CM ASKS CAPTAIN TO GIVE UP HIS FEUDAL MINDSET AND WORK WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR ENSURING PEACE, COMMUNAL HARMONY AND BROTHERHOOD

Patiala, December 15 : Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today appealed the new Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Captain Amarinder Singh to give up his feudal mindset and work wholeheartedly for ensuring peace, communal harmony and brotherhood in the state thereby rising above petty party politics and narrow vested interests. Addressing a mammoth Sadhbhawana Rally here today, the Chief Minister said that Captain Amarinder Singh was making a fresh beginning today as the President of the state Congress and it was the high time that he must shun the politics of confrontation and work for making Punjab a peaceful state. He said that Captain must refrain from using such language which vitiates the congenial atmosphere in the state and at the same time advised Captain to shun politics of confrontation and concentrate on politics of consensus to ensure overall development and prosperity in the state. Mr. Badal said that politics of confrontation was not in the interest of anybody thus it must be avoided at every cost.
The Chief Minister said that the coronation ceremony of Captain Amarinder Singh at Bathinda still reflected his ‘monarchical psyche’ even in the post independent India. He said that in democracy the words like coronation have no place but Captain’s this initiative reflects his ‘aristocratic mindset’. Taking a swipe at the State Congress Chief, Mr. Badal said captain still feels pride in getting to be addressed as ‘Maharaja sahib’.
Terming the Congress as enemy number one of Punjabis particularly the Sikhs, the Chief Minister said that it was unfortunate that Captain was feeling proud to be anointed as the President of this party which has done grave injustices to the state. He said that none of the Punjabi could ever forget that the Congress has deprived the state of its capital, Punjabi speaking areas and legitimate share in river waters besides tormenting the Sikh psyche by attacking Sri Darbar Sahib and killing thousands of innocent Sikhs during 1984 Sikh carnage. Mr. Badal said that Captain was once a sworn Akali but due to his lust for power he had joined the Congress. “It is sad that Captain was feeling proud to be appointed President of Congress, who had perpetrated these heinous crimes against the Sikhs” added Mr. Badal.