Parkash Singh Badal hits out at Amarinder's 'Halke Vich Captain' programme

JHANDWALA: In a dig at Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh's outreach programme ' Halke Vich Captain', Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today claimed there is no match between " darbars of Maharajas" and "pro-people Sangat Darshan" of SAD-BJP government.

The "politically motivated darbars" of Congress leaders reflect their "feudal mindset" whereas the Sangat Darshans are unique phenomena where the entire government visits villages for solving people's problems, he claimed at a Sangat Darshan programme in Malout Assembly segment.

"Congress leaders with aristocratic mindset are free to hold darbars, provided they are of some utility to general public. It is on record that Sangat Darshan programme is very fruitful in redressing the grievances of the every strata of the society," Badal said.

Ahead of the Assembly polls next year, Amarinder, who belongs to the royal family of the erstwhile State of Patiala, has announced the launch of 24-week-long outreach programme -'Halke Vich Captain'- which will kick off on June 19 from Jalalabad, the assembly constituency of Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal.

In this programme, Amarinder will spend one full day in each of Punjab's 117 Halkas (assembly constituencies) reaching out to more than two crore people and establishing direct contact with more than five lakh people.

The chief minister claimed, "Sangat Darshans guarantee holistic development of villages and welfare of people and enable the government to judge the performance of its officers. This is first of its kind programme in the entire country as no other CM bothers to take up so much pain."

Amarinder, who has often hit out at Badal over holding 'Sangat Darshan Programmes', has also announced he will lead a dharna at the chief minister's village Badal in Muktsar district on June 18 to protest the alleged multi-crore recruitment scam.