Jalandhar: Congress is again raising the issue of Blue Star memorial in Darbar Sahib Complex after the Municipal Corporation elections. But this time it is raising to counter the claim of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal that SAD-BJP government would be able to get one lakh crore investment in the state.
PPCC President Captain Amarinder Singh has said that while on one side Dy CM was announcing to bring in investment but the conditions in Punjab being created by SAD-BJP regime were far from suitable for attracting investment.
"Raising of Blue Star memorial (see pic alongside) is one such step which does not reflect that state government was ensuring stability in state," he said while answering queries from media here on Tuesday. Asked that noting adverse has happened due to the memorial Amarinder argued that there was underlying fear in the people due to it. "It is not good for peace in the state and would cause disillusionment in the investors," he held. "Badal has been doing various things since 1978 which disturbed peace in state and harmed the stability,' Amarinder alleged.
He said that the memorial was not only against the interests of Punjab but was also not in consonance with Sikh tradition. "Earlier also there were attacks on Darbar Sahib during Moughal period but no separate memorial was erected within the precincts of Darbar Sahib Complex. Any memorial should be raised outside the complex. What is the logic even according to the Sikh traditions to have another Gurudwara (as SGPC and SAD have said that ithe memorial would be only a Gurudwara) within the holiest shrine of the Sikhs," Amarinder argued.
'If any memorial needs to be built then it should be for people also who were killed in Punjab during terrorism. Let it be a common memorial outside,' he said.
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