‘Stand on SYL proves Kejriwal is enemy of Punjab’
Friday, 16/12/2016
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Jalndhar : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday termed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal as biggest enemy of the Punjab, who has taken U-turn twice on the issue of sharing of river waters through SYL canal by claiming the right of Delhi and other states on the river waters of Punjab.
Interacting with media persons here, Badal said due to the anti-Punjab stance adopted by AAP, its political graph was waning gradually and this novice party would not be able to open its account in the coming assembly elections in the state.
Terming Kejriwal and his core team from Delhi as the looters, Badal said the statements of AAP leaders alleging sale of party tickets had proved the same. Besides, they had allotted the tickets to more than 40 candidates who had been indulging in serious cases.
Badal said to share the power in Punjab, AAP and Congress were in a secret pact against the Punjab and under this pact, AAP convenor had put up week candidate from Patiala against the former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh. He further said with an aim to become the Punjab chief minister, Kejriwal had ensured the crushing defeat of its front runner leaders of his party by announcing Bhagwant Mann candidature from Jalalabad and Himmat Singh Shergill from Majitha Assembly constituency.
He said having dictator’s credentials Delhi CM had foiled the entry of Navjot Singh Sidhu in his party with a sense of fear of replacement.
In a scathing attack on Congress, Deputy Chief Minister said the anti-Sikh party had collapsed in the state due to group-ism and weak leadership at the national level. He said every leader in congress had his own group and everyone had the ambition to be the chief minister of Punjab.
He stressed that the SAD-BJP alliance would contest the elections on development plank and maintaining communal harmony thereby make a hat-trick by defeating anti-Punjab forces. Deputy Chief Minister also announced to abolish octroi from Jalandhar cantonment areas besides shifting of solid waste management plant from village Jamsher.
