Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday lashed out at his arch rival, the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in the latter’s bastion — lambi.
On his first visit after filing nomination papers to contest from lambi on January 18, Capt Amarinder made an all-out attack on the Badals, along with their Ministers and OSDs, promising to throw them all into jail for “destroying” people’s lives.
He slammed the local MlA for the growing incidents of sacrilege in the state which was “a clear attempt by the Akalis to divide Punjab on communal lines”. He made it clear that the Akali stalwart would have to “pay for his sins”.
Also coming down heavily on Badal for the misdeeds of his Ministers, he pointed out that while Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was openly trading in drugs, Agriculture Minister Tota Singh had ruined state’s agriculture by supplying fake seeds and pesticides.
“How can Badal claim not to know about what’s happening in his own backyard,” Capt Amarinder asked.
Capt Amarinder, addressing rallies in Panjwan and Sarawan Bodla, promised to throw them all, along with Sukhbir Badal’s OSDs — Dyal Singh Kolianwal — SGPC member, Satinderjeet Singh Mantta, as well as his close aide Tejinder Singh Middhukhera, into jail for the atrocities committed on the people of Punjab.
Not sparing AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal from his attack, Capt Amarinder described him as a rank outsider and a liar of the first order “with no interest in the welfare of Punjab or its people”.
“Kejriwal will never protect Punjab’s interests,” said Capt Amarinder, pinning down the AAP leader on the widespread corruption and other crimes, rape and sex scandals, in which his own party leaders were embroiled.
With many of his own MlAs in Delhi in jail on various criminal charges, and he himself under probe in a corruption case along with his brother-in-law, Kejriwal’s credentials had been blasted to smithereens and his tall claims of providing good governance had been completely exposed in Delhi, Capt Amarinder pointed out, warning the people against handing over their interests to a corrupt liar like Kejriwal.
Asserting that he would give the Akalis a massive beating all over Punjab, where the Congress party’s internal analysis was giving SAD no more than 14 seats, Capt Amarinder explained that he had been unable to come to lambi after filing his nomination papers as he was going all over the state to ensure that the Badals are wiped out from Punjab for good.
Reacting to Sukhbir’s promise of loan waiver for farmers, Capt Amarinder asked, “Was he sleeping the last 10 yearsIJ” Expressing concern over the suicides by farmers in Punjab, he reiterated his promise to waive off all their loans immediately after coming to power.