Protecting peace, harmony main agenda of Punjab govt: Punjab CM

He accused the Congress as well as the Aam Aadmi Party of constantly trying to rob the state of its waters

Asserting that protecting hard-earned peace, communal harmony and national integration was the main agenda of his government, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday claimed that certain forces, inimical to the state, were trying to disrupt the tranquility for political gains.

"The main agenda of the SAD-BJP (Shiromani Akali Dal & Bharatiya Janata Party) government is to safeguard the hard-earned peace, communal harmony and national integration," he said.

As regards the SAD's announcement of candidates for the next year's Assembly election, he said there was still a lot of time for the polls and it would be made at an appropriate time.

 

Addressing a Sangat Darshan programme, Badal said every region on the planet was gifted with one natural resource or the other and the inhabitants of a particular area had complete rights over the ones found there.

He said nature has gifted water and fertile land to Punjab and also accused the Congress as well as the Aam Aadmi Party of constantly trying to rob the state of its waters.

The Chief Minister claimed that if these parties succeeded in achieving their objective, it would hit the state's economy, adding that not only farmers, but traders, labourers and all others would be affected as it was based on agriculture.

Calling upon the people to be prepared to protect the state's waters at any cost, Badal claimed that only the SAD had fought for Punjab's rights and it would remain firm in its stance.

In a bid to increase the revenue of panchayats, he announced tubewell connections on priority basis for all lands owned by them.