Hitting out at the former Congress chief minister, who has launched an aggressive campaign ahead of the polls where he often targets the Akalis, Sukhbir said, "I am seeing that in his campaign, Amarinder not even once mentionied about his five years tenure (200-207). Is he ashamed of his five years rule. I challenge him to mention just five things or achievements which he has done."
Taking a dig at the PPCC chief over his statement that he will be fighting his last elections in 2017, Sukhbir, who is also SAD president, said, "I want to say one thing, a person who says he is going to fight the last elections of his life, people should never vote for him. It means that he just wants to grab power before retiring."
When reminded that even Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had reportedly said during last assembly polls that it will be his last election, Sukhbir, who was interacting with reporters here, quipped, "but he (Parkash) is fighting again."
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The Deputy Chief Minister also targetted Amarinder's "Kisan Yatra" roadshow.
"Actually, he (Amarinder) is feeling very frustrated. He has started Kisan Yatra. From Chandigarh he went to Bhagapurana, but he did not meet any farmer along the way, he did not go to any field, after that he went to Kotkapura in Faridkot. From there he gave a lecture and went straight to Ludhiana. Is this Kisan Yatra," he said.
"Now, they (Congress) have started to spread another lies telling farmers they will waive their debts (if they come to power in Punjab). Why don't they begin from Himachal Pradesh where they are in power. They have a government in Karnataka, where maximum number of suicides are taking place, let them do it there (waive farmers' debts)," he said.