Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Jalandhar, July 1: – Overwhelming response awaited former Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh who launched his mass contact programme from Jalandhar despite the show cause notice issued to three of his supporters late last evening by the state disciplinary action committee. The party leaders who gathered here included CLP leader Sunil Jakhar who projected him as the next chief minister.
It may be mentioned that state party chief Partap Singh Bajwa who is already going ahead with his mass contact programme to cover all the 34 reserve Assembly constituencies in the state has been getting lukewarm response and he has complained to the party high command about non-cooperation from leaders from the Amarinder camp.
He virtually launched the poll campaign and gave a call to the people by making the state corruption free by throwing out the Akali Dal-BJP regime in 2017 elections. He sharply attacked Parkash Singh Badal government on corruption issue alleging it was total loot in the state.
On the deteriorating law and order situation, he said the police were busy in protecting the Badal family instead providing sense of security to the people at large.
Among the failures of the present government he listed increasing unemployment and slowdown in the industrial sector. He also referred to the activities of the sand mafia.
On the occasion, he also made some promises to the people like increasing the grant under the shagun scheme to Rs 25,000 and incentives to encourage industrialisation.
He questioned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for not raising the issues concerning the state with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also lambasted him for not extending invitation to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the 350thanniversary celebration function of Anandpur Sahib.
The leaders who were present included Punjab Youth Congress chief Vikram Chaudhary, Mohinder Singh Kaypee, Chaudhary Santokh Singh, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Avtar Henry and others.
These leaders said only Amarinder could lead the Congress to victory in 2017 elections.
