BY pardeep luthra ,Gurdaspur, April 11: The Punjab Pradesh Congress President,Partap Singh Bajwa, today said the time bomb had started ticking which would wipe out the Akali Dal from the face of Punjab. He described the Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal as self-terminator.
Addressing a series of meetings in Qadian constituency today where he kick started his poll campaign, Mr. Bajwa said, “Yes, I am a bomb, a time bomb. And this bomb will wipe out the Akali Dal from the face of Punjab in the Lok Sabha elections. Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal is like a genetically modified self-terminator seed which ends its own life cycle after a specified period of time and the political life cycle of the Akali Dal chief is nearing its end”.
The PPCC chief said the Chief Minister, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, was fully aware of this self-terminator characteristic of his son and that was the reason he had not vacated his space in the government for him despite Mr. Sukhbir Badal being desperate to take over.
He said Mr. Sukhbir Badal, the man with a bloated ego and arrogance, was too scared of the post-poll scenario as his government was not just confronted with tsunami of anti-incumbency but also anger of the people at misrule, deteriorating law and order situation in the state for which the Akali goons were responsible and the menace of addiction which had gone viral due to easy availability of drugs being smuggled under the patronage of Akali leaders.
Referring to AAP, he described it as a failed party lacking capacity to govern as evident from the way the Delhi experience of the voters turned into a disaster. The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Mr. Narendra Modi, and the AAP chief Mr. Arvind Kejriwal had the potential to inflict maximum damage to the social fabric of the country and governance. He dubbed the AAP candidate from Gurdaspur Mr. Chhotepur as the biggest opportunist. Commenting upon the Aam Aadmi Party, he said its seriousness could be gauged from the fact that the party had fielded a rank opportunist like Mr. Sucha Singh Chhotepur from Gurdaspur.
He said the way AAP ditched its voters in Delhi had conclusively proved that this party was nothing more than a misadventure resorting more to theatrics than offering any concrete programme. For a programme to be implemented, what was needed was adequate organizational structure and that too was lacking in this case.
Hitting out at AAP, Mr. Bajwa said the lack of any serious concern for the people by this party was also indicative from the choice of Mr. Chhotepur who was known as a weather cock and had never remained committed to any political party. At best, he was a rank opportunist who could change his loyalty to suit his vested political interests. He called upon the people to weigh the record of this person carefully before going to the polling booths.
He recalled that Mr. Chhotepur started his political career with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and then shifted to legislative politics. He had always been waiting for the opportune moment to strike a deal and he had repeated similar act once again. This also sent out the signal about the capacity of the AAP leaders to assess its candidates.
Bajwa addressed series of meetings in Tugal wala, Bhattian, Nanuwal Jinder, Bhaini MianKhan,Chakk Sharif, Gunnopur, Jogi Cheema, Dhariwal, Kahnuwan, Kahlwan, Qadian City.
S. Partap Singh Bajwa was accompanied by S. FatehJang Singh Bajwa and number of supporters from the constituency. Others included are Baldish Singh Toor, Surjit Singh, Darshan singh, Jagbir Singh, Mngal Singh, Mintu Ghuman, Babbu Slahpur, Dwinder Singh, Jasbir Singh, Dljit lakhnpur, Wassan Singh, Ratjit Singh, Thakur Balraj,Mahinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Sajjan Singh, Manmohan Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Sangat Singh, Ladi, Mohan Singh, Kulwant Singh, Bhupinder Singh, Amarbir Singh,Sohan lal, Rattan Singh, Subedar Major Pritam Singh, Tarsem Singh, Sarpanch Chaman Lal, Ajit Singh Ex Sarpanch,Nirmal, Balwinder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Dharam Singh, Sawarn Lakhowal,Gurmukh, Mukhtiar Singh.