Amit Shah stated, the Chief Minister has no time to deal with it or farmers’ points.

Gurdaspur (Punjab):

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday stated Punjab’s regulation and order goes from dangerous to worse however Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has no time to spare for it and his solely job appears to take the state plane for Arvind Kejriwal’s nationwide excursions.

“Sometimes I wonder whether he is a chief minister or a pilot…. Mr Kejriwal’s countrywide tour is conducted by the Punjab chief minister,” Mr Shah stated, launching a scathing assault on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation in Punjab.

The authorities has no considerations for issues of Punjab, he stated, including that “the chief minister is touring the entire country. One can understand if he does so on his own, but as Kejriwal’s pilot?”

Addressing a rally on this border district of Punjab as a part of the BJP’s outreach marketing campaign to mark the completion of 9 years of the Narendra Modi authorities, Mr Shah stated, “In my entire life, I have not seen a government like the one led by AAP, which makes hollow promises.” Attacking Mr Mann, he stated, “The chief minister has only one job. If Kejriwal has to go to Chennai, then he goes to Delhi in the aircraft to take him to Chennai. If he (Kejriwal) has to go to Kolkata, then again he (Mann) takes the aircraft and take him to Kolkata.” “His entire time is consumed by Kejriwal’s tours and as a result of this, Punjab’s law and order is going from bad to worse,” he stated, including persons are not protected right here.

While the drug commerce is growing, Mr Shah stated, the Chief Minister has no time to deal with it or farmers’ points.

Many BJP leaders have alleged that Delhi Chief Minister and get together nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal took alongside Mann throughout his visits to totally different elements of the nation in order that he might fly in Mann’s state plane.

Attacking the AAP over its ballot guarantees, Mr Shah stated, “I have come here to ask Bhagwant Mann and Kejriwal that you had promised Rs 1,000 to every woman in the state, but they are still waiting for that. What to talk of Rs 1,000, not even 1,000 paisa has been transferred into their accounts.” He listed varied achievements of the Narendra Modi authorities on the Centre in 9 years and stated India is now referred to as a progress engine around the globe.

Attacking the AAP dispensation in Punjab, Shah stated oppression of Dalits has elevated right here. A minister is concerned in sexually exploiting a Dalit, however no motion has been taken, he stated, with out naming the minister.

On the drug concern, he stated the Narendra Modi authorities has determined to free the nation from the menace and really quickly the drug commerce in Punjab will probably be shut.

Within a month an workplace of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will probably be opened in Amritsar, he stated.

Very quickly BJP staff in Punjab will go to each village and each tehsil in Punjab to unfold consciousness about drug abuse, the senior BJP chief stated.

He appealed to folks to re-elect the BJP-led authorities on the Centre with greater than 300 seats within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, saying PM Modi must be made prime minister once more.

Referring to the AAP’s pre-poll promise in Punjab, he stated it promised to garner Rs 20,000 crore by taking motion in opposition to unlawful mining, however solely Rs 125 crore has been collected, which is lower than even that by the earlier governments.

For marriage of women, it promised Rs 51,000 help. There are 15,000 functions, however not even one has been given help by the Mann authorities, he stated.

Mann’s two priorities are “furthering Kejriwal’s politics and giving full-page advertisements (in newspapers) across the country”, he charged.

“I can understand the Punjab government issuing advertisements in Punjab, but it is issuing advertisements in Gujarat, Kerala and West Bengal using state funds,” he stated.

He lauded the function of Punjabis in safeguarding the nation’s borders and hailed their sacrifices for the motherland.

Mr Shah stated Punjab is a land of farmers and the central authorities has taken a number of steps for the advantages of farmers.

He additionally talked about initiatives akin to Kartapur Sahib hall, observing December 26 annually as ‘Vir Bal Divas’, renovated Jallianwala Bagh memorial, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra freeway, and two Vande Bharat trains for Punjab.

Mr Shah additionally touched upon the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying it was the Modi authorities which ship the culprits behind bars.

He stated the BJP-led authorities on the Centre did plenty of work for Gurdaspur, together with constructing roads with a complete size of 431 km and 10,000 homes beneath the PM Awas Yojana.

The BJP MP from Gurdaspur, actor Sunny Deol, was not current on the rally.

Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Arjun Ram Meghwal, and BJP leaders Vijay Rupani, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sunil Jakhar, Ashwani Sharma and Manoranjan Kalia have been amongst these current on the rally.

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