New Delhi, February 26: Leader of Opposition and AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira today termed the about one-year rule of the Congress government as a “flop”, alleging that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has disenchanted the people by back-tracking on his poll promises.
Talking to the media here, Khaira said Amarinder got huge electoral mandate for his promise of complete loan waiver to the farmers and farm labourers. “The agrarian community now feels betrayed and has lost all hopes from him,” he said.
“The cumulative farm-related loans amounted to about Rs 1 lakh crore when Amarinder took charge. The government has only waived loans amounting to Rs 170 crore, which is even less than 2 per cent of the total debt amount.
“As many as 350 farmers committed suicide since the Congress government took charge,” he said.
Besides, the government had failed to create job opportunities and eradicate the drug menace. “On the contrary, the available jobs are being done away with,” he said, citing the closure of two thermal power plants.
Referring to the proposed an international event at Qila Mubarak in Patiala, Khaira said the government’s priorities were wrong. A state reeling under a huge debt could ill-afford such events, he added.
Source Tribune India
