Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday formally blew the poll bugle with a blistering attack against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for presiding over four years of “brazen misrule” and “broken promises”, as he announced his candidature from the Jalalabad constituency.
Addressing a rally at the Anaj Mandi here, the SAD president also challenged the CM to tell one thing he had done for the people of the state in the last four years and said: “You will have to answer for your failings. People will not remain quiet any longer.”
Speaking amid slogans of “Sukhbir teri soch te pahra deyange thok ke”, Sukhbir told the people of this constituency: “You have given me so much love since the first time I came to represent you in 2009. I have tried my best to return this love and delivered on all the promises made to you be it constructing cement streets in all villages, upgrading schools, opening a Girls College, constructing a Rs 50 crore hospital and a Rs 25 crore stadium. I have a strong bond with the people of Jalalabad and will maintain it for my lifetime.”
Speaking about Capt Amarinder Singh, Sukhbir said that the former had committed the biggest sacrilege by taking a false oath in the name of the holy Gutka Sahib and the Dasam Pitah. He said farmers who had been promised an Rs 90,000 crore complete loan waiver had been saddled with an additional burden of Rs 15,000 crore because they did not pay their installments believing the word of Capt Amarinder Singh. He said similarly the youth had been tricked into filling forms for jobs which remained in the air. “No youth had received the Rs 2,500 per month unemployment allowance promised by the Congress party in the run up to the 2017 assembly elections”.
