The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday accused the Congress Government in Punjab of using lies and indulging in deceit to befool Punjabis after its non-performance and failure to implement any of its poll promises which was exposed by a six month report card by the SAD.
In a statement, former Minister and SAD spokesman Maheshinder Singh Grewal said CM Capt Amarinder Singh should understand that wishing away something could not take the issue out of public realm.
“Nor will pompous feudal statements rejecting our charge sheet have any effect. You had an opportunity to set the record straight by disclosing what you had done. It is unfortunate that you tried to confuse Punjabis by claiming the farm loans had been waived. You however could not give the name of even one farmer whose loan had been waived off. The farmers have read your statement. They now know that a Maharaja also lies”.
Asking the CM not to run away from answering questions raised by the SAD, Grewal said Capt Amarinder Singh should clearly tell whether old age pension had been released to beneficiaries after January 1 this year and whether any shagun had been disbursed after the Congress Government took over the reins of the State.
“Instead of replying to this the CM has chosen to brazen it out with false claims that social welfare promises have been fulfilled. Forget fulfilling promise to increase old age pension to Rs 2,500 and shagun scheme to Rs 51,000, you are not even disbursing money to beneficiaries under the old rates”, he added.
Asking the Government not to offer excuses for not fulfilling its promises, he said the State’s financial health was known to the Congress party when it made its poll promises. He said if the Congress Government was not being able to even pay salaries of its employees because of its own financial mismanagement.