Dera Sacha Sauda will support us: Amarinder
Sunday, 22/01/2012
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PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today claimed that the Congress would get at least 70 seats. He also claimed Dera Sacha Sauda would be supporting the Congress in the coming assembly elections. He said, "The dera and its followers are going to side with us and not the Shiromani Akali Dal," he said.
Meanwhile, addressing a gathering in support of Congress candidate from Dasuya Ramesh Chander Dogra, Amarinder said if the Congress returned to power, all poll promises would be fulfilled on priority.
He said special focus would be laid on industrialisation in the Kandi belt. Round-the-clock power for domestic as well as industrial consumers would be provided and the government would not charge anything for tubewell connections in this area.
He also announced opening of six new medical colleges across the state, including one in Talwara. Responding to a demand of the local residents for taking over the BBMB hospital, he said, once the Congress came to power, the issue would be taken up with the BBMB.
Amarinder also promised 75 per cent subsidy to the farmers for fencing their land against wild animals to save their crops. He said after the introduction of the Land Acquisition Act, no canal-irrigated land could be acquired for industry and the obvious choice was the Kandi belt.
The PPCC president ridiculed the surplus power promise of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, pointing out that even during the lean season, the industry had been facing long power cuts while the domestic segment was also not getting regular supply.
