During the Sangat Darshan programme of Khadoor Sahib Assembly segment here, he alleged that Captain has mislead people by issuing baseless and out of context statements which are in "striking contrast" with reality.
Countering Amarinder's repeated claim that Punjab's finances are in poor state and big industries are flying away even as small ones are on the verge of closure Badal said, "Captain's claim on industrial development and financial crunch were farce and far from reality," he said.
He "welcomed" the Captain's reported statement that he would form a 'Mahagathjod' (Grand Alliance) of like-minded parties to counter the SAD-BJP alliance
"Such efforts would hardly yield any result," he said.
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Speaking on the incidents of sacrilege he "advised the Opposition to refrain from politicising this as it is concerned with peace and development of the state".
The state government has handed over the probe of Bargari incident of sacrilege to the CBI and the central agency would get into the bottom of the case and expose the forces that were destroying peace in the state.
He said the alliance would make all efforts to secure well being of residents of state.
Reiterating the commitment of his government to stamp out the drugs menace, he said, a network of de-addiction and rehabilitation centres have been set up across the state.
The state government had cut the supply lines by taking stringent action against the drug peddlers, he said.