Sidhu dares Kejriwal for a ‘live debate’ on issues, calls Delhi CM ‘political tourist’ in Punjab
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The Punjab Congress chief also targeted Kejriwal for failing to give 8 lakh jobs in Delhi as promised, instead providing employment to only 440 people, that too on a 15-day contract basis. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief, Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Saturday dared Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to have a live debate with him on several issues – including liquor, airport buses, mining, while announcing that if small farmers and farm labourers wanted to work in their own fields, then the Congress government in the state will provide them with an allowance of Rs 400 per day if voted to power in the 2022 polls. Dubbing Arvind Kejriwal as a liar for stating that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will generate Rs 20,000 crore from mining if voted to power, Sidhu said, “While the earlier Akali-BJP government deposited around Rs 40 crore a year from mining, we at present are earning around Rs 200-300 crore. I want to ask the Delhi CM from where will this Rs 20,000 crore come? Can he show one state in the country which is earning more than Rs 3,000 crore from mining?” The Punjab Congress chief also targeted Kejriwal for failing to give 8 lakh jobs in Delhi as promised, instead providing employment to only 440 people, that too on a 15-day contract basis. Targeting the SAD president, Sukhbir Badal, Sidhu said that he has only furthered his transport business by selling sand of the state and owning big properties like ‘Sukh Vilas’ resorts. “If our government comes to power next year, we will open a school in Sukh Vilas,” said Sidhu, adding that sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib happened under the SAD government and the justice will take place in the court of the public.