Reiterating the commitment of SAD-BJP Government to maintain law and order situation in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said that the Government was duty-bound to preserve the hard earned peace and amity.
Interacting with the mediapersons after addressing a public gathering converged at the Baisakhi conference here, the Chief Minister said that the single point agenda of the State Government was to ensure peace, amity, brotherhood and communal harmony in the State for its all-round development.
He said that the State Government was keeping a strict vigil over the law and order situation in Punjab. The Chief Minister further said that no one would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of State.
Badal further said that every step of the Government was aimed towards guaranteeing the wellbeing of the residents of the State for which stupendous efforts were being made by them.
Replying to another query, the Chief Minister said that the days of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre were numbered and people were eagerly waiting for the general elections slated to be held in the year 2014 to constitute the NDA Government at the Centre.
He said that SAD being a key constituent of the NDA was strongly with the BJP and the alliance between both the parties was firm as always.
Earlier, addressing a gathering during the annual Baisakhi conference, the Chief Minister said that the Congress has always meted out step-motherly treatment with Punjab despite of enormous contribution of State during the freedom movement and consequently in making the country self sufficient in food production.
The Chief Minister further said that due to the adverse policies of the Union Government, the peasantry of the State was reeling under a heavy debt of Rs32,000 crore.
He, however, said that the State Government was highly indebted to the farmers of the State for their valuable contribution due to which it was bearing an additional burden of Rs5,700 crore annually to supply free power to the farmers.
In his address, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said that despite of being only two per cent of the total population of the country, the Punjabis have left an indelible mark in almost every field.
However, he said that the successive Congress Governments at the Centre have infringed the rights of Punjabis due which the SAD had to wage a number of wars.
Terming the SAD-BJP Government as the true representative of Punjabis, the Deputy Chief Minister said that apart from ensuring the welfare of all the sections of the society their Government has put the State on the orbit of high growth trajectory to further boost its overall development.
lashing out at the Punjab Pradesh Congress Chief Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the State Congress chief was not even acquainted with the entire geography of the State.
Daring Bajwa to re-contest the elections from Gurdaspur lok Sabha seat in coming general elections, he said that the poll would clear all the whims of the State Congress chief regarding his popularity amongst the masses.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that New Industrial Policy of the State would be unveiled next month which would give a big boost to the industrial development of the State.
Reiterating that the SAD-BJP Government has adopted zero tolerance policy towards the drug peddlers in the State, Sukhbir exhorted the people to play a proactive role in the campaign as public support was vital for carrying out any such campaign in an effective manner.
In her address, lok Sabha MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal exhorted the people to wage a war against the prevalent social maladies like dowry and female foeticide by following the noble ideals shown by the great Sikh gurus.
She said that such endeavors would be a real tribute to the great Sikh Gurus who had shown us the true way of life.
She called upon the people to work relentlessly for strengthening the party, nation and the Panth.