Sukhbir’s investment drive a mere photo-op with honchos: Capt
Sunday, 10/11/2013
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Balachaur : Senior Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh today asked the state people to oppose the “tyrannical rule” of the SAD-BJP government by not paying property tax and the fee for regularisation of illegal colonies.
Arriving to a warm welcome here, Amarinder ridiculed Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal over his drive to seek investments. He said Sukhbir was only "getting himself photographed" with the so-called prospective investors while "actually getting nothing"
Amarinder asked Sukhbir to specifically spell out what sort of investment was coming to Punjab. "Sukhbir's investment tourism merely begins and ends with photo-ops and press releases only. Leave aside getting investment from outside, our own industries are moving out of Punjab due to policy paralysis of this government," he said. He asked Sukhbir to list out what industry or investment he has brought to the state during seven years of his rule.
The former Chief Minister also sought to clear the air over alleged fissures within the Congress: “Out party stands for the cause of people. I have no differences with PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa. I will keep meeting people and mobilising them against the SAD-BJP government’s misrule.”
Amarinder’s visit apparently infused a fresh spirit among party workers, who had gathered from Balachaur, Nawanshahr, Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara and Garhshankar.
Refusing to accept that the Congress stood divided, he said, “I don’t know how and why such impressions are drawn by some people.”
Asked if he would attend any function organised by Bajwa and if there was any possibility of Bajwa participating in his ‘worker meetings’, Amarinder said he was “very open” to it. “I will go to any state-level function organised by Bajwa and he can come to my functions as well. We will be working unitedly for the cause of people. It is my job to interact with people and I will keep performing my duty as a senior Congress leader. I am committed to work and ensure victory in all the 13 Lok Sabha seats for making “UPA-III” a reality,” he said.
