Petrol gone, Punjab BJP to pump up PM

While accepting the decision as a party worker, he had cited sacrifice and selfless work as reasons for the allotment. The party did badly in the Assembly polls, winning just three of the 117 seats, corruption being cited as one of the reasons for the debacle.

Party general secretary Avinash Jaiswal said that apart from moving the resolution, the party will also demand that all allotments since 1993 be cancelled. This, he hoped, would help conduct a thorough inquiry into the issue.

That the state unit is trying to come to grips with corruption is evident. It attacks CM Amarinder Singh and wants to expose his ‘‘double face’’ in maligning political opponents in the name of an anti-corruption drive. At the same time, the party is seeking to please the high command, reserving two of its four resolutions to praise Vajpayee.

Jaiswal termed the Chief Minister’s foreign visit as ‘‘inhuman and casual’’, as he had gone abroad without taking any effective steps for the relief of drought affected farmers in his state, while the PM was providing relief of Rs 1,200 crore. ‘‘Instead of proceeding on such a lavish foreign tour, the CM should have toured the state,’’ Jaiswal said today.

Another resolution will be aimed at condemning the state government’s decision to end promotions of government employees.