DW BUREAU / chandigarh The Istri Akali Dal will crusade against the recent phenomenal hike in diesel and petrol prices, while also question the State government for its negligence and sheer loot of the state exchequer for Rs 5600 crore of revenue, said Bibi Jagir Kaur, former SGPC president and former minister.While presiding over the first 21 advisory committee of the Istri Akali Dal, she accused the Congress of mismanaging the state governance and totally destroying the economy. "It's unfortunate that the Chief Secretary was punished for bringing to the notice of the Cabinet meeting presided over by the Chief Minister that due to vested interests of ministers, the state had lost hundreds of crores in excise duty." The former SGPC chief and Istri Akali Dal president said that Liquor Mafia, Sand Mafia and seed mafia mushroomed under the patronage of the ruling congress party while costing the poor citizens of there rights and making the political rulers rich.Unfortunately the citizenry does not have a voice anymore in the state as the chief minister is elusive and refuses to meet anyone, said Bibi Jagir Kaur. Taking a dig at Capt Amarinder Singh, she said that "he was in self quarantine since he became the chief minister although corona is a recent phenomena." In the meeting, the newly elected 21-member Istri Akali Dal discussed the pertinent issues of the state and the government's discriminatory decision on Punjabi language. In a unanimous decision, it was observed that Punjabi is our mother tongue and the party will never let the state government succeed in its nefarious designs to make it redundant. Language is our culture, claimed Kaur. She also said that the Congress government was misleading and misinforming the farmers on the ordinance. She claimed that in 2017 Capt Amarinder Singh had amended the Market Committee Act. "The SAD has always been very clear about its stand on any issue pertaining to agrarian sector. It was the SAD ensured the implementation of MSP and a food act was formulated," she said. (editor@dailyworld.in)