SIRHIND/AMLOH: On the second leg of his development tour across the state, the Punjab Chief Minister  Parkash Singh Badal Thursday called upon the people of Punjab to support SAD-BJP alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections as the alliance had sent the message down the line that development and sheer performance was its the sole agenda to translate the dreams and aspirations of a common mane in to reality. 

Addressing a two massive public rallies at Amloh and Sirhind as a part of his development tour Mr. Badal slammed that the state Congress leadership for their myopic and self-centered approach restricted to personal gains and petty politics.  He blamed the Congress party for its dubious role to scuttle the efforts of the SAD-BJP government to ensure overall and balanced growth in the state.  He pointed out that the frustration building up in the rank and file of the Congress party day in and day out due to the over whelming response of the people to the SAD-BJP's programme "Trakki De Lehar – Pind Pind Shehar Shehar" (Wave of Progress-Every village, Every Town) to take governance at the door steps of the people and elicit their participation in the development process of the state thereby depicting the model of 'inclusive growth' to ensure the development and prosperity of both urban as well as rural sectors.

Badal declared an electoral war against the Congress party and asserted that nobody could deter the SAD-BJP alliance from capturing all the 13 parliamentary seats in the state because the upbeat mood of the people in favour of SAD-BJP alliance, which had also been recently acknowledged by the tremendous response given by them during his development tour.  He said that Congress party had none of any significant achievement to its credit in the last tenure of full 5 years to face electorate in the Lok Sabha polls except indulging in criticism on one count and another. 

In his address PWD (B&R) minister Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa said that SAD-BJP alliance government is committed to provide high-class road & bridges infrastructure in the state. He said that Rs. 29 Crores had been spent so for on the road infrastructure in Fatehgarh Sahib district & Rs. 60 crores would be spent in the future to strengthen the road network in this historic district. He said that Rs. 43 crores was being spent on the strengthening & widening of the direct road from Sirhind to Mohali.  He also mentioned that the Railway Over Bridge at Sirhind on Ambala-Ludhiana railway line would be completed within 15 months.