JALALABAD (FEROZEPUR): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that SAD-BSP alliance was all set to sweep Punjab Assembly polls and people had already made up their mind to hand over the reins of the state to an alliance which would put the State back on the track of development and restart social welfare initiatives.
Addressing election meetings in this constituency, the SAD President said the SAD-BSP alliance was all set to sweep the polls and would win more than 80 seats. He said the people would punish the Congress party for non fulfillment of promises made to the people including failure to waive off farmer loans and provide jobs to youth besides refusal to increase Shagun scheme amount to Rs. 51000 besides increasing old age pension.
Mr Badal said the Congress party had cheated people with tall promises and even by taking a false oath on the holy Gutka Sahib. He said even after changing the Chief Minister, the Congress government had failed to deliver on its promises. He said that instead of giving relief to people CM Charanjit Singh Channi patronized the sand mafia and looted officers with promises of plum postings and transfers. “The 111 day tenure of Channi will be remembered as most corrupt era in the history of the state”.
Lashing out at AAP, Mr. Badal said it’s supremo Arvind Kejriwal had already displayed his anti Punjab intentions by filing a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding closure of thermal plants of Punjab besides transfer of Punjab’s river waters to Haryana and Delhi and demanding registration of criminal cases against farmers who had burnt thei paddy stubble in sheer desperation. “Punjabis cannot afford to waste another five years by giving one chance to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as being demanded by it and would repose faith in the tried and tested pro-development policies of the SAD-BSP combine”.
Mr. Badal also urged Punjabis to reject outsiders and said that SAD-BSP alliance alone represented the regional aspirations of the people. He said Punjabis across the country and even the world looked up to the SAD to resolve their grievances. “We have successfully resolved problems being faced by Punjabis across the world”.
Spelling out the SAD-BSP agenda for Punjab, Mr Badal said all blue cards which had been deleted by the Congress government would be restored within one month of formation of the SAD-BSP government. He also announced that Rs 2, 000 per month would be given to the woman head of below poverty line families, all consumers would be given 400 units of power free of cost, Rs ten lakh medical insurance cover would be given to all and that students will be eligible to a Rs 10 lakh loan for higher studies besides 33 per cent reservation in technical institutions (government school students). He also announced that all those who did not have a home would be given a five marla plot of land and that a 500 bed medical college would be established in every district of the State
The SAD President also assured that the next SAD-BSP government would ensure water reached the tail end of canals by establishing new distributaries besides going in for under-ground water supply through pipes. “We are committed to removing the irrigation water shortage in this area”, he added.
Prominent those present on the occasion included Satinderjit Singh Manta Halqa Incharge, Gurpal Singh Grewal District President Fazilka rural, Ashok Aneja District President Fazilka urban, Balwinder Singh Goraya, Darshan Singh Mothewala SGPC member, Karanvir Singh Gullu Goraya.