Badal hits back at Capt Amarinder, defends ‘Sangat Darshan’, ridicules Amarinder’s mass contact

NANGAL(Amritsar): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has felt the pinch of criticism of his Sangat Darshan progarmme by Captain Amarinder Singh former Chief Minister and Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha who yesterday said Badal had three fixes-Sangat Darshan, Focal Point and Adarsh School and has no other vision.
Talking to media persons Badal rebutted that his time tested ‘Sangat Darshan’ program which was primarily aimed at resolving the issues of common man on the spot besides instilling a sense of confidence in the functioning of the state administration. He alleged that Capt Amarinder was playing to the gallery and advised Capt Amarinder to seriously focus on his much hyped mass contact program to reclaim his party’s base and credibility, which has been shoddily eroded due to people’s unflinching faith and confidence in the policies and programs of the SAD-BJP alliance in the state.
Badal was here to attend first day of his Sangat Darshan program in the Jandiala Guru Assembly Segment where he said that the real ‘Mass Contact’ program to establish cordial relations with the general public. He quipped, ‘What Amarinder Singh was doing for the last two days was nothing short of theatrical just to befool people by targeting his bête noire PPCC President Partap Singh Bajwa and opposing SAD-BJP alliance rather hardly making any efforts to establish contact with people in the right earnest’. The Chief Minister further said that Capt. Amarinder was bent hell upon to tarnish SAD’s image and malign it’s leaders in every possible manner by telling white lies in the broad daylight.Replying to another query about the drug menace, the Chief Minister said that Punjab was fighting a war on this issue and has taken series of bold decisions to stamp out this curse having several social and economic implications. He said we have opened several drug de-addiction centres to provide the best suitable treatment to the drug addicts for their detoxification. Besides a network of rehabilitation centres have also been set up in the state for the rehabilitation of drug addicts to enable them to lead a happy life with self respect.