Khangura asks Sukhbir what happened to Ludhiana Metro - 31/08/2010
LUDHIANA, August 31: Qila Raipur MLA Jassi Khangura today asked the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal as what happened to his dream project of Ludhiana Metro which he had promised to the people of the city before and after coming to the power.In a statement issued here today, Khangura reminded the Deputy Chief Minister that he had promised to turn Ludhiana into Paris. “Paris remains a dream too far but Ludhiana has not remained even what it was before Sukhbir’s party came to power”, he remarked, while adding, the potholed streets, garbage dumps, choked roads and drains with dark nights had become the norm of the day for the people of Ludhiana.
“What to speak of the metro rail in Ludhiana we are yet to hear anything about the City Bus Service despite centre having provided special grant for the purpose under Jawahar National Urban Renewal Mission”, Khangura remarked. He said, Sukhbir had gone back on all his promises regarding the development and only thing he had scored on was victimising his political opponents.
Referring to a flurry of activity Sukhbir has been projecting to be doing about development, particularly in Ludhiana, Khangura revealed, it was for the second time that the foundation stone had been laid down for the passenger underpass in Aggar Nagar. He said, his father had laid down a foundation stone for the same project during his earlier tenure as the Chief Minister between 1997 to 2002. This, Khangura said, is just an example as how Sukhbir was trying to befool the people in the name of development. He said, most of the development projects he was claiming to have started or executed were funded by the central government or had been started by the previous Congress government.
The Qila Raipur MLA suggested to Sukhbir that instead of selling piped dreams to the people, he should draw a balance-sheet about what he did during the last three and a half years. “Introspection is the best course available for self correction and Sukhbir needs it badly”, Khangura remarked.