Sunday 5 June 2011

‘Busy’ Sukhbir leaves residents dejected

Long wait proves futile!
‘Busy’ Sukhbir leaves residents dejected
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, April 25
The stormy visit of Shiromani Akali Dal (B) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal here today, apparently with the hope of luring voters, disappointed people who were made to wait for him in scorching heat today.
In his rhetoric, Sukhbir had only one line to say at the end: “I have a very busy schedule, so I am leaving.”
People waiting for him desperately to put forth their grievances before him, were left in a lurch as he was in a hurry to move on.
The visit to Model Town Phase I, where a SAD leader had arranged a public meeting with Sukhbir, also annoyed residents of the locality.
The SAD chief just claimed that the skyline of Bathinda would be changed within a year. Pleading shortage of time, he left without even seeing the people holding their complaints in hands.
An ex-serviceman attempted his best to draw Sukhbir’s attention to put forth his grievance, but paying no heed, to Sukhbir left in his “Pajero” car.
It has also been reported that Sukhbir Singh Badal, sitting on the stage, complained to a senior SAD leader that he could not find the local crowd of the Model Town area in the gathering.
Some senior mediapersons complained to Sukhbir about the mismanaged event, who then expressed his displeasure to the SSP Bathinda for the lapse.
It may be mentioned that the over-reaction of the public relations department authorities and the district police, who claimed to have prepared a file with photographs of all mediapersons for security purposes and to make foolproof arrangements for undisturbed coverage of events, today resulted in a futile exercise as there was no proper arrangement for the press conference that became a free for all affair.

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