Amarinder declares all-out war agains Badals

Mohali : The PPCC president, Capt Amarinder Singh, today declared an all-out war against members of the Badal family for various alleged acts of commission and omission if the Congress voted to power in the next Assembly elections. Having remained relatively soft with the Badals till now, the PPCC president while addressing a public rally organised by Kharar MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu said all wrongdoings, including the alleged monopolising of liquor, sand mining, cable network and transport trade by the Badals, would be thoroughly probed. “We already know how it is being done and we will make it public”, he said. Taking a dig at Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur and Bikram Singh Majithia, Amarinder said nobody knew who was running the show. The Akalis had pushed the state to the brink of bankruptcy with the state debt rising at an alarming proposition, Amarinder added. He spoke in support of Kharar MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu whom, he said, had been implicated in a false case of murder. Replying to a query that the Akalis were claiming to contest the elections on the issue of development in the state in the past four years as compared to that of the Congress, Amarinder said, “Parkash Singh Badal is the Chief Minister and I am former CM. Let him come and debate with me and let the debate be moderated independently at some institution like Panjab University. Everything will be clear as who did what.” “Punjabis want change and good governance,” he added. Stating that the Congress leadership at the Centre had taken on corruption as one of its minister (A Raja) had resigned and an inquiry had been marked (into the 2G scam), Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said in Punjab, the government was being run by a coterie of four persons. Anandpur Sahib MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, senior Congress leaders Rajbir Singh and Deepinder Dhillon also spoke on the occasion. Lal Singh, Harnam Dass Johar, Chaudhary Jagjeet, Jeet Mohinder Sidhu, Arvind Khanna, OP Soni, Rajbir Padiala, Deepinder Singh Dhillon, Charanjit Singh Channi, Tej Parkash, Jagmohan Singh Kang, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Laly Jawandha and Darshan Brar were also present.