Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday attacked Punjab Congress chief Capt. Amarinder, saying the Congress roped in former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to release its election manifesto as Capt. Amarinder has “lost credibility” in the eyes of the public.
“No one believes Capt. Amarinder anymore, and hence, the Congress used “face” of Manmohan Singh to release the election manifesto — a document which is visionless,” he said.
He said that the manifesto has nothing mentioned in it to address issues like power, sewerage and water supply across the State. “Congress manifesto had ratified the good work done by the SAD-BJP government in many fields and could not come up with anything new except for promising to continue welfare measures being undertaken by the Akali-BJP alliance if it comes to power,” he said.
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He said that the nine-point programme released by Capt. Amarinder promised a loan waiver to farmers but the official manifesto copy released by Mr. Singh only states that the party will vigorously pursue to get the loan waiver done. “Why did you befool farmers, for all these months if you did not have any intention of putting this issue in your manifesto?” said Mr. Badal.
Mr. Badal said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not touch the double figure mark in the Assembly polls while the Congress is no where in the race. “Akali-BJP combine will win close to 80 seats out of total 117 Assembly constituencies,” he said.