Don't need opposition's certificate, people will judge: Badal

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today hit out at opposition parties, saying he does not need any "certificate" from them on SAD-BJP's performance in the last nine years.
"It is the people who will in the end judge our performance," he said at the sidelines of Sangat Darshan programme in Lambi Assembly constituency.
Opposition parties, including Congress, have been accusing the SAD-BJP alliance of "failure on various fronts including law and order and drug issue".
On Congress' allegations of breakdown of law and order situation, the Chief Minister said "petty incidents can happen at any point of time at any part of the world but at present Punjab is the most peaceful state in the country."

"But Congress is playing dirty politics over this sensitive issue," Badal alleged.
On the alleged "recruitment scam", he said a vigilance inquiry has been ordered and any one found guilty won't be spared.

To a question on allegations that some accused in this scam are being shielded, Badal asked if there was any intention to save anyone, then why would he have ordered an inquiry.
"The people of Punjab were neither helpless nor addicts. Rather, resilient Punjabis have contributed enormously towards the overall development of state. Its hardworking farmers have played a pivotal role in making the country self-sufficient in food production," the Chief Minister said.

Punjab government is accountable to the people of the state and thus it hardly needs any kind of certification from anyone else, he said.