jaitley’s letter - Badals’ biased UPA claim exposed: Capt
Sunday, 07/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140907/punjab.htm#6
Chandigarh : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today hailed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for “exposing the Badals’ lies” that the Congress-led UPA government had meted out a step-motherly treatment and not provided any central grants to the state during the last one decade. He asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to explain where had the money it got from the Centre gone.
Reacting to Jaitely's letter to the Punjab Government, in which he has ruled out any financial package to the state, Capt Amarinder pointed out it (the letter) had exposed Badals' "lies" about their allegation of discrimination by the Centre. He said Punjab had got maximum money during the UPA government at the Centre and Akalis' rule in Punjab. The Badals had either misappropriated or squandered the funds in an archaic and unplanned way in programmes like sangat darshans, he alleged.
The former Chief Minister said Badal owed an explanation to the people of Punjab as why despite liberal grants from the Centre the state's economy went from bad to worse.
Capt Amarinder said while Jaitley had asked the state government to set its house in order, he (Capt Amarinder) had been insisting on it for a long time. "I have always told them that Jaitley does not hold any magic wand with which your financial problems will be over", he said, adding that the Badals had "befooled" people claiming that once Jaitley became the Finance Minister, there would be no dearth of funds for Punjab.
Punjab had got maximum grants during the UPA government at the Centre and the SAD rule in the state. The Badals have either misappropriated or squandered the funds in an archaic and unplanned way.
