Will register spectacular win in Tarn Taran bye-poll, says CM
Tarn Taran(The Uttam Hindu): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday said that owing to the pro-people and development oriented policies of the state government, the Aam Aadmi Party will register a spectacular win in Tarn Taran bye-poll and the security deposits of the opposition will be forfeited.
Addressing the gathering during road show to file the nomination papers of the AAP candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu, the Chief Minister, accompanied by the AAP Leaders Manish Sisodia and Cabinet Minister Aman Arora, said that he will personally seek votes for the party candidate on the pro-people and development oriented policies taken by the state government. He said that the state government has taken several historic initiatives due to which the people will vote for the party in the bye-poll. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that he will ensure the thumping victory of the party candidate in the by-poll.
Coming down heavily on the opposition, the Chief Minister said that these leaders plundered the resources of the state for their vested political interests. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that while the state was facing challenges in form of unemployment, brain drain, corruption and others, these leaders were busy minting the money illegally. He said that these leaders had built their own palaces and empires of business at the cost of the people and the state.
The Chief Minister said that these leaders have sown thorns before the Punjab and its younger generations by derailing the progress and prosperity of the state. He said that for the sake of their vested interests these selfish political leaders have prepared distress for the state. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the hands of these leaders are drenched with this crime against the state and history will never forgive them for backstabbing Punjab.
The Chief Minister unequivocally said that any person who has looted even a single penny of the public will be made accountable to people. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that he will expose all such plunderers and severe action will be taken against them, as per the law. He said that it is the firm commitment of his government that a corrupt leader or officer, however affluent he may be, will be brought to book and made accountable for his sins.
The Chief Minister also slammed the Congress and Akalis for patronizing the gangsters in the state for their vested political interests. He unequivocally said that these gangsters have not mushroomed up after his government has assumed charge of office. But, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that as a fact of matter these gangsters have been patronized by the Congress and Akali leaders during their government as these leaders and parties used these youth for their vested interests by handing over guns to them.
The Chief Minister said that the traditional political parties are envious of him because they are not able to digest that the son of a common man is governing the state effectively. He said that the people of the state have lost their faith in the traditional political parties because of their anti-people and anti-Punjab stance. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the people of the state will forgive these parties who have ruined the state or used the tanks to attack Sri Harmandir Sahib.
The Chief Minister said that these people have only ‘one way’ pockets as they can acquire the money through illegal means rather than giving it to the people. He said that the former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has distributed the money of ‘Golaks’ to the people rather than from his own business of Dabwali transport or Sukh Vilas. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that people are well versed in their dubious character and even identify the money notes being distributed by him as if it was their hard earned money only.
Taking a dig over Sukhbir’s claim of being a farmer, the Chief Minister said that the Akali leader should tell the secret how a flourishing transport business and hotels can be constructed from a chunk of land. He said that everyone knows that the Akalis had mercilessly plundered the wealth of the state due to which all these businesses have been set. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that moreover these people patronized the chitta trade in the state which led to the genocide of generations of the state.
The Chief Minister reiterated that the state government will adopt no leniency towards the ‘Jarnails’ who were the perpetrators behind the genocide of youth through the curse of drugs. He said that those leaders who had patronized the drug trade have already been put behind bars adding these leaders not only used to patronize drug trade across the state but ironically they even sold/ supplied the drugs in their official government vehicles. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that in the past no one had previously dared to arrest these affluent leaders, but now his government has done so and they will have to pay the price for their sins.
The Chief Minister said that, surprisingly, when this Akali leader was arrested, the unholy nexus between the political parties was exposed as they cried for human rights violations and demanded special cells and facilities for the accused. He said that several ace leaders were produced by this region but they were never bothered about the development of this area adding that they were focused only about the well being of their families and never had intent for such projects. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that contrary to them the state government headed by him is taking every decision for the welfare of the common man.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has started work to construct more than 19,000 kilometre link roads in the state adding that the main motive of the campaign is to facilitate the people as these Link Roads act as a catalyst in commuting and smooth transportation of the goods and services to people. He said that these link roads are the arteries of economic growth in the state as they help the people residing in rural areas to commute on one hand and give impetus to trade and business on the other. Bhagwant Singh Mann asked the Punjab Mandi Board and PWD to ensure high quality of the work besides ensuring that every penny allocated for that project was invested in a justified manner.
The Chief Minister said that it is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction that Rs 5000 crore is being spent on the project to make the state ‘Power Cut’ Free’. He said that this marks a dawn of a new era as a historic initiative has been introduced in Punjab’s power sector by the state government. Bhagwant Singh Mann that this project has been launched to make Punjab free from power cuts through the complete transformation of the Transmission and Distribution network.
The Chief Minister further said that the state government has set up Schools of Eminence across the state to impart quality education to the students as a result of which 265 students from these and other government schools have qualified for the JEE Mains exam. Likewise, he said that 44 students have cleared JEE Advanced and 848 students have qualified for NEET. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics have been opened in the last three years, and this number will soon cross 1,000 adding that so far these clinics have provided free medicine to 1.75 crore people.
The Chief Minister categorically said that these developments never used to take place during the previous regimes as the state government wanted to keep the people in the dark. He said that the state government has given government jobs to more than 55,000 eligible youth completely on the basis of merit. Likewise, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Sadak Surakhya Force has been constituted by the state government due to which casualties in road accidents have witnessed a dip by 48% and the initiative has been hailed by the Government of India too.