Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 16

As SAD chief Sukhbir Badal is slated to visit Phillaur tomorrow, Damanvir Phillaur, son of ex-Akali minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur, said he would simply be wasting time in the Assembly constituency. Damanvir said the people of Phillaur would not favour him even if he shed crocodile tears as they have already been calling him “bluff master”.

Reacting to Sukhbir’s schedule of back-to-back programmes, the Congress leader alleged, “Badals have only robbed the people of Phillaur when in power and have done no good to them. They minted money by plundering Phillaur and other parts of Punjab through illegal sand mining. People are not going to be fooled again.”

Phillaur also questioned the silence of Sukhbir over his party’s step-motherly treatment to Bahujan people, and also warned the BSP against the SAD’s dirty ‘use and throw’ policy. “Doaba, including Phillaur has the dominance of Bahujan people. How many seats the BSP has got in this region? All seats should have gone to the BSP. They must be aware of Badal’s dirty use and throw policy,” he said.

The Congress leader said the BSP should ask Sukhbir and he should accept to announce that an SC-OBC leader will be made the Chief Minister of Punjab if they are voted to power. “The SAD has no respect for the values and principles of Kanshi Ram or Dr BR Ambedkar. They just need their votes and then crush them,” said the Congress leader.