PPCC President accuses BJP of exploiting wounds, religion & caste while failing farmers, victims of 1984 & Punjab\u2019s youth
\nWarring highlights border drug crisis, lack of justice for Sidhu Moosewala & BJP\u2019s negligence under Union command<\/p>\n
Ludhiana<\/p>\n
( Justice News)<\/p>\n
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today came down like a hammer on the BJP, tearing into its record with a fiery rebuttal. Speaking to media persons and referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s rally, Warring said that BJP leaders from Delhi come to Punjab with the sole agenda of hurling abuses at the Congress. From invoking L.K. Advani\u2019s own words in My Country My Life to exposing the government\u2019s failures on farmers, justice for 1984 victims and the drug menace, Warring accused the BJP of playing politics with wounds, religion, and caste.<\/p>\n
Warring said, \u201cDo not scratch our wounds. My Country My Life is a book by L.K. Advani. In that book, he wrote that we compelled the government of that time to attack the Akal Takht Sahib. That book is still available in the market. I would like BJP leaders to read it and give an explanation.\u201d He further said, \u201cWe may not have witnessed 1984 \u2013 we were only children then but we have seen the 1984-like situation you (BJP) created for the farmers at the borders, where 700 were killed and injured. Even after shooting them in the head, you did not allow an FIR to be registered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PPCC President further took a dig at the BJP, saying, \u201cYou claim you will provide justice for 1984. You have been in power for 12 years\u2014then deliver it. Compensation should have been given long ago, yet you still refuse. If the Prime Minister of the country will not provide compensation, then who will?\u201d<\/p>\n
Coming down heavily on the BJP, Warring said that the party talks about religious conversion, claiming that if their government comes to power they will address it. \u201cBut why do you persist in doing politics in the name of religion and caste? If the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of this country have failed to stop religious conversions in the past 12 years, then when will you act?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the issue of the rampant drug menace, Warring stated that while the State Chief Minister bears responsibility, the larger accountability lies with the BJP. He pointed out that the party claims it will uproot drugs, yet drugs are their contribution, flowing unchecked through Punjab\u2019s borders. \u201cFrom Tarn Taran to Fazilka, weapons and narcotics are being smuggled in via drones and the Border Security Force \u2013 under the command of the Union government \u2013 has failed to stop it,\u201d he said, adding that this negligence has worsened Punjab\u2019s crisis and exposed the BJP\u2019s hollow promises.<\/p>\n
Warring emphasized that the BJP cannot deny its role in worsening Punjab\u2019s situation. He remarked that everyone understands the BJP\u2019s pattern: first you light the fire and then pretend to pour water. Taking a jibe at Union Home Minister, he said that the people of Punjab are fully aware of this politics, Amit Shah Ji and will not be misled by such tactics. \u201cPeople of Punjab understand this \u2018fire-and-water politics\u2019 and will not be misled by hollow promises,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
Referring to Sidhu Moosewala, the PPCC President said, \u201cYou (BJP) talk about justice? You have not even provided justice for Moosewala yet. The person who killed Sidhu Moosewala is sitting in your Sabarmati jail in Gujarat. He threatens his father even today, and you have made a law that he will stay in Gujarat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prominent among present on this occasion include former Punjab Minister Rakesh Pandey, former MLAs Sanjay Talwar, Kuldeep Singh Vaid, Simranjit Singh Bains, former DCC Ludhiana (Urban) President Pawan Dewan and former Chairman Punjab Housefed K.K.Bawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"