The Punjab chief minister was addressing a public assembly in poll-bound Haryana.
Chandigarh:
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday attacked the Centre, asking if the BJP-led authorities won’t enable the protesting farmers tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border to enter Delhi, ought to he “ship them to Lahore”.
Farmers from Punjab, led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), started the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on February 13 to press the federal government to simply accept their calls for which embrace that the Centre ought to give a authorized assure for minimal help worth (MSP) for crops.
They had been stopped by the Haryana Police, which had arrange barricades, together with cemented blocks, on the Ambala-New Delhi nationwide freeway. The farmers have been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors since then.
“At Khanauri and Shambhu, the border has been fortified with iron nails and barricading in order that farmers can not enter Delhi. The federal government runs from Delhi so they’ll go there. If they won’t go to Delhi, ought to I ship them to Lahore?” Mr Mann stated, whereas addressing a public assembly in poll-bound Haryana.
The chief minister addressed two rallies — one in Hisar’s Barwala and the opposite in Sirsa’s Dabwali. Haryana goes to polls later this yr and the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) has stated it is going to contest on all of the 90 seats.
On the Barwala occasion, the chief minister stated even 4 years in the past, the farmers had been stopped from coming into Delhi.
“As many as 726 farmers died in the course of the farmers’ protest towards the now repealed farm legal guidelines after they had been stopped earlier,” he added.
Mr Mann alleged that individuals of Haryana gave likelihood to totally different events however all of them looted the state.
“If a health care provider isn’t capable of remedy an ailment then the physician ought to be modified,” the AAP chief stated, including that like Delhi and Punjab voters, individuals of Haryana must also “vote for ‘badlav’ (change) this time”.
Mr Mann touched upon a number of initiatives of the AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi.
In Punjab, 43,000 authorities jobs have been given purely on advantage foundation, the chief minister claimed.
“There have been paper leak incidents in Haryana however in Punjab, you’ll not hear such issues,” Mr Mann added.
He stated Punjab and Haryana are brothers.
“We could have turn out to be separate states however our hearts are one,” Mr Mann stated.
“We’re giving 600 items of free electrical energy to everybody per billing cycle of two months in Punjab,” he stated.
Mr Mann stated the AAP authorities in Delhi has reformed the federal government colleges.
“Kids of poor households are cracking prime aggressive exams in Delhi now,” he stated.
“We’ve taken the federal government to individuals’s doorsteps to facilitate them and make their lives higher,” Mr Mann stated.
He urged the individuals of Haryana to not be carried away by the guarantees being made by the BJP and the Congress.
“Earlier, they (BJP and Congress) used to rule by turns and folks had no different possibility, however now they’ve an alternate within the AAP,” Mr Mann stated.
“The BJP has been in energy for 10 years. Did they provide you any job or did they undertake growth?” he requested, whereas addressing the gathering.
“I’m informed if it rains for one minute in Barwala, individuals need to take out boats. Such is the scenario,” Mann stated.
Attacking the BJP authorities on the Centre, he stated in the course of the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP talked of “400 paar” however now they’re working their authorities with the help of allies.
“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal belongs to Haryana and he modified the course of the nation’s politics. He had stated the BJP will change the Structure in the event that they get overwhelming majority. Fortunately, they didn’t get majority, in any other case they might have modified the Structure,” Mr Mann stated.
In the meantime, at Dabwali, Mr Mann informed the gathering that with practically three months to go for the Haryana polls, the BJP will give “lollipops”.
“They gave this lollipop in the course of the Lok Sabha elections additionally, after they claimed to have decreased cooking fuel cylinder worth after mountain climbing it manifold. Be cautious of their lollipops,” Mr Mann stated.
Additional taking a dig on the BJP, he stated, “They retaining about double-engine (authorities). Then they modified one engine halfway changing (Manohar Lal) Khattar. Was the engine faulty or what occurred? Now, they introduced one other engine.” He informed the individuals of Haryana that the nation doesn’t want double engine nevertheless it wants a brand new engine.
“Just one engine is ample. In any other case you’ll have 5 engines however what is going to they do if they aren’t good?” stated Mr Mann.
He additionally talked about a number of initiatives of his authorities in Punjab taken for the welfare of assorted sections.Â
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