Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday asked CM Bhagwant Mann to "celebrate the achievement of our own teachers and students and to stop wasting hundreds of crores of rupees of Punjabi taxpayers hard-earned money on nationwide media publicity and advertisement campaigns to sing praises of the non existing achievements of Arvind Kejrival and his Delhi government."
"I am shocked that while Bhagwant Mann is not letting any opportunity go to joyfully burn and squander the money of a resource starved Punjab on issuing nationwide advertisements to promote Kejrival and his "fake Delhi model" , while refusing even to acknowledge the achievements of his own state vis a vis Delhi", Badal said in a statement issued here.
"Mann is singing praises of Delhi model at the expense of the promotion of the glorious achievements of Punjabis, including "our children, youth, students and teachers.The CM who had delivered such long speeches to preach our own proud and competent teachers is ashamed to tell the world that Punjab's teachers and students are already far ahead of others including their counterparts from Delhi. Our students and teachers have now demonstrated something which AAP and Congress have always tried to hide - that Punjabis are the best in every field. Punjab has proved that it is the best in the country," said the Akali leader.
Badal wondered why the Punjab CM is ashamed to tell the world that the children of his state are the best. "He knows that Punjab model has been adopted by the Govt of India. But he is scared of owning this achievement because this will prove something which he and Kejrival want to hide: that our students and teachers are far ahead of their competitors from Mann's dreamland, Delhi.
Badal asked the CM why he had not thought it necessary to issue even a single advertisement to celebrate the achievements of the people of his own state. "Are you so scared of Kejrival that you do not want to even congratulate our own achievers, fearing that this will expose the hollow claims of your boss on the Delhi Model?" asked Badal, urging Mann to personally call the teachers, the students and their parents to proudly celebrate their achievement .