Capt Amarinder asks Badal to perform or leave

Thursday, 27/12/2012

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FATEHGARH SAHIB: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today warned against the anarchy and lawlessness in Punjab and asked the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to perform or leave.

Addressing the Shaheedi Jor Mela Conference here today, Capt Amarinder pointed out, the law and order situation in Punjab was worse as the Akalis had become a law unto themselves. He asked, the Chief Minister to tame the revenue minister Bikram Majithia as his people had let a reign of terror on the policemen.

He pointed out, only yesterday a close associate of Majithia beat up a senior police officer and broke his leg. Earlier, in Amritsar an Akali leader shot dead an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police who tried to object to their eve teasing of his daughter. He said, as they killed the assistant sub inspector they shouted slogans “Bikram Majithia Zindabad”.

The former Chief Minister warned the Chief Minister against inaction and surrender to his son and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal. He pointed out, during the ruckus in the Punjab assembly when Bikram Majithia abused a Congress legislator and Chief Minister Badal tried to intervene Sukhbir stopped him and asked him to sit down.

Capt Amarinder said this government had failed on all fronts. He said, with the situation like this nobody was prepared to come to Punjab and unemployment was growing. He said, youth were feeling frustrated and the treasury was empty. He said, governments are supposed to perform while this government had given up on performance.

Questioning the claims of the Akali Dal about being pro-panth, he asked as what the party had done for the panth. He pointed out, it was former Chief Minister Giani Zail Singh who had constructed the Guru Gobind Singh Marg, while another Congress Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar has made Muktsar a district. He said, during his tenure as Chief Minister he had set up four gates in memory of the associates of the Tenth Master and a memorial for Muktas at Muktsar. He said, the Akalis had only exploited the religious sentiments of people for selfish interests.

Among others present on the occasion included former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Congress General Secreraty and Dhuri MLA Arvind Khanna, MP SS Libra, MLAs Gurkirat Kotli, Kuljeet Nagra, Randeep Nabha, Darshan Brar, Tej Parkash, Harinder Bhambri and others.