6 years on, most govt promises unfulfilled: Bajwa
Thursday, 16/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130516/punjab.htm#8
Chamkaur Sahib : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa today hit out at the SAD-BJP state government for allegedly surviving on false promises in its six years of rule.
Campaigning for party candidates contesting the zila parishad and block samiti elections, Bajwa appealed to the voters “not to be lured by catchy statements and false promises being made by the state government”.
“Promises like unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 a month, free education to the poor and weaker sections and laptops to students up to Class XII were forgotten by the SAD-BJP alliance immediately after assuming power in Punjab,” he said.
Bajwa claimed of late, the ruling regime had found an excuse for not delivering unemployment allowance: “A condition added by the government that unemployment allowance will be paid only to those who are registered with employment exchanges for more than three years will render a majority of the unemployed ineligible for it.”
The PPCC chief said instead of giving free education to the poor and weaker sections, the state government had withdrawn the facility of free education available to girls studying in classes XI and XII.
Other welfare schemes too had taken a back seat during the present regime, he claimed. While money against the Shagun Scheme was not paid to nearly 80,000 applicants for the last two years, the promise to double the monthly pension of Rs 250 allowed to the old age people, differently abled and widows had also been forgotten, he said. “Moreover, the eligible persons have not even been paid Rs 250 for the last 14 months,” he claimed.
To move High Court on unmet demands
Partap Singh Bajwa has said the state Congress will approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court for implementation of the promises made by the SAD-BJP alliance in its election manifesto released at the time of the last assembly elections. Speaking to mediapersons, he said, "The Akali Dal, in fact, has committed a fraud on the people of the state by not fulfilling its poll promises."
