Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday described AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal as a political tourist and a “liar” who came out with “false promises” just ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Addressing a public meeting here, Sidhu challenged Kejriwal to debate the issue of employment, claiming that he had promised eight lakh jobs in Delhi but gave only 440. Call me to Delhi also. Will sit at home, will also bring TV channels. I will quit politics if Sidhu is defeated: Sidhu He also hit out at Kejriwal for his promise to give Rs 1,000 per month to women, asking him if he is giving this amount to women in the national capital, where he is in the AAP government. are chief of.
Earlier this month, Kejriwal had claimed that illegal sand mining of an estimated Rs 20,000 crore was taking place in Punjab and if AAP forms the government, it will stop it and use the money for his party’s poll promise. 1,000 for each expenditure. Month for women. Sidhu said it was not possible on Saturday. “He (Kejriwal) says Rs 20,000 crore will come from the sand mining sector in Punjab. The previous government (SAD-BJP) deposited Rs 40 crore every year. We (Congress government) are depositing Rs 300 crore. How can you (Kejriwal) get Rs 20,000 crore?” They said.
“Show me a state that generates more than Rs 3,000 crore from sand mining.” “I tell you, Kejriwal! He said you don’t know anything about Punjab. You are a political tourist and a liar who comes here after four and a half years with false promises. Why didn’t you come in the last four and a half years? ” He asked. He accused Kejriwal of privatization of liquor in the national capital. Sidhu said that in Punjab Rs 30,000 crore can be generated from liquor business, Rs 2,000-3000 crore from sand mining and from cable and other sectors.
The Punjab Congress chief called Kejriwal a traitor and said that even a garden lizard (code kirla) does not change color as much as AAP leaders do. Hitting out at the AAP leader for his election-time “lollipop”, he asked people to ask Kejriwal why there was no woman in his cabinet. Sidhu also hit out at the Shiromani Akali Dal and its first family, the Badals, who had allegedly “plundered” the state during their previous rule.
Advocating his Punjab model of governance, Sidhu promised that if his party returned to power in the state after the upcoming elections, it would pay minimum support price on pulses and oilseeds. If the Center does not pay the MSP, does not give it a legal guarantee, then the Punjab government will give MSP on ‘Dal’ (pulses) and oilseeds. I promise it,” he said.
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