Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing its leaders of hypocrisy and double standards on issues ranging from national pride to the treatment of migrant workers in Punjab. Addressing a press conference, AAP Punjab senior leaders Neel Garg and Baltej Pannu slammed the Congress leadership after showing two videos that have sparked outrage among Punjabis.<\/p>\n
The first video featured former Congress MLA from Sanour, Madan Lal Jalalpur, who shamefully referred to India as a \u201cGanda Desh” (third-rate country) while speaking about the assassinations of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. \u201cThis is an unpardonable insult to the very soil where martyrs like Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Shaheed Udham Singh laid down their lives for India\u2019s freedom,\u201d said Neel Garg. \u201cCalling the nation for which lakhs of Indians sacrificed their lives a \u2018third-rate country\u2019 is an insult to their martyrdom and to the pride of every Indian. The Congress party must apologize to the people of Punjab and the entire nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second video exposed the glaring contradictions within Congress leadership on the issue of migrant workers in Punjab. On one hand, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has been demanding laws to restrict migrants from settling in Punjab. On the other hand, Punjab Congress President and MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, at a party meeting in Bihar, hailed the deep ties between Punjab and Bihar and said that Punjab cannot function without the contribution of migrant labourers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is Congress\u2019 real face, double standards and political hypocrisy at its peak,\u201d said Baltej Pannu. \u201cOne leader insults migrants, another praises them. One calls India a third-rate country, others do ‘Savidhan Bachao’ rallies to save this country. Punjabis are watching these contradictions closely. Congress must come clean on its stand: Does it support Khaira\u2019s divisive politics or Does it stand by Warring\u2019s words?\u201d<\/p>\n
The AAP leaders demanded that the Congress high command immediately apologize to the people of India for Madan Lal Jalalpur\u2019s derogatory remarks and clarify its official position on the migrant workers\u2019 issue before the upcoming Vidhan Sabha session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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