People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Badal on Monday ruled out any talks on poll alliance with the Congress for 2014 lok Sabha polls.
“Neither did I nor any Congress leader had a conversation on the issue of poll alliance for parliamentary elections so for,” said Manpreet while talking on the sidelines of first day of PPP’s brainstorming session at Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall.
However, the former finance minister endorsed the decision of the Punjab Congress for challenging delimitation of wards for the Panchayat elections. “SAD leadership has wrongfully done the delimitation of wards in villages to gain momentum in the Panchayat elections,” he added.
Addressing Chintan camp, Badal said that the financial health of the State under SAD-BJP regime, was likely to face a financial storm in future. “The debt of the State has increased to a saturation point and is likely to cross Rs1 lakh crore at the end of current fiscal,” he added.
Badal said that Punjab’s debt could hamper the development of the State as it is on the verge of bankruptcy.
He criticized the State Government for not mooting an appropriate and adequate agriculture policy for boosting agricultural production besides improving the financial status of the farming community.
He took Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to task for the day-by-day deteriorating law and order situation in the State witnessing murder of four ASIs in police uniform besides spurt in crime rate and thrashing of women in full public view.