of Himachal Pradesh to teach the Modi Government a lesson for the havoc it had wreaked on their lives with ill-conceived decisions such as demonetisation and GST.
Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of his last rallies in Himachal Pradesh in support of the Congress, Captain Amarinder said on the first anniversary of demonetisation, it was time to vow to save the country and the future of it people from the Naendra Modi-led BJP. From demonetisation to GST, from unemployment to corruption, the Narendra Modi Government’s impact on the country had been catastrophic, said Captain Amarinder, appealing to the people of Himachal Pradesh to vote for the Congress in the interest of the State’s development.
Capping three days of the Congress rallies across various constituencies, Captain Amarinder, a star campaigner for the party, pointed to the total panic in the BJP rank and file, as manifested by Modi’s frantic pace of addressing rallies in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, to express the confidence of the Congress winning both the states. The Congress wave was evident, with the BJP hardly present anywhere in Himachal Pradesh, he said.
BJP betrays soldiers on OROP - ex-servicemen
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government of conducting surgical strike against veteran soldiers who had been protesting for their right of One Rank One Pension (OROP) at Jantar-Mantar, Delhi for more than two years, Retd. Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh on Tuesday said Modi Government had betrayed soldiers and ex-servicemen on the issue of OROP.
Appealing around 11.5 lac ex-servicemen of Himachal Pradesh, Maj. Gen Satbir Singh said ex-servicemen should not vote for BJP as the BJP Government had betrayed soldiers and ex-servicemen on the issue of OROP.
Addressing a Press conference at Congress headquarters in Shimla, Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh, Ex-servicemen Movement and United Ex-servicemen Movement, said October 30, 2017 was the first incident, when the former soldiers were brutalised by the police in the country. He said soldier, who secured the borders of the nation, and war widows were brutally attacked, humiliated and arrested by the police.
He said BJP leaders had promised implementation of OROP but it did not keep its word after assuming power at centre.