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 permit 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 value (MSP) for crops.
They have 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’t enter Delhi. The federal government runs from Delhi so they are going to go there. If they won’t go to Delhi, ought to I ship them to Lahore?” Mr Mann mentioned, 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 mentioned it should contest on all of the 90 seats.
On the Barwala occasion, the chief minister mentioned even 4 years in the past, the farmers have been stopped from getting into Delhi.
“As many as 726 farmers died throughout the farmers’ protest towards the now repealed farm legal guidelines once they have been stopped earlier,” he added.
Mr Mann alleged that folks of Haryana gave probability to completely different events however all of them looted the state.
“If a physician is just not in a position to treatment an ailment then the physician ought to be modified,” the AAP chief mentioned, including that like Delhi and Punjab voters, folks of Haryana also needs to “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 mentioned Punjab and Haryana are brothers.
“We could have turn into separate states however our hearts are one,” Mr Mann mentioned.
“We’re giving 600 items of free electrical energy to everybody per billing cycle of two months in Punjab,” he mentioned.
Mr Mann mentioned the AAP authorities in Delhi has reformed the federal government faculties.
“Youngsters of poor households are cracking high aggressive exams in Delhi now,” he mentioned.
“Now we have taken the federal government to folks’s doorsteps to facilitate them and make their lives higher,” Mr Mann mentioned.
He urged the folks 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 another within the AAP,” Mr Mann mentioned.
“The BJP has been in energy for 10 years. Did they provide you any job or did they undertake improvement?” he requested, whereas addressing the gathering.
“I’m informed if it rains for one minute in Barwala, folks need to take out boats. Such is the state of affairs,” Mann mentioned.
Attacking the BJP authorities on the Centre, he mentioned throughout the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP talked of “400 paar” however now they’re operating their authorities with the help of allies.
“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal belongs to Haryana and he modified the route of the nation’s politics. He had mentioned 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’d have modified the Structure,” Mr Mann mentioned.
In the meantime, at Dabwali, Mr Mann informed the gathering that with almost three months to go for the Haryana polls, the BJP will give “lollipops”.
“They gave this lollipop throughout the Lok Sabha elections additionally, once they claimed to have decreased cooking fuel cylinder value after mountaineering it manifold. Be cautious of their lollipops,” Mr Mann mentioned.
Additional taking a dig on the BJP, he mentioned, “They conserving 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 folks of Haryana that the nation doesn’t want double engine nevertheless it wants a brand new engine.
“Just one engine is adequate. In any other case you’ll have 5 engines however what is going to they do if they don’t seem to be good?” mentioned Mr Mann.
He additionally talked about a number of initiatives of his authorities in Punjab taken for the welfare of varied sections.
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