CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal asked partymen to contest the upcoming assembly elections on the development plank. Pressing for a positive campaign in the 2017 polls, he asked the party rank not to get distracted by opposition parties who were "hell bent upon making false promises with the sole purpose of deceiving the people."
In an address to senior leaders, including MPs, ministers, legislators, district presidents and other key functionaries, Badal said never had so much been achieved in such a short span of time. He made a special mention of the heritage works, including the heritage street, partition museum and interpretation centre, saying they had put Amritsar on the world map.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal urged the people to expose the "false" promises made by the Congress. He said debt tribunals were being established in all districts to ensure "all loans" taken by farmers were settled at the earliest, adding that steps were also being taken to ensure farmers did not have to pay any interest on cooperative loans. Sukhbir said AAP on the other hand was party of "fly by night operators", outsiders who did not know anything about Punjab and its people. "Moreover, AAP's own track record in Delhi where they have failed to implement any of their poll promises speaks for itself," he said.
The meeting was attended by senior party leaders, including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Ranjit Singh Brahampura and Balwinder Singh Bhundur.
