Realising that the ground had already slipped beneath his feet, Badal was now trying to push for "radical and extremist agenda" which has the dangerous potential to push Punjab back to the dark days, Singh said.
"Since you have proved to be a complete failure as a Chief Minister both in terms of economy and administration, you are back to your favourite game of resorting to the radical agenda and playing with people's emotions at the cost of peace in Punjab," Singh said, referring to Badal's statement to claim back the artefacts and manuscripts which went missing during the Operation Bluestar in 1984.
"Why did he not raise the issue of the artefacts and manuscripts at that time and why only now?" he asked, adding that it is just because Badal wants to divert the public attention from his failures and hide behind the extremist agenda.
Badal had yesterday said that the state government was making persistent efforts with the Centre to bring back the books, rare manuscripts and other artifacts taken away by the Indian Army from Sikh Reference Library in Amritsar during the Operation Blue Star.
He said Badal cannot blame the nature for the losses suffered by farmers. "You are trying to mix up the two issues to wriggle yourself out," he said, adding that had the wheat lying in mandis been lifted on time it could have been saved from the damage it suffered due to the recent rains.