PM’s bid to woo industry half-hearted, says Capt
Wednesday, 19/10/2016
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Ludhiana : Punjab Congresspresident Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Prime Minister for his “half-hearted” attempts to reach out to the industry ahead of the Assembly elections.
The party burnt an effigy of “chitta Ravana” near Vardhman Chowk today, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the MSMEs here. Amarinder said this would set the stage for the annihilation of all criminal forces in the state.
Cutouts of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia were pasted on the effigies that were set on fire.
He had invited Congress workers, who were injured following a clash between activists of the Youth Akali Dal and the Congress at GLADA grounds on the eve of Dasehra, to set the “chitta Ravana” on fire at the same place where the clash had taken place.
Several Congress leaders, including AICC Punjab affairs incharge Asha Kumari, AICC secretary Harish Chaudhary and Congress MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Bittu, were present on the occasion.
Industry fleeing state: PPCC chief
Faridkot: On the second day of a road show as a part of the Kisan Rath Yatra here, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday accused the state government for industry leaving the state. Addressing farmers, commission agents, rice millers and labourers at the grain market here, Amarinder said due to the poor law and order situation and government policies, the industrialists had been forced to flee Punjab. This had pushed the state to bankruptcy, he added.
