Opposition wants power to settle scores rather than serving people and state: Mann

The CM said that the traditional political parties are envious of him because they are not able to digest that the son of a common man is governing the state effectively. He said that the people of the state have lost their faith in the traditional political parties because of their anti-people and anti-Punjab stance. Mann said that the people of the state will never forgive these parties who have ruined the state or used tanks to attack Sri Harmandir Sahib.

Mann also lashed out at former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, saying that the people are well-versed in their dubious character and even identify the money being distributed by him as these were their hard-earned money only.

Taking a dig at Sukhbir’s claim of being a farmer, the CM said that the Akali leader should tell the secret how a flourishing transport business and hotels can be constructed from a chunk of land. He said that everyone knows that the Akalis had mercilessly plundered the wealth of the state due to which all these businesses have been set. Mann said that moreover these people patronised the chitta (heroin) trade in the state which led to the genocide of generations of the state.

He reiterated that the state government will adopt no leniency towards the ‘Jarnails’ who were the perpetrators behind the genocide of youth through the curse of drugs. Mann said that those leaders who had patronised the drug trade even sold/ supplied the drugs in their official government vehicles, adding that such leaders have been put behind bars. Mann said that in the past no one had dared to arrest these affluent leaders, but now his government has done so and they will have to “pay the price for their sins”.

“Surprisingly, when this Akali leader was arrested, the unholy nexus between the political parties was exposed as they cried for human rights violations and demanded special cells and facilities for the accused,” the CM said.

He said that the state government has started work to construct more than 19,000-kilometre link roads in the state as these are the arteries of economic growth in the state as they help the people residing in rural areas to commute on one hand and give impetus to trade and business on the other.

Mann also asked the Punjab Mandi Board and PWD to ensure high quality of the work besides ensuring that every penny allocated for that project was invested in a justified manner.

The CM said that it is a matter of “immense pride and satisfaction” that Rs 5,000 crore is being spent on the project to make the state power cut free.

Mann said that Saturday will be remembered as a historic day for the people of the neighbouring districts, especially those from the Malwa region, because the ROB built at a cost of over Rs 63 crore 55 lakh has been dedicated to the public. He said that this 1,130-metre-long bridge will give huge reprieve to people as before construction of this bridge, people often faced great inconvenience due to the frequent closure of the railway crossing. Mann said that this bridge will usher in a new era of economic progress by connecting the two parts of Rampura city with Patiala Mandi and Nabha Mandi.

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