Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Thursday announced to spend whopping `100 crore in next three months to create burial grounds in all cities and villages with a substantial Muslim or Christian population.
“The Government would spend `100 crores in the next three months to carve out burial grounds in all the cities and villages where Muslims and Christians have dense population to eliminate hurdles of these communities while performing last rites for departed souls,” said Sukhbir.
The announcement came days after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal made an attempt to woo the different section of society, including Muslims, and Christians during his three-day Punjab visit. At the same time, the AAP was embroiled in controversy after one of its MlA was named and booked by an accused in Quran sacrilege case in Malerkotla.
Sukhbir, extending Eid greetings to the Muslims at a function, said that the SAD-BJP Government has always accorded deep respect to every religion and as a part of its commitment to welfare of all irrespective of caste, creed, race and religion, the government has made it a point to observe holy days of all
religions.
SAD president said that Punjab Government has launched Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra scheme to facilitate members of all communities in paying homage at holy places located far across the country.
Condemning the alleged incident of sacrilege reported in the city recently, he reiterated the Government’s commitment to not allowing anyone to vitiate the hard-earned peace and communal harmony of the State.
Punjab has always rejected such “nefarious designs” of agencies or political parties and law enforcing agencies are keeping a round-the-clock vigil on any attempt to create disturbance in the State, said Sukhbir.
Describing AAP’s recently-released youth manifesto as a “castle in the air”, he said that the party’s convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should spell out the number of jobs he had provided to youth of Delhi.