The Punjab Congress on Sunday claimed that it would release its party manifesto for 2017 State Assembly polls on October 1 with a roadmap for the new Punjab.
“The Congress will present a vision for the youth, unemployment, education and health sector, improving fiscal deficit and more opportunities for the new industry to invest in Punjab,” said Congress leader and former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal.
Manpreet, addressing a public meeting organised by leader of Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi at Sri Chamkaur Sahib, said the sacrifice made by the Bhagat Singh and his vision would be incorporated in the party manifesto. “The Congress will give a roadmap for the creation of new Punjab with time-bound commitment to the people of Punjab,” said Manpreet, adding that unemployment was a major issue, which needed to be redressed immediately.
He said the Congress party would form the next Government in Punjab in the coming Vidhan Sabha elections under the leadership of Capt Amarinder Singh.
Indian Youth Congress president Raja Amarinder Singh Warring said today, youth had forgotten the supreme sacrifice made by Shaheed Udham Singh. “The youth of Punjab has to fight the Badals just like Shaheed Udham Singh fought against Britishers,” he said.
He said today, the Badals were registering false cases against the innocent Congressmen who raise their voice against them under Section 307. “The people of Punjab will have to initiate Jang-e-Azadi against this Badal regime,” he said.
Targeting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Warring said the people should not get befooled by false promises which these people were showing to the voters of Punjab. “Today, this party has miserably failed in Delhi. In the last two years, there has not been a single job generation in Delhi, (Arvind) Kejriwal himself is enjoying all the perks, which he initially promised not to take,” he said.
Even more than 12 MlAs of AAP are already facing trials in different cases, said Warring adding that what kind of administration and vision would they give to the people of Punjab.
Kapurthala MlA and senior leader Rana Gurjit Singh asked the voters of Sri Chamkaur Sahib that the people of this constituency had elected a very dynamic leader twice. He asked the voters to reelect Channi against this time so that the development of this constituency starts.
Claiming the Badals have deliberately ignored development in this constituency, Channi said all the roads leading to the constituency were in bad shape.