Badal (Muktsar), November 12
Holding a public meeting a few meters away from the residence of his cousin Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal today tried to drive home the point that he too has a say in the Badals’ native village. Though it was not a massive crowd at the meeting, still, Manpreet said it was beyond his expectation as they all had assembled at just a short notice.
“As all know that the ruling Akalis are threatening people to stay away from Manpreet, this assembly in the village is more than a surprise for us. We apprehend that the persons attending this meeting too may receive threatening calls. Despite being aware of the facts, still they came out to listen to Manpreet. That shows what they think about him and his vision,” said a close confidant of Manpreet, who had organised the meeting. To make his Amritsar programme (slated for November 14) a success, Manpreet has addressed 83 public meetings across the state so far and almost everywhere he has raised the debt waiver issue. However, holding a meeting outside the Panchayat Ghar at Badal village, this morning, while asking the people of state to extend full support to him in ‘changing the destiny of Punjab and Punjabis,’ Manpreet played his emotional card well.
Claiming himself to be their puttar (child), he urged all of them including some odd women, that if they felt that he had taken the right decision for the betterment of the state, they should bless him.
“At present, the state is in the hands of leaders, who are short of agenda and are more interested in the projection of their personality than in the state. Do stand beside me to bring the state back on the right track. I will do my best to tread the prickly path to pull Punjab out of fiscal mess,” he claimed.
Speaking to the correspondent, some elderly people of the village said, “It was unfortunate that a split took place in the Badal family. We do not know what is going to happen in the future but we have hopes from Manpreet.”
Holding a public meeting a few meters away from the residence of his cousin Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal today tried to drive home the point that he too has a say in the Badals’ native village. Though it was not a massive crowd at the meeting, still, Manpreet said it was beyond his expectation as they all had assembled at just a short notice.
“As all know that the ruling Akalis are threatening people to stay away from Manpreet, this assembly in the village is more than a surprise for us. We apprehend that the persons attending this meeting too may receive threatening calls. Despite being aware of the facts, still they came out to listen to Manpreet. That shows what they think about him and his vision,” said a close confidant of Manpreet, who had organised the meeting. To make his Amritsar programme (slated for November 14) a success, Manpreet has addressed 83 public meetings across the state so far and almost everywhere he has raised the debt waiver issue. However, holding a meeting outside the Panchayat Ghar at Badal village, this morning, while asking the people of state to extend full support to him in ‘changing the destiny of Punjab and Punjabis,’ Manpreet played his emotional card well.
Claiming himself to be their puttar (child), he urged all of them including some odd women, that if they felt that he had taken the right decision for the betterment of the state, they should bless him.
“At present, the state is in the hands of leaders, who are short of agenda and are more interested in the projection of their personality than in the state. Do stand beside me to bring the state back on the right track. I will do my best to tread the prickly path to pull Punjab out of fiscal mess,” he claimed.
Speaking to the correspondent, some elderly people of the village said, “It was unfortunate that a split took place in the Badal family. We do not know what is going to happen in the future but we have hopes from Manpreet.”
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