Chandigarh, September 19 (Harbans Singh)
Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president Sunil Jakhar has said that in order to benefit at the national level, the Congress Party has mortgaged Punjab’s interests to the Aam Aadmi Party. He said that now, when it has become clear that the floods in Punjab were the result of the state government’s failures, even then during his Punjab visit, Congress’s national leader Rahul Gandhi did not utter a word against the state government, nor is the state leadership of Congress fulfilling its responsibility as an opposition.
He said this is proof that both parties are the same and their partnership is now out in the open. He further stated that despite the state government’s claims of spending ₹230 crore on flood-prevention measures, the way embankments were washed away in the floods proves that the government did not act sincerely. It’s Punjab government’s failure that is writ large on this devastation , yet the Congress Party remains completely silent on this issue.
He also remarked that the assembly session convened by the state government is nothing but a time-wasting exercise, because if they really intended to act, they already have ₹12,000 crore available from the SDRF, while people are demanding immediate assistance.
Sunil Jakhar added that Congress will also have to pay the price for betraying Punjab, while the AAP government, which drowned the people due to its incompetence, will have to face punishment for its sins in the people’s court.
