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BJP’s ‘main bhi chowkidar’ campaign won’t fill stomachs or give jobs: Capt Amarinder
The ‘jumla’ party failed to deliver any promises all these years and was now resorting to more ‘jumlebaazi’ in a desperate bid to win votes, said the chief minister, adding that the people of India were fed -up with these hollow slogans and promises.
Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ election campaign as a ‘jumla’, which will not solve any real problems of the people of India.
“Such slogans do not help fill the stomachs of our poor people. They do not give jobs to our youth,” Captain Amarinder Singh said.
MLAs, zone in-charges and heads of frontal organisations of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) from Patiala at New Moti Bagh Palace during a meeting convened to review the party’s preparedness from the Patiala constituency. Captain Amarinder’s wife Perneet Kaur will contest elections from Patiala.
The ‘jumla’ party failed to deliver any promises all these years and was now resorting to more ‘jumlebaazi’ in a desperate bid to win votes, said the chief minister, adding that the people of India were fed -up with these hollow slogans and promises. They wanted to know what the BJP-led government had done for them in the last five years, he added.
Declaring the PPCC to be fully prepared for the LS polls, Captain Amarinder said he was confident the party would win all the 13 seats in Punjab. The Congress was in a very strong position in the state, he said, reiterating his earlier stand that the party did not need any alliance and would go alone in the state.
The chief minister said the recent IAF air strikes would not make a difference to the poll-scape as what the BJP government did was nothing exceptional. It was the duty of the government in power to retaliate after the Pulwama attacks and even the Congress would have done the same had it been in power, he added.
Pointing out that defence services were apolitical in nature, which made them the real ‘chowkidars’ of India, the CM lashed out at the BJP for seeking to politicise the forces. Congress never did that, and no political party worth its name would indulge in such pettiness, he said.
Preneet ready for polls
In Talking on the Akali’s threat of gheraoing former Congress MP Preneet Kaur in Patiala, Captain Amarinder said the Congress will gherao the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in whole Punjab. They will not find any corner to hide, he said.
Preneet Kaur described herself to be fully prepared and geared to take on the opposition. The Congress has worked for the development of Punjab, including Patiala, and the people appreciate it, she said.
Cabinet minister Brahm Mohindra, MLAs of Congress from Patiala and other prominent leaders were present.
