Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who joined Congress just two days back, today said that "evil souls" need to be "rooted out" from Punjab so that rights of people in the state are protected.
He lashed out at the Badal family, saying "we have to root out evil souls from here".
We have to protect truth, religion and rights of each Punjabi, he said, adding, "here there is fight of truth and righteousness".
"We have to secure victory of Punjab. There is dire need of brotherhood in Punjab," he said.
"There is need to hold the evils from their neck to tell them to give us our right here," he said, adding that this is not fight of an individual but for the cause of Punjab and its people.
There is a dire need for unity in Congress in Punjab, he asserted.
He also paid obeisance at Golden Temple here.
Sidhu said there is need to bring some concrete policy to generate employment and root out the drug menace.
"I have special agenda for the people of Punjab to be revealed before public on January 20. I will also open the pandora's box of SAD-BJP combine government as what they have done in the last ten years in Punjab", he said.
Gone are days when Punjab was recognised with green revolution as unfortunately the state has a new tag of drug addicts, he added.
Sidhu will file his nomination papers from Amritsar (North) Assembly constituency as a Congress candidate against BJP district president Rajesh Kumar Honey tomorrow.
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The newly-inducted minister described the Local Government Department as a "den of corruption" and asserted that he would not allow any corrupt practice.
"We have to make the public feel that we are people of character. There is a character crisis in Punjab today and this has to go," he said.
Describing himself as a born Congressman, Sidhu said he will carry three phones, one for the people of his constituency, one for Congress MLAs and one for Amarinder Singh.
On the alleged corruption by the Badals, he said there will be no vendetta politics.
"Anything positive, is better than negative. Two wrongs do not make one right. Arresting somebody will not be for Punjab's progress and development. The law will take its course. There will be no vendetta politics as Punjab needs progress and every minute is crucial," he said.
