Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh today attacked Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal saying the latter didn't "bother" about "problems" in the state as he never looked beyond his "personal interests".
"Badal has never ever bothered about Punjab problems as he could never look beyond his personal interests," Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha said here.
Singh also claimed that there was never so much "anger" against anyone as the one currently prevailing against the "Badal family" across the state.
"I have never seen so much anger against anyone as the one prevailing against the Badal family currently all over Punjab and very soon people will start running after them and they will find it difficult to hide themselves," he said.
While addressing a public meeting here, the former Chief Minister said, the Badals were themselves to be blamed as they had never thought beyond their family.
"What he has been interested in his robbing and looting the state and creating his own wealth", he said, while adding, "now his aim appeared to be construct five and seven star hotels in India and abroad which cost over Rs 1000 crores".
Singh further said, as if this was not enough, now they have resorted to supply of synthetic drugs which has ruined an entire generation.
Referring to state government's alleged failure to timely lift wheat and paddy from the farmers, Singh said, "while we procured the crops within two days, they have not been able to do it even in two months".
He also alleged that either the wheat had not been procured or the farmers had not been paid.
Singh said that even the FCI has stopped purchasing the crops and Badal has never bothered to raise the matter with the government of India.
On Badal's statement at the Chief Ministers' conference that the farmers' consent must be taken before acquiring their land, Amarinder said, Badal was practising double stands.
"Did you take the consent of the Gobindpura farmers in Mansa when you took away their land for the Indiabulls power plant?" he asked, while adding, while the power company needed just about 1200 acres of land, Badal took away 12000 acres of land from the farmers.
