Perform or quit, Bajwa tells Chief Minister
Monday, 26/08/2013
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Dharamkot (Moga) : President of the PPCC and Lok Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwa today alleged that the SAD-BJP Government had failed on all fronts.The law and order situation was deteriorating by the day, criminals were being "shielded" by the Akalis and the police had been reduced to being a "puppet."
Addressing a rally, Bajwa criticised the state government for reckless borrowing to clear the mounting debt and to pay salaries to its employees. "Keeping in view the poor fiscal management, it is high time that the Union Government imposed a financial emergency in the state," he reiterated.
Asserting that selling government properties was unethical, he claimed the SAD-BJP Government had already sold properties of Punjab Tourism at throwaway prices and had now began mortgaging land and buildings owned by PUDA.
Referring to reports that PUDA Bhawan in Mohali had been mortgaged for Rs 500 crore, he said that PUDA had also been asked to raise Rs 1,000 crore by obtaining loans against its properties.
"The government has borrowed Rs 3,500 crore from the market by auctioning state development funds," Bajwa claimed. Later talking to mediapersons, he said thos who had quit the Congress to join the SAD had been sidelined and their political career was almost over. Claiming that the Pradesh Congress stood united, he said the party would highlight the failures of the SAD-BJP Government during canvassing for the Lok Sabha elections.
Local Congress leaders Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh, district president Gurdarshan Kaur, Ferozepur MLA Parminder Singh Pinki, Gidderbaha MLA Raja Amarinder Singh, youth leaders Sukhwinder Singh Danny and Harjot Kamal Singh and several others were present at the rally.
