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CHANDIGARH, December 7: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed grave concern over the fears expressed by the Kings XI cricket team about the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab.
Holding the Akali government responsible for the sense of fear and uncertainty, Capt Amarinder said, this will further discourage the potential investors from investing in Punjab who are already apprehensive over the law and order situation in the state.
“It would be absolutely wrong to summarily dismiss their (KXI) concerns as exaggerated since an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty was created in the state deliberately during last few months”, Capt Amarinder said, in a statement issued here today.
The PCC president hoped that the KXI team reviewed its plans to move out of Mohali assuring it that Punjab will always remain peaceful despite the deliberate attempts by the Akali government at “controlled destabilisation” to divert public attention from its all round failures. “It is matter of one year more and everything will be back to normal”, he assured the team.
Lashing out at the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Chief Minister son Sukhbir Badal, he said, instead of staging sate sponsored (sarkari) rallies, they should better take measures to restore the people’s confidence which has been shaken by recent developments and which were actually orchestrated at their behest only.
“KXI concerns are reflective of public apprehensions and sense of uncertainty prevailing in the state”, he remarked, while telling the government, “please don’t be surprised what KXI have said as such concerns are prevailing among many people who fear coming and investing in Punjab”.
