Capt concentrates on Lubana votes - Attacks government on Bluestar Memorial
Monday, 09/07/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120709/punjab.htm#6
Capt Amarinder Singh, PPCC chief, in a bid to woo the powerful Lubana vote bank, addressed a gathering at Gilzian, the native village of Tanda Urmur MLA Sangat Singh Gilzian, an influential Lubana leader.
Describing Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal as “liars”, Amarinder said when the SAD-BJP alliance was voted to power in 2007, Sukhbir had promised to make Punjab a power surplus by 2009.
“However, I can only see darkness all around. The industry is reluctant to come to the state because of the grim power situation. Farmers are not being supplied eight hours of uninterrupted power as was promised by the Akalis. Paddy transplantation has been affected too,” Amarinder said.
On the Bluestar Memorial, he said: “How can Badal forget that during the days of terrorism, 35,000 people lost their lives?”
The PPCC chief appealed to the voters to “give Congress candidate Arun Dogra a chance to serve you.”Congress Legislature Party Leader Sunil Jakhar also spoke. Among those present were Hoshiarpur MP Santosh Chaudhary, sitting MLAs Kewal Dhillon, Rana Gurjit Singh and Sangat Singh Gilzian and former legislators Rana KP and Luv Kumar Goldy.
