SAD must explain stand on SYL: Bajwa
Friday, 21/03/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140321/punjab.htm#7
New Delhi : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president (PPCC) Partap Singh Bajwa has raked up the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal project, a politically sensitive issue and a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana.
He has asked Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh to clarify his stand on the SYL, pointing out that Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal had been campaigning for INLD's Hisar nominee.
Talking to The Tribune here today, Bajwa said Sukhbir had campaigned for INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala's grandson. “Badal will have to explain his stand to the people of Punjab as the state’s interests cannot be sacrificed at the altar of his social ties with the Chautalas,” he said.
He accused the SAD of double standards. He said while the SAD was a part of the NDA at the Centre and had an alliance with the BJP in Punjab, Sukhbir had been canvassing for the INLD that was fighting elections against the BJP and the HJC.
"The BJP's opportunism has also been exposed as it has chosen to keep mum on the matter," Bajwa said. He said his party was ready to take on the SAD.
He said the situation in Punjab was made. The state's per capita income was Rs 46,000 against Haryana's Rs 62,000 and Himachal Pradesh's Rs 48,000. "The Akali Dal will be exposed during the campaign," he said.
He claimed that the battle in Bathinda would prove to be SAD's Waterloo. "Rahul Gandhi’s intervention in according approval to the ex-servicemen's demand for one rank, one pension will pay handsome dividends," he claimed.
