CHANDIGARH: The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday termed the suspension of 141 MPs, belonging to the opposition parties, from the parliament house as the brutal murder of democracy.
"The MPs from the INDIA Bloc were only protesting against the security breach in the parliament. They were only demanding the reaction of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the same. Meanwhile, it is highly deplorable to strangulate the voice of the opposition on the floor of the house, " Bajwa added.
The Punjab Congress today held a protest rally in Jagraon against the BJP-led Union government for undemocratically suspending 141 MPs belonging to opposition parties.
In a scathing attack on Aam Aadmi Party leadership, Bajwa said that during the Bathinda rally, Delhi CM Kejriwal lied that no previous government provided anything to Bathinda.
"Bathinda Thermal Plant was started in 1970 and completed in 1982 at the cost of Rs 115 crores. Giani Zail Singh Engineering College was built in 1989. Central University was set up in 2009, Guru Gobind Singh Refinery was established in 2012 and AIIMS Bathinda was set up in 2019. All of these projects commenced before the AAP came to power", Bajwa added.
Senior Congress Leader, Bajwa said that the party that campaigned about ending the VIP culture before the assembly election, now enjoying the cosiness of VIP culture after coming to power.
"Arvind Kejriwal during his Bathinda rally travelled in a luxury plane of Rs. 400 crore from Delhi to Bathinda. Similarly, CM Bhagwant Mann flew from Chandigarh to Bathinda to pick up his boss in Chopper and then took him to Mour Mandi, the rally venue. They can't even travel 35 km in car", said Bajwa.
The opposition leader said that the AAP government in Punjab boasted about taking school principals and teachers to Singapore for training. However, 75 of sent posts in government-run District Institutes of Education Training (DIETs) - out of the total sanctioned strength of 142 posts of Lecturer, 110 - were lying vacant.13 per cent of posts are filled with temporary staff.