CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Health Minister and senior Congress leader Balbir Sidhu has condemned the Aam Aadmi Party for opposing the Congress party's resolution demanding Bharat Ratna for Shaheed Bhagat Singh in the Vidhan Sabha and said that it has become clear that the Aam Aadmi Party had used the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji just to win the elections in 2022.
Sidhu expressed his anger over the behavior of the Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and said that despite belonging to a nationalist family, it is very shameful for him not to allow the resolution demanding Bharat Ratna for Bhagat Singh to be presented. He said that by taking such a decision, the Aam Aadmi Party has shown its opportunism. He further said that the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party are so-called revolutionaries who have double standards on every issue.
The Congress leader said that by opposing the resolution to confer Bharat Ratna on Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Aam Aadmi Party has insulted not only Shaheed Bhagat Singh but all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of the country.
Sidhu said that the censure motion brought by the ruling party in the Vidhan Sabha yesterday against the Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa was a calculated ploy so that the opposition could not expose the hollowness of the budget. He said that this ploy was also used so that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann could only make a joke and give a hollow speech targeting the opposition.
Criticizing the budget presented by the AAP government, the Congress leader said that this budget is another example of the failure of the 'AAP' government. He said that there is no direction, no plan and nothing new for the welfare of the state in the budget. He said that the real financial condition of Punjab, which is the worst in the country except for one state, has been concealed in the budget.
Sidhu said that even after 3 years, the Bhagwant Mann led AAP government has completely failed to fulfill its promises made to Punjabis. The party has done nothing but print false advertisements and make false promises. He said that the AAP government has once again failed to fulfill its biggest promise of giving Rs 1100 per month to every woman.