Congress’ senior leader and Punjab Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Tuesday slammed SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal for baking political bread in this time of epidemic instead of supporting the State Government which was battling COVID-19. “It is shameful and reprehensible for SAD president to resort to rumour mongering amongst the innocent villagers to fulfill his political aspirations,” he said.
Reacting to Sukhbir’s statement condemning the State Government’s efforts to deal with COVID-19, Randhawa said that today when not only the entire country but the entire world is engulfed in this grave crisis, SAD chief is behaving like a schoolboy and making immature statements for the sake of regaining lost political ground.
“By casting doubt on the government hospitals, Sukhbir has tried unsuccessfully to discourage the doctors and health staff fighting against COVID as frontline warriors,” said Randhawa adding that Sukhbir should have asked his workers to make the village people aware about COVID-19 by providing correct information and to cooperate with the health workers so that the treatment of the patients with symptoms could be started immediately after the test.
But it is rather unfortunate that the Akali Dal is baking political bread and inciting innocent villagers against the State Government.
SAD president, who had resorted to false propaganda about hospital admissions, had seen this epidemic as a way to brighten his politics, he added.