Patiala, May 23 (Khabar khass bureau)
Imploring Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save the ‘nasal’ (generation) and faslal (crop) of Punjab, state BJP President Sunil Jakhar today said only a strong and robust leadership at the Center and state can save Punjab’s future.
“Today’s Punjab is not the same. People of Punjab are looking at you with hope,” Jakhar said addressing the PM at a rally in Patiala on Thursday. Jakhar said Punjab has no leadership whatsoever, and whatever remains, it’s no better than a mockery.
Comparing the state Congress leaders with Tej Singh, the Sikh commander who was responsible for betraying the Sikh Empire leading to its defeat at the hands of the British, Sunil Jakhar said a dishonest state Congress has completely surrendered before the AAP at Punjab’s cost. “The opposition Congress was supposed to reign in the wrongdoing of the incumbent AAP. But they succumbed under fear,” he said. Patiala candidate Preneet Kaur and other BJP nominees too were present at PM’s first Punjab rally.
Jakhar, while highlighting the various farmer-friendly initiatives and schemes undertaken under the Modi regime, said every grain of crop produced by farmers in Punjab was lifted by the Center. “But some vested interests have camouflaged themselves as farmers and are playing in the hands of the AAP and Congress. They talk of democratic ways but don’t contest elections and once they did, they lost their security deposits,” Sunil Jakhar said.
Urging PM Modi, Jakhar said ‘Punjab farmers need your hand, your support to augment their income’. “The state government has failed to come to the rescue of farmers. It’s sitting on laurels of central BJP schemes that are helping farmers in Punjab and elsewhere,”
Lauding the Prime Minister for his foresight, Jakhar said PM Modi’s decision to go solo without any alliance in Punjab in this election has hastened BJP’s growing footprints in the state. “This election is only a trial. The BJP will form a strong government in the 2027 assembly elections,” Jakhar said.