Anarchy-like situation in state, says Capt
Thursday, 24/11/2011
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Accusing the Akali Dal leadership of creating an anarchy-like situation in the state, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Capt Amarinder Singh today alleged the SAD-BJP coalition government had lost its control over the state.
Criticising the incident of violence in Kapurthala jail that led to the killing of an inmate, he supported the demand for setting up a judicial commission for a thorough probe. “Akalis have converted jails into drug trading centres,” he said. He alleged that better surveillance and security apparatus could have prevented the incident.
“The incidents of robbery, looting, snatching, murders etc have become order of the day. The 12-hour-long violence in Kapurthala Jail has exposed poor governance of the coalition. The incident has shown that the combine is not capable of running the affairs of the state. Jathedars have virtually been handed over the control of police stations. Instead of reporting to their seniors, the SHOs are reporting to jathedars,” said Amarinder, ridiculing the style of functioning of the government.
Putting forth his vision of development, he said the diversification of agriculture, industry and trade held the key to success. “Agriculture is in dire need of diversification as the population is growing and landholdings have been shrinking. The Punjab industry needs to increase its productivity to generate more employment avenues for 47 lakh unemployed youth, besides contributing to state revenue in the shape of taxes. We had started the ‘field-to-fork’ project in conjunction with Reliance Industries, but the Akalis undermined it, causing a huge loss to the farmers”.
Congress’ Punjab affairs incharge Gulchain Singh Charak said during the past 22 days of the Punjab Bachao Yatra, he had observed that the count of people at the Congress rallies was continuously growing.
