'Akalis' spiteful attacks against Punjab govt show panic'

March 25, 2017 20:32

The Punjab government today lashed out at the Akali leadership for their spiteful attacks against the Amarinder Singh government, saying it reeked of their outright panic at the fear of exposure of their alleged financial and other misdeeds of the last 10 years.

A government spokesperson debunked the latest statements of Shiromani Akali Dal leaders, led by former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, as a sign of their total frustration at their shocking defeat in the recent assembly polls and urged them to stop indulging in baseless allegations against the state leadership.

"The Amarinder government's move to probe the various misdemeanours of the erstwhile SAD-BJP regime and to bring out a white paper on the state's fiscal mess, which it has inherited from the Badals, has clearly unnerved the Akali leadership," he said.

This, said the spokesperson, was evident from the fact that the "Badals could not gather the courage to even enter the state assembly on the first day of its maiden session, which commenced on Friday".

Further, referring to SAD MLA and former state finance minister Parminder Dhindsa's comments on the fiscal situation in Punjab, the spokesperson said the white paper will nail the lies of the Akalis on the issue.

"The brazen loot of the coffers by the Badals and their cronies had brought the state to its knees, which the document will clearly prove," he added.

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