Today’s newspapers are splashed with two tantalizing and startling incidents of 13 school children dead in an accident and the brutal beating of a woman in Tarn Taran, instead of rendering justice. These gory incidents infact present the true picture of a dismal, disorganized and dilapidated affairs of a once glorious Punjab.
As we are aware, more than 5000 people loose their lives in road accidents annually in Punjab but probably this is not enough to draw the attention of power drunken leaders like the junior Badal. During the last five years as an elected representative, I tried my best to raise the issue of road accidents in the Vidhan Sabha but to no avail. No meaningful discussion could ever take place despite my best efforts, leave aside finding a solution.
Similarly, police brutality is the order of the day, the way the woman and her father were beaten and thrashed by policemen, clearly indicate to complete anarchy, jungle raj and breakdown of the law and order mechanism. The killing of an ASI, breaking of the leg of an AIG, tearing of the uniform of a Home Guard jawan and spate of rapes across Punjab, have failed to wake up the govt. from its deep slumber.
The fact is that the real issues concerning the ordinary people have taken a back seat that include education, health care, unemployment, drugs, road accidents, law and order. Instead of focusing on these vital issues, the Dy.CM in Moga election was busy accusing Smt. Sonia Gandhi of liking Pizza’s or Capt. Amarinder Singh having fondness for drinks and chicken. Not once did Sukhbir Badal mention the above stated issues of the people during his campaign.
It is also saddening to note that we have developed personality cult politics in Punjab as I analyzed by me for the last fifteen years, since I entered electoral politics. It has been a slanging match and a verbal duel between the Badal’s and Capt. Amarinder Singh in place of positive politics.
An economic survey conducted by Cato Institute of America in collaboration with known Indian economists, such as Sh. Swaminathan Aiyar and Sh. Ashok Gulati, Chairman Agriculture Price Commission has put Punjab at 12th position behind even states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh not to mention Gujarat or Haryana.
But according to Badal duo, Punjab is on the top in all spheres and so do their mouth pieces such as the PTC channel or govt. sponsored advertisements indicate to.
Suspending two constable level officers for thrashing a lady or challaning a truck driver for killing 13 school children are not enough. Congress demands an emergency session of the Vidhan Sabha to fix accountability at the political level for complete breakdown of the constitutional working in Punjab. The CM and the Dy.CM must own responsibility for these sensational incidents and discuss threadbare in Vidhan Sabha to find solutions and not mere lip service or else Punjab would continue to suffer.
Sukhpal Singh Khaira
Ex-MLA
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