SAD-BJP alliance is important for Punjab and the tie-up had stood the test of time as the Shiromani Akali Dal had always offered unconditional support to the saffron party, Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Saturday.
SAD-BJP alliance is important for Punjab and the tie-up had stood the test of time as the Shiromani Akali Dal had always offered unconditional support to the saffron party, Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Saturday.
The deputy chief minister stated this while addressing a rally of BJP workers led by BJP district vice president Brajeshwar Goyal at Mohalla Shivpuri in Dhuri. The SAD President said the Dhuri by-election was truly a SAD-BJP election because the entire rank and file of both the parties has realised the need to fast track development in the constituency.
"Mark my words. I am committed to changing the face of this constituency within one year. All essential services including water works, sewerage, street roads and lights will be addressed within one year," he said. He asserted that he never made a promise which he could not fulfil, saying the state had become power surplus.
"Now we have decided to connect the entire state with four and six lane roads for which the central government has extended full support by approving projects worth Rs 20,000 crore," he said. He said Punjab would soon be the only state to have two international airports.
Stating that all social welfare schemes including the 'Shagun' scheme, 'Atta Daal' scheme and old age pension had been introduced during the chief ministership of Parkash Singh Badal, he said in stark contrast, not a single social welfare measure had been taken during the earlier Congress government of Capt Amarinder Singh. He said forget social welfare, Congress men had failed to bring any major project to the state.
"I asked Congress MLA's during the recent Vidhan Sabha session to name five contributions of the earlier Congress government. They could not name even one contribution", he claimed.
BJP leaders stressed that the SAD was always pro business and pro traders. They stressed that the entire business community understood this and could not be misled by the false propaganda of the Congress. Badal also addressed well attended meetings at Ratna Resort, Gur Mandi, Shivpuri and Kranti Chowk.
Dhuri by-poll, which will be held on April 11, will see fight between Congress candidate Simar Partap Singh Barnala, grandson of Surjit Singh Barnala and SAD-BJP alliance candidate Gobind Singh Longowal. The bypoll was necessitated after Congress MLA Arvind Khanna resigned from the Assembly in January.
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