UPA chairperson and All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi while addressing her first election rally in the poll bound Punjab lashed out at the present SAD-BJP government for pushing Punjab backward during its five years tenure. The Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday exhorted the people to oust ‘opportunist’ and ‘inefficient’ alliance from the power.
Sonia Gandhi alleged that though Punjab was allocated Rs 5000 crores under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), but the state government had utilized Rs 526 crores only. “It’s a shameful act,” She said.
“It was unfortunate that centrally sponsored welfare schemes were not implemented by the state government, thus, depriving the poor people of benefits” she added. Blaming the state government for failing to implement labourers’ welfare schemes, Sonia Gandhi sought explanation from the Badal government on how poverty and below poverty line beneficiaries increased manifold during past five years.
Sonia Gandhi also questioned the claims of development of the SAD-BJP government and asked, if it were so how come that seven lakh more families in Punjab became poor during these five years. “Is this the development you are talking about?” she asked, while adding this government had destroyed and devastated Punjab and it will take long time to retrieve it.
Taking a dig on SAD-BJP government for taking credit for Atta-Dal scheme, Sonia Gandhi said that it was 100% financed by the centre. “The school education system is in shambles while government hospitals are suffering from illness since the combine had neither any intent nor any resources to improve these institutions which are meant for poor people,” She quipped.
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