Bajwa asks party workers to gear up for 2014 Lok Sabha polls
Monday, 01/04/2013
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GURDASPUR/CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PPCC) President Partap Singh Bajwa today started the state tour with first meeting of party workers in the border district headquarter here and gave a call to party men to rejuvenate themselves for hands down victory in coming Lok Sabha polls.
The PPCC President got an overwhelming response from party workers on maiden visit to his home district after becoming PPCC Chief.
Bajwa maintained, before the Lok Sabha election in 2014, the Panchayat and Municipal Elections were expected in next couple of months.
He exhorted party workers to ensure victory of Congress in local elections and use the opportunity to rehearse for major electoral battle in 2014. He said in the last Lok Sabha poll Congress had won 8 out of 13 seats of Punjab and he is confident to win all the seats this time.
Congress President asked party workers not to get demoralized by two successive defeats in Punjab assembly poll. “The success of Akali Dal in assembly poll was not an achievement but a major tragedy happened with people of with Punjab. The SAD-BJP had maneuvered the victory by unfair means despite having lost the confidence of voters”.
The mess created by SAD-BJP government in almost every field has driven the state at the brink of bankruptcy. All sections of people-the government employees, business men, small and big entrepreneurs’ were crying for survival. The heavy property tax was imposed on urban people. It was due to pressure build by Congress party that state government decided to reconsider it. “We will not allow SAD-BJP government to impose heavy taxes”, Bajwa added.
The law and order is major causality, the state government has failed to protect the life and property of people. The gang rapes with women, emergence of drug, liquor, mine transport and cable mafia in Punjab has made the Badals all powerful and greedier. The common man is suffering in the hands of Akali goons who have made life of everyone miserable.
Bajwa said that in such a disappointing scenario the duty of Congress as a responsible opposition party becomes more important. He said that Congress would provide an effective leadership to the people who are fed up from present regime.
PPCC President said Badal government has discriminated with border areas. “ I had proposed to set up the central university at Pathankot where already 300 acres of land procured several years back was lying. Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh also wanted the university to come up in border area but due to political reasons it was shifted near Badal village.
Bajwa said that he had proposed to set up Rail Coach Factory in Kalanaur where 1600 acres of land was available with the state government. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal didn’t take an initiative and Haryana took the project to Sonepat.
Bajwa said the he had got sanctioned historic Quadian-Beas Railway to link two historical places the headquarter of Jammmat-e-Ahmediyya and headquarter of Radha Soami sect. But the project couldn’t be completed for lack of administrative support by state government and a portion of land was not acquired so far. Similarly a proposal for an IIIT proposed for border area failed to matrure due to non-cooperative attitude of Badal government.
O.P.Soni Vice President In charge of Majha area said that appointment of Bajwa has brought about a major change in the mood of party workers who are upbeat to take the new challenges. He said the border area people were waiting for right opportunity to teach a lesson to the Akali Dal.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Fatehjung Singh Bajwa, Sujhjinder Singh Randhawa DDC President, Ashwani Sekhri former minister, Charamnjit Kaur Bajwa MLA, Bhupinder Singh Mann President Kisan cell of aprty and Aruna former MLA.
