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Congress, SAD-BJP have 'ruined' Punjab: Bhagwant Mann

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Press Trust of India Ludhiana
The Punjab AAP today accused the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance of "completely ruining" the state through "corruption and mismanagement" in the last 25 years.

Both parties have always made "false promises" to people in elections and never "bothered" to redress their basic problems after winning, AAP state president and MP Bhagwant Mann alleged at a political conference at the Chhapar Mela .

Launching a scathing attack, he alleged that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had backtracked from his promise of a complete waiver of farm debt. "As a result, there has been a spurt in farmers' suicides in state," Mann said.
 

The AAP state president expressed serious concern over notices being issued to defaulting farmers and their photos being displayed at banks.

He termed it as an "insult to the injuries" of farming community of Punjab and charged the Congress of failing to implement any of its promises including enhancement of old age pensions to Rs 2,500 per month and jobs to unemployed youth.

Lok Insaaf Party patron and MLA Balwinder Bains lambasted the Congress and the SAD-BJP for allegedly "looting" the natural resources and demanded the implementation of the assembly's resolution for recovering royalty for water from Rajasthan and other states.

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First Published: Sep 06 2017 | 8:13 PM IST

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