State’s social fabric beyond politics, says Preneet
Tuesday, 11/11/2014
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Ludhiana : Senior Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Preneet Kaur today said Punjab’s social fabric was too strong to need any political alliances for survival.
She was reacting to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal remark that the Akali-BJP alliance was in the interest of communal harmony in Punjab. Preneet was the chief guest at a function organised by Nehru Sidhant Kendra to mark the 125th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Addressing mediapersons, she said, “We have a strong tradition of communal harmony and brotherhood.” She alleged the rift between the SAD and the BJP seemed to be widening with each passing day.
On her name cropping up in black money case, she said she has already denied having any accounts in foreign banks. “I don’t know how my name has appeared in the list,” she said.
Alliance has outlived its life: Capt
Patiala: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said the Akali-BJP alliance in Punjab had outlived its life. “Survival, and not performance, is the pressing priority of this government,” he said in a statement. The former CM alleged the state government was begging from the Centre for finances to run its day to day affairs instead of formulating policies and implementing these.
