DON’T TAKE POLITICAL MILEAGE FROM COVID-19 CRISIS, PUNJAB CM TELLS HARSIMRAT

Expressing shock at Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s insensitive attempts to make political hay from the current Covid crisis in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the Akali leader’s habit of lying, even on the most sensitive subjects, is shameful, especially at a time when the unrelenting efforts of the state’s healthcare workers are showing some positive results.

“While all Punjabis know what a congenital liar she is, her comments on the Covid situation have exposed a new low,” said the Chief Minister, slamming the former Union Minister for playing dirty political games on the issue of the pandemic.

Instead of choosing to support his government’s concerted efforts, which had led to some bright spots on the Covid front, Harsimrat along with the rest of her party colleagues including SAD president Sukhbir Badal, had been continuously indulging in cheap criticism of his government on the management of the pandemic, he remarked.

Pointing out that the state’s medical community was working day and night to fight the pandemic, Capt Amarinder noted that the untiring efforts of the medical fraternity had led to some improvement in the situation over the past few days with Punjab no longer among the top five states contributing the maximum caseload.

While Punjab is still a long way from victory in the battle against Covid, this was a matter of optimism and a cause for appreciation of all the frontline workers who have been working hard for over a year, he noted. “But far from appreciating the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice of all these workers, all that Harsimrat is worried about is how to take political mileage from the calamity, which has struck her own state and people,” said the Chief Minister, lambasting the SAD leader over her attempts to undermine the efforts of all these people.

“Does she not realise how such statements are demotivating for the frontline workers and all the people of Punjab? Or does she simply not care as her entire focus is on finding excuses to pull down my government?” asked Captain Amarinder.