Manpreet hints at alliance with AAP
Friday, 27/12/2013
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Fatehgarh Sahib : PPP president Manpreet Badal today said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the PPP were identical as both of them were crusaders against corruption and shared the same ideology.
Talking to mediapersons during the Shaheedi Jor Mela here today, he said the AAP had brought revolution in Delhi and time had come for the people of Punjab to respond in the same manner in the coming parliamentary elections.
Manpreet said there was every possibility that both the parties formed an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, although no formal talks had been held yet.
He said he was invited by AAP spokesman Sanjay Singh to the oath-taking ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal and he would attend the same.
On CM's refusal for a CBI probe into the international drug racket, he alleged many ministers were involved in the trade, which was being carried out in VIP vehicles.
On the recently concluded investors summit, he said why would big business houses come to Punjab when Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal had invested all his money in projects outside the state. He said instead of giving incentives to outsiders, the local industry should be promoted.
Later addressing PPP's political conference, he compared the rule of Badals with that of Aurangzeb's, alleging that they had been looting the state with both hands. He said the scale of Guru Nanak Dev had said "tera tera" (it's all yours) while that of Badals said "mera mera" (everything is mine).
Bhagwant Mann, president, youth wing of the party, said the SAD claimed to be a Panthic party even as its leaders were involved in illegal activities.
The PPP's political conference attracted a huge gathering despite the fact that it was organised on the outskirts of the town. The organisers alleged that they had hired a site in front of the district administrative complex, but the landowner backtracked at the last minute under pressure of the administration.
