FATEHGARH SAHIB: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday ridiculed the UPA led Congress at Centre for rampant and unprecedented corruption besides complete failure in controlling the spiraling prices thereby shattering the faith and confidence of the people especially the common man (Aam Admi) as it had utterly failed at every front in deliverance of clean and transparent governance.
Paying rich tributes to the younger Sahibzadas Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh of Tenth Master of Sikhs Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji and Mata Gujri ji during a state level Shaheedi Samagam on the historic occasion of 306th martyrdom day here, Mr. Badal said that Congress and corruption were the real brothers or we could say that these were the two sides of the same coin.
He said; "Congress is even worst than termite which had eaten up the entire democratic system of administration through illegal and unlawful practices thereby paralyzing the governance at all levels". Citing the examples of infamous alleged scam of Rs.1.75 lac crore 2G spectrum, Common Wealth Games scandal worth Rs.8000 crore and the Adarsh Housing scam, Badal said that scam after scam in the Congress led UPA government had exposed its real face as its allies had also accusing it for the rampant corruption. The Chief Minister also hinted for a mid term poll at Centre as the Congress was gradually losing the faith of its alliance partners.
Badal further said that the Sikhs would not tolerate any sort of high handedness in their religious affairs by the Congress as its leadership had always instigating the Sikh community to divide them to take over the control of SGPC. He even unequivocal terms said the Congress party would never succeed in its nefarious designs to capture the SGPC. Mr. Badal said; "It is not only astonishing but also ironical that Congress which claimed to be a secular party was deliberately encroaching upon the jurisdiction of Sikh religious matters by indirectly lending support to Sarna & Co. in the SGPC elections”.
Badal squarely blamed the Congress Party for shielding the culprits responsible for the 1984 anti Sikh riots and dared the Congress leadership to be sincere and honest to bring the guilty to the book immediately, who perpetrated the heinous crime against the Sikhs to assuage the tormented psyche of the victims of the genocide.
Lashing at the Congress for instigating people for disturbing peace in the state and its indulgence in divisive politics, Mr. Badal said that the people had already realized that Congress's policy of 'divide and rule' which it has adopted not only in Centre but in the states too to pursue its political agenda.
Taking a swipe at the former Chief Minister and President PPCC Capt. Amarinder Singh, Badal said that he was issuing baseless statements in the media just to show his existence after hibernation of more than four years. He said that Capt. Singh could not befool the people any more because they could well judge between the SAD-BJP alliance that pursued unstinted overall development as compared to Capt.'s own regime of five years which was bereft of any significant achievement worth mention.
Coming down heavily on the Congress Government which pushed the state into deep debt of Rs.50000 crore due to its wrong economic and financial policies, Badal said that our government had made concerted efforts to revive the state's derailed economy through its prudent fiscal management.
Earlier, the Chief Minister paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib where he was presented a Siropa by the Head Granthi Giani Harpal Singh.
In his address, Local Government & Industries Minister Manoranjan Kalia said that historic day and said that Sikh Panth was replete with the saga of supreme sacrifices and always remained on the forefront in safeguarding the rights of the people before and after the independence. He said that SAD-BJP government was a true votary of the common man and always committed for their welfare and prosperity besides safeguarding their rights.
Speaking on the occasion SGPC president Jathedar Avtar Singh paid tributes to the Sahibzadas and Mata Gujri ji. He said the real tribute to the younger Sahibzadas would be to shun the evil of drug-addiction as our youth had become a slave of drug-abuse. He urged the Sikh sangat not to be misled by false propaganda of the Congress party focused on the elections of SGPC and be united to give a befitting reply to the anti-panthic elements.