File Photo: Congress' Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha and Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh today cautioned people against getting trapped into to the "false promises" doled out by the Akalis during the election time.
He warned them against getting "carried away by the comedy shows" of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying, "governance is too serious a duty to be left out for clowns and comedians to perform."
Addressing a public rally in Guru Harshahi, Captain Amarinder appealed to the youth to beware of the "false dreams" shown by the AAP leaders.
"If you really want to see what they are up to, just go to Delhi and see what they have done there by making people's life miserable," he said, adding, people there were regretting over having voted them to power.
Referring to Punjab, the former Chief Minister warned people that the Akali Dal have already destroyed Punjab during the last ten years and it cannot afford another five years of anarchy.
"Let somebody tell me what is the agenda of the AAP and who is their leader?," he asked, while pointing out, the party did not have a single leader worth its name who could claim to have some experience.
The veteran Congress leader lashed out at the Akali Dal and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for allegedly pushing Punjab into backwardness.
"Their only contribution to the state is indiscriminate corruption aimed at enriching themselves and spreading the scourge of drug addiction and thus destroying an entire generation of youth," the Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha said.
He said during his chief ministership the power tariff was Rs 2.40 only but now it has gone to Rs 7.60 per unit now.
"It is difficult for a common man to afford electricity as Akalis have made it so expensive in connivance with the private power producers," he alleged.
The Congress leader expressed concern over the alleged lack of preparedness about the paddy procurement that is likely to arrive in mandis soon.
He pointed out basmati that was selling for Rs 3,000 per quintal last year, is not even selling for Rs 1,200 this year and blamed the Akali government for this as it failed to take necessary measures.
He lambasted Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for allegedly having given up governance and remaining preoccupied with his personal business.
"We know Badal has grown too old to govern and the power rests with Sukhbir which he is only using for his personal and not public welfare," he said, while pointing out that he was hardly ever seen in Punjab as he is always on his business trips either abroad or outside the state.
Captain Amarinder promised to subject all those Akali Dal members who had got false cases registered against the Congress workers to reciprocal justice by registering double the number of cases against them.
"Whosoever has harassed or implicated my party workers is my enemy number one and I will never forgive such people", he said.