New Delhi October 13:
Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Rajinder Kaur Bhattal demanded that the Governor of Punjab should seek a trust vote from the ruling SAD-BJP ruling combine in Punjab.
Bhattal, who was here in the national Capital to meet senior leaders of the Congress, said the difference of opinion among the Akalis especially between the son and nephew of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had led to confusion in the state and was causing harm to Punjab.
Sukhbir Badal, the President of the SAD, and Manpreet Badal, the state Finance Minister, had openly aired their differences over the Centre’s proposed Rs 35,000-crore loan waiver to Punjab, subject to some riders on improving the functioning of the state and reducing subsidy.
Bhattal said the simmering feud between the ruling partners, the BJP and the SAD, was anyway leading to bad governance; the latest war of words between the Akalis was a serious matter. The Centre’s offer of a loan waiver needed to be accepted for the good of Punjab, said Bhattal, while reminding that a similar dispute between the Akalis over the acceptance of the 1985 Rajiv-Longowal Accord had let a chance for peace slip past.
Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Rajinder Kaur Bhattal demanded that the Governor of Punjab should seek a trust vote from the ruling SAD-BJP ruling combine in Punjab.
Bhattal, who was here in the national Capital to meet senior leaders of the Congress, said the difference of opinion among the Akalis especially between the son and nephew of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had led to confusion in the state and was causing harm to Punjab.
Sukhbir Badal, the President of the SAD, and Manpreet Badal, the state Finance Minister, had openly aired their differences over the Centre’s proposed Rs 35,000-crore loan waiver to Punjab, subject to some riders on improving the functioning of the state and reducing subsidy.
Bhattal said the simmering feud between the ruling partners, the BJP and the SAD, was anyway leading to bad governance; the latest war of words between the Akalis was a serious matter. The Centre’s offer of a loan waiver needed to be accepted for the good of Punjab, said Bhattal, while reminding that a similar dispute between the Akalis over the acceptance of the 1985 Rajiv-Longowal Accord had let a chance for peace slip past.
