Partap Singh Bajwa, MP and President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee addressing meeting regarding Zila Parishad and Block Samiti election at Nawanshahar, Banga, Chamkaur Sahib and Mohali.
Mohali, May 15, 2013: Partap Singh Bajwa President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) today appealed to people of Punjab to make of false promises made to them by SAD-BJP government in the last assembly poll before casting their vote in the Block Samiti and Zila Parishad elections.
Addressing series of election meetings during his whirlwind tour of Nawanshahr, Ropar and Mohali districts, Bajwa asked voters not to be lured by catchy statements and false promises being made by SAD-BJP government. He said that for the last six years, SAD-BJP government was surviving on press statements and repeating same set of promises every six months.
Bajwa said that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal were working on the premise of Joseph Goebbels propaganda minister of Adolf Hitler who said,” If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”.
Bajwa said that the SAD-BJP government had cheated the youth on the promise of paying unemployment allowance. He said that besides an unemployment allowance of Rs.1,000 per month, the SAD promised free education to poor and weaker sections, laptops to students of up to class 12th class. Now the state government has added a condition that unemployment allowance will be paid to those who are registered in the employment exchanges for more than three years. He said that all employment exchanges in the state are defunct. He asked Badal had his government launched any drive to register unemployed youth.
He said that instead of giving free education to poor and weaker sections, the Badal government has withdrawn the facility of free education available to girls studying in 11th and 12th classes.
Waiving copy of election manifesto of SAD, Bajwa blamed Badal for hoodwinking the poor and Dalit people. He stated that SAD-BJP government had not made payment of Shagun Scheme’ to about 80,000 applicants for the last two years. The SAD made another false promise in the 2012 election manifesto that the amount of Shagun Scheme’ would be enhanced from Rs. 15,000 to Rs.31,000.
PPCC President said that SAD promised to double the Rs.250 per month pension given to old age persons, handicaps and the widows but ironically they were not paid even Rs.250 for the last 14 months. The Atta Dal scheme started for economical weaker sections has proved a farce.
He said that in 2007 Sukhbir Badal had announced that Punjab would be a power surplus state within three years. Six years have passed and there is no in sight to power cuts. He laughed at announcement by Badal for setting up power trading Corporation for selling surplus electricity and said that it was big joke. He said that what to talk of surplus power, the government is supplying four hours power on alternative days to farming sector. The Chairman of POWERCOM has admitted publically that unprecedented power cuts are expected this year, he added.
Bajwa said that Badal government has miserably failed to lift Wheat stocks and make payment to the farmers. He said that state governments of Haryana and Rajasthan have announced bonus of Rs.100 and Rs.150 per quintal on Wheat and let Badal announce the bonus on same lines.
Bajwa said that Badal and his son Sukhbir Badal seems suffering from ‘People-Pleasing Syndrome’ a disease which force a person to use "niceness" and "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage against public anger. He said that promises made by Badals had no moral and social commitment.
Bajwa was accompanied by Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP, Anandpur Sahib, Balbir Singh Sidhu, MLA, Mohali, Rana Rajinder Singh, President, DCC, Mohali at the rally.