Union Food Processing Industry Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said that the NDA Government at the Centre has the agenda of social welfare and socio-economic reformation of Punjab on priority.
“With full support from the Union Government, all issues of utmost importance pertaining to agriculture diversification, industrial and economic growth of the State would be resolved soon,” said Harsimrat, while addressing various gatherings in favour of SAD-BJP candidate for Talwandi Sabo byelection Jeet Mohinder Sidhu in Raman Mandi.
She said that the SAD-BJP Government has put Punjab’s development on fast track by fixing timelines for completion of various projects and also vowed to make Bathinda as ‘model constituency’ of the country.“The infrastructure-based growth model evolved by the SAD-BJP Government has a cascading effect on all development parameters,” she said.Appealing the electorate to vote for SAD-BJP for better future of Punjab, Harsimrat promised that NDA Government would ensure development of agro-based food processing industry, manufacturing and textiles sectors in the State to create huge employment opportunities for the youth.
Harsimrat said that diversification and food processing was the need of the hour. “A lot of foodgrain is being wasted. Diversification coupled with food processing is the need of the hour. Besides adding value to farm produce, we should ensure the consumer gets the same at a reasonable cost,” she added.She hoped that the people of Talwandi Sabo will give a forceful mandate to the SAD-BJP for the agenda of peace, development and communal harmony, for a victory of clean politics over negative tactics.
“The single point agenda of the Congress is to loot the country and its resources. The previous UPA regime had ruined the country and its ministers had heavily indulged in corrupt practices,” she said.
Taking a dig at former CM Capt Amrinder Singh, she said that people of Amritsar were repenting on their decision as “Maharaja is not accessible after winning parliamentary election”.Also regretting and reminding the electorate on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s defeat, Harsimrat said that it was an opportunity that Amritsar had lost.
“People made a big mistake by electing such a non-serious person, who attended the Parliament just for oath taking during first two days and never seen after that,” she said.