95 per cent of promises fulfilled: Sukhbir Badal

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today claimed the Punjba government has fulfilled 95 per cent of the promises made in its manifesto in 2012.
Punjab government has fulfilled 95 per cent of its promises made made during the 2012 election manifesto and remaining would be fulfilled in th months to comes, Sukhbir said while speaking at the sangat darshan here.
He said more than Rs 20 thousand crore would be spent connecting all major cities with 4-6 lanes across the state.
He claimed that Punjab was the only state which was giving free power upto Rs 5500 crore annually to farmers.

Talking about the people friendly and pro poor schemes, he said the Shagun scheme, Atta Dal, free power to SC families, old age pensions are the key decisions of the Government.
He said this year would observed as development year and Rs 25 crore would be released to each constituency for inclusive development.

The Deputy Chief Minister informed that recruitment process for more than one lakh jobs is under process and all these vacancies would be filled in next six months.
He said the Punjab Government has decided to release grants to Mehla Mandals and youth clubs to empower the women and youth in the rural areas.

He announced Rs 150 crore for the sewerage and water supply in Batala city besides the creation of ADC post for the city.
The Deputy Chief Minister also distributed more than Rs 13 crore to 81 villages for development works.
Besides that Rs 12 crore was also announced as grants for the villages.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the Congress would be the only opponent of the SAD-BJP in the next assembly elections.
Terming AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal as a "hollow leader", Badal alleged "he is spending Rs 552 crore on his personal propaganda which is a loot of public finances.