Chandigarh, August 26, 2014: Deputy Chief Minster Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal categorically said that the state government would pay focused attention to develop rural and urban infrastructure and ensuring implementation of governance reforms by providing all 149 citizen centric services to the people at their door steps by June 2015.
Addressing the media here today, Badal said that the government has already constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of the state’s Chief Secretary to ensure the timely implementation of governance reforms and provisioning of citizen centric services so that people could derive full benefit out of it. He also said that Punjab has become the first ever state in the country to implement such services in the entire state.
Referring to the rural and urban infrastructure development, Deputy CM said that the Punjab government has launched massive action plan to improve the existing infrastructure in the state and was committed to provide basic amenities like better road connectivity, rural and urban drinking water system, street lights, sanitation, garbage disposal plants etc not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. Adding further he asserted that people have voted for the unprecedented development in the state. He said that all the promises made by the people would be fulfilled during the next two years. The state has already become power surplus except for a coal supply snag which would be conquered at the earliest, said Badal.
Referring to the SAD getting Talwandi Sabo assembly seat after 29 long years, Badal said that it was evident from the winning margin with the Congress candidate of more than 45000 votes that people have expressed their full confidence in the programmes and policies of the SAD-BJP combine under the stewardship of Parkash Singh Badal, the tallest leader of Indian Polity. Adding further Badal said that at the same time the SAD has increased its vote share at Patiala assembly seat by 10% on the whole vis-à-vis 2012 elections. “No incumbency factor was seen during the by-elections and SAD-BJP combine will surely win the Patiala assembly seat in the general elections of 2017”, claimed Badal.
Commenting on the crushing defeat of the AAP, SAD president said that political scenario has been crystal clear for the AAP that it has no base in Punjab. “AAP bubble has burst on its own very fast and has met the same fate as that of Manpreet Badal’s PPP. He reiterated that AAP and PPP have been non performers in the state and that both the party leaders should pack up and opt for ‘voluntary retirement’ from politics.
On the poor performance of Congress President Partap Singh Bajwa, Badal said that he has been totally rejected and isolated from the rank and file of the party cadres. Replying to a question on SAD-INLD relations in Haryana, the Deputy Chief Minister made it clear that it was a generation old political relation since Choudhary Devi Lal which would remain intact in the years to come. BJP has also been briefed about these ties and at the same time SAD-BJP combine was also sharing a closest ever bonding. He also announced that SAD would contest Ambala and Kallianwali assembly constituencies in Haryana.
Date:
Tuesday, August 26, 2014