Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 7

MP Rajya Sabha Shwait Malik launched a scathing attack on PCC President Navjot Singh Sidhu for exposing Congress party of its ill-conceived policies and sops aimed at making political gains.

Malik inaugurated an open gym at the Sunflower community park in North constituency out of his MPLAD funds today.

Speaking on the occasion, he said unlike Congress, it was the BJP, which had spared a thought for the welfare of common people and launched several social welfare programmes. He said reducing the rate of excise duty on fuel and palm oil by the BJP-led Centre was the recent move.

“Congress’ hollow claims were being revealed by none other than its own state chief Navjot Sidhu. He has been criticising the moves of CM Charanjit Singh Channi and his team. The Congress government failed to fulfill its promises of eradication of drugs and unemployment. Similarly, traders have been burdened and heavy taxes have broken their backbone,” he said.

He said Sidhu’s betrayal attitude could be well gauged from the fact that earlier, he stabbed at the back of his mother party, the BJP. Later, he started describing Congress as his mother party and still his attitude remained the same.

The former state BJP head said the Centre’s policies of making Indian citizen ‘aataminirbhar’ and ‘aapda ko avsar banana’ has brought positive change in the lives of the people in various fields. The health services were improved due to the Centre’s vision for development and liberal policies to raise infrastructure. “Covid-19 has affected globally. Today, India has outclassed European countries when it comes to Covid-19 vaccination. In mobile manufacturing, India has become the second largest in the world,” he said.