Mohali
Captain Amarinder Singh is a clear example — he lost miserably from his home turf after joining them. “All subsidies and welfare schemes will continue. We need to attract investment and reopen the Wagah border for trade. Bajwa’s categorical stance against roll back of populist schemes, which the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has projected as its key poll plank, assumes significance in backdrop of recent remark by Ludhiana member of Parliament and former Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring calling for rethink on freebies in light of state’s precarious finances. Asserting that the AAP’s days in Punjab are numbered, Bajwa claimed it is on the verge of collapse. “MLAs have already begun deserting the AAP. Once the model code of conduct is imposed, the party will crumble. Bajwa promised that a Congress government would set up an inquiry commission to probe alleged irregularities and acts of omission and commission during the AAP administration’s tenure. “People don’t trust the BJP.
A day before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Insaaf Rally in Sangrur, leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the party will continue all existing welfare schemes, including the ₹ 1,000 monthly financial assistance under the Mukh Mantri Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana, if voted to power in Punjab in the assembly polls due early next year. People are angry with this government, and sensing this, more than 35 MLAs are preparing to leave,” he claimed. On the drug crisis, Bajwa questioned the BJP’s pledge to make Punjab drug-free by December 31, 2029. “What stopped the BJP from ending the drug menace over the past 13 years?
Amit Shah is the home minister and controls key agencies like the BSF, NIA, and NCB,” he said. The BJP has no chance in Punjab,” Bajwa said. Stressing that internal differences have been resolved following Pargat Singh’s appointment as the Punjab Congress president, Bajwa said party leaders now recognise the need for unity to defeat the AAP government. “Everything is well in the Congress now, and we are united under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi,” he said.
Once law and order is restored, investment will naturally flow back into Punjab,” Bajwa said at the Leaderspeak@HT interaction in Mohali on Tuesday.
