Badal to Kejriwal: Take clear stand on Punjab issues
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday dared the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal to make his stand clear on the Punjab’s territorial issues.
Addressing the people on the last leg of three-day Sangat Darshan programme here, Mr Badal said Mr Kejriwal should desist from befooling people as his stoic silence on Punjab issues was creating apprehensions in their minds about his so called “loyalty, sincerity and commitment” for the development of the State and welfare of its people.
He said Mr Kejriwal being Haryanvi was tight—lipped and not coming up openly to show his cards on safeguarding the rights of Punjab on several contentious issues like river waters, Chandigarh as capital and transfer of Punjabi speaking areas to the State.
These issues were hanging fire for long due to the apathetic attitude of the successive Congress-led governments at Centre, he said.