‘Sukhbir adopting policy of confrontation’
Thursday, 03/12/2015
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CHANDIGARH: People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal on Wednesday accused deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal of raising political heat and passions by adopting a policy of confrontation not only against political adversaries but also the people.
“The arrogance with which Sukhbir is repeatedly throwing challenge to the people, the language being used by him and his political posturing are manifestation of his desperation that has the grim potential to raise socio-political tension, which is not in the interest of anyone. The passions of the people should not be raised for political gains as Punjab has already paid a heavy price for such politics,” Manpreet said in a statement here.
He said the seriousness of the state government about tackling real issues could be gauged from the fact that the Justice Zora Singh (retd) Commission constituted to go into the issue of sacrilege and the killing of two men at Behbal Kalan was still to start functioning even after 40 days in the absence of required facilities and infrastructure.
The PPP chief lambasted the ruling party leaders for “creating a scare”, saying the speeches by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir at the Gurdaspur Sadbhawna rally amounted to “playing with fire”.
