Governance is too serious duty to be left to clowns, comedians: Amarinder
Thursday, 17/09/2015
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Chandigarh : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday warned the people against getting carried away by the comedy shows of the Aam Aadmi Party, saying, “governance is too serious a duty to be left out for clowns and comedians to perform.” Addressing an impressive public rally organised by Punjab Congress vice president and local MLA Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi at Guru Harsahai in Ferozepur, Amarinder particularly appealed to the youth to beware of the false dreams shown by the AAP leaders. “If you really want to see what they are up to, just go to Delhi and see what they have done there by making people’s life miserable,” he said, adding people there were regretting over having voted them to power.
“Let somebody tell me what is the agenda of the AAP and who is their leader,” he asked, while pointing out that the party did not have single leader worth its name who could claim to have some experience. Former Chief Minister also referred to the back-breaking electricity tariff charged by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. He said, while during his chief ministership the power tariff was Rs 2.40 only, it has gone up to Rs 7.60 per unit now. “It is difficult for a common man to afford electricity as the government has made it so expensive in connivance with the private power producers,” he said.
He expressed concern over the lack of preparedness about the paddy procurement that is likely to arrive in mandis soon. He pointed out, the basmati that was selling for Rs 3,000 per quintal last year, is not even selling for Rs 1,200 this year and blamed the government for this. Responding to the strong demand by Rana Sodhi, Captain Amarinder promised to subject all those who had got false cases registered against the Congress workers to reciprocal justice.
