While the political parties in Punjab attacked each other to garner eyeballs, Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also trained his guns to add teeth to the stir. He urged people on Thursday to oust the Badals from power, saying the once-progressive State was on the verge of ruin.
“The Badals and their family have ruined a progressive state like Punjab in 10 years. In a state which was known to feed the country, farmers are now forced to commit suicide. Such is the state of affairs here,” said Kejriwal, sporting a yellow turban, at a gathering of Aam Aadmi Party supporters during the Maghi Mela here.
“In 10 years, the Badals and their family have looted Punjab. In 10 years, they have spread lawlessness (goondagardi), In 10 years, the Badals have spread drugs in the state. They have forced farmers to commit suicide. In 10 years, the Badals have sucked Punjab completely,” Kejriwal said in his aggressive speech against the ruling dispensation. “Today people have come here to take a pledge to oust the Badals,” he said.