BADAL TERMS PROPOSED CABINET RESHUFFLE OF UPA AS A ‘FACE SAVING EXERCISE’

• ATTEMPTS OF THE MOST CORRUPT GOVERNMENT TO GIVE FRESH LOOK TO ITSELF WILL HARDLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE- CM
• DUE TO ITS ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES CONGRESS WOULD BE WIPED OUT FROM THE COUNTRY- BADAL
• CM PAYS FLORAL TRIBUTES TO BHAGWAN VALMIKI JI MAHARAJ
• ANNOUNCES A GRANT OF Rs 10 LAKH FOR CONSTRUCTING MAHARISHI VALMIKI BHAWAN AT BATHINDA

Bathinda, October 27- Terming the proposed Cabinet reshuffle in the Congress led UPA government as a ‘face saving exercise’, the Patron Shiromani Akali Dal and Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that it would hardly make any difference as

it was a writing on the wall that the Congress would be routed out from the political map of the county in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Talking to the media person on the sidelines of a function organized by Maharishi Valmiki Trust to mark the Pargat Utsav of Bhagwan Valmiki Ji Maharaj here today, the Chief Minister said that the countrymen were fed up from the anti-people policies of the UPA government and were eagerly waiting for the general elections slated to be held in year 2014 to show them a door. He said that the result of a number of state assembly elections and by-polls for the Lok Sabha in which the Congress candidates have been trounced very badly has made it clear that due to its anti people policies the graph of UPA government was declining across the country and in this hour of crisis the attempt of the Congress leadership to give a fresh look to its government by inducting new faces in Cabinet would hardly make any difference. Mr Badal said that it would be a futile exercise to induct new faces in the Cabinet as the countrymen were well aware of such tantrums of the Congress party and they would hardly fall prey to them.

Terming that in the regime of UPA government the corruption has surpassed all its previous records, the Chief Minister said that this government would go down in the annals of history as the most corrupt government of the country. He further said that due to the misrule of the Congress a large number of social maladies like unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and others have made inroads in the country due to which the agonies of the common man have increased manifolds. Making a scathing attack on the UPA government, the Chief Minister reiterated that it has broken the back bone of a common man by increasing the prices of essential commodities in their tenure adding that the inflationary trends in the country have accentuated the worries of the common man. The Chief Minister lamented that it was a paradoxical situation that the Congress party which has assumed power on the name of the common man was in reality responsible for their plight as during its five decades of rule over the country it has never bothered to keep any check over the serious problems faced by the country. Mr Badal said that due to such policies of the Congress the people of Punjab along with other states have rejected the leadership of Congress adding that the time is not far away when this party would be decimated from the Indian polity.

Paying floral tributes to Bhagwan Valmiki Ji Maharaj, the Chief Minister said that he was the “Pitaamah” of Sanskrit language and first poet or the Adi Kavi of the world who by his immortal and masterpiece composition the “Ramayana” propagated the message of victory of good over evil. He also said that the great epic has from centuries taught the way of living to the people and has been a lighthouse of the ethical and moral living for the people which were far more relevant in the present materialistic society. Mr Badal said that it was a matter of great pride for all of them that sacred place where this great epic was composed lies in the state adding that the state government has paid special attention towards developing this place known as Ram Tirath, which used to be the ashram of Bhagwan Valmiki Ji Maharaj, by spending more then Rs 20 crores for its beautification.

Exhorting the people to follow the path and high ideals shown by Bhagwan Valmiki Ji Maharaj, the Chief Minister assured the people that the state government was ready to take all possible steps for the development of the community. The Chief Minister reiterated the commitment of the state government for the overall welfare of the oppressed sections of the society in line with the philosophy of Bhagwan Valmiki Ji Maharaj to emerge an equalitarian and harmonious society in the state. Mr Badal also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for constructing Bhagwan Valmiki Bhawan in the city for which land has already been allotted to Maharishi Valmiki Trust.

Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mr Sarup Chand Singla, MLA Darshan Singh Kotfatta, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr KJS Cheema, Deputy Commissioner Mr Kamal Kishore Yadav, MC Mayor Mr Bajeet Singh, President of Maharishi Valmiki Trust Mr Arjun Singh and Chairman Mr Naveen Kumar.