Following Aam Aadmi Party’s resounding defeats in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections, Punjab Congress leaders on Thursday lashed out at the state ruling party for ignoring Punjab while going all out to hard sell both Delhi and Punjab models to the voters of the western state and the hill state.
The Congress leaders have asked the party and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to focus his entire energy and skills to resolve Punjab’s long pending issues which have been ignored over a long period of time.
“Both Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann tried their level best to hard sell both Delhi and Punjab models to the voters of the western state and to the hill state, however, they refused to be misled by the false propaganda unleashed by the AAP leaders,” said the Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha and senior Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa.
“Announcing freebies and promising complimentary services to the voters does not always help. AAP failed to convince people of both the states that they are competent and capable enough to handle full-fledged states which require greater administrative skills and statecraft to resolve sensitive issues than simply doling out free-of-cost civic amenities,” he said.
Bajwa said that Mann must not squander away the historic mandate people of Punjab have bestowed on him and his party by steering the state out of many critical issues.
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said: “AAP bubble has burst quite along the expected lines and people have seen through their lies and fake propaganda which came at the cost of Punjab exchequer.”