Sukhbir Badal slams AAP, Cong

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Press Trust of India Hoshiarpur
Last Updated : Jul 01 2016 | 9:13 PM IST
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), dubbing it as 'anti-Punjab' and 'anti-Sikh', and dismissed as "laughable" the Congress state chief Amarinder Singh's chances of becoming chief minister.
Slamming the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, Sukhbir said the "anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh outfit" is going all guns blazing to disrupt the atmosphere of communal amity in the state through its virulent "anti-state propaganda".
The AAP is getting funds from "foreign shores", he alleged, on the concluding day of the two day sangat darshan at Tanda here.
Describing AAP as a party of "political novices", Sukhbir said the allegations levelled by AAP on the Chief Parliamentary Secretaries' (CPS) posts in Punjab made it clear that the party has no knowledge about the functioning of the polity, structure and government in the state.
On Congress state unit chief Amarinder Singh, Badal said it was "laughable" that a person, who is "facing revolt" from the members of his own party and is not acceptable to them as their leader, was "day dreaming" about becoming Chief Minister.
He said the SAD-BJP government has adopted a pro-active approach to formulate as well as implement various schemes and projects in order to ensure all round progress of Punjab.
Sukhbir also listed out various public welfare measures like health insurance for farmers and traders, free power up to 200 units to every SC household, bicycles for school going girls under Mai Bhago scheme, free power to farming sector, mukh mantri tirath darshan yatra, sewerage and water supply in all the grain markets of the state, among others, taken by the SAD-BJP government.
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First Published: Jul 01 2016 | 9:13 PM IST

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