Poverty up under Badal govt: Amarinder
Wednesday, 23/11/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111124/punjab.htm
PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today claimed the common man had gone poorer under the SAD-BJP regime, a fact vindicated by the addition of seven lakh more families in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.
Addressing a rally here, Amarinder maintained that the number of BPL families had swelled from 13 lakh to over 20 lakh under the state government. “The Akali leadership is intellectually bankrupt due to which they have brought the state on the verge of ruins as the debts have increased to over Rs 1.72 lakh crore,” he said.
In an apparent bid to woo the border residents ahead of the elections, the PPCC chief said special incentives would be offered to the people living along the India-Pakistan border.
“I met the Prime Minister to apprise him about the issues confronting border farmers who have limited access to their fields beyond the barbed wire fencing. The PM had even agreed to offer a special package, but the Akalis could not follow it up,” he said while promising to take up the issue again if voted back to power. Amarinder said two more super-specialty hospitals -- one in Ferozepur - would be set up to deal with diseases like cancer.
