Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda/Mansa, December 19
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said the recurrence and frequency of the most painful acts of sacrilege against Sikh religion clearly point towards a deep-rooted conspiracy.
Sukhbir Badal addressed gatherings in favour of SAD candidate Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu here and later for Prem Kumar Arora in Mansa.
The SAD president called upon the Union and the State governments “to demonstrate sincerity and sense of urgency in their conduct and actions to identify, expose and punish those behind this conspiracy”.
“Their attitude so far has left much to be desired as there is more politics on the present rulers’ minds than the pursuit of real culprits.”
Sukhbir Badal said those carrying out these unforgivable
nefarious deeds had been emboldened as the Congress leadership and government in Punjab had wasted nearly five years in playing dirty and dangerous politics over the most sensitive issue of sacrilege.
Addressing the gatherings the SAD president said the next SAD-BSP government would construct a 500-bed medical college and hospital in Mansa. In another major decision, Badal said all irrigation related problems at tail ends of canals would be solved by construction of underground water pipes. He also announced that all farmers who did not have a tubewell connection would be given one on a priority basis.
He also announced the alliance stood for ensuring an insurance cover of Rs 50,000 per acre to farmers for their crops. He said the old age pension scheme, which was ended in 2004, would be revived, sand and liquor mafia will be wiped out, the electricity bills of religious places would be waived off and the villages having Muslim and Christian population would be provided with land for graveyards.
He also announced that traders would be given life insurance, medical insurance and fire insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh each.
Recurrence of painful acts of sacrilege point to deep-rooted conspiracy: Sukhbir Badal
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