DW BUREAU / Dinanagar

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday sought fulsome support and cooperation of the people to strengthen 'politics of work so that the state can become number one in the state.

Addressing the gathering during Sarkar Vapaar Milni here today, the Chief Minister said that the state government is working tirelessly for changing the face of the state by giving impetus to development of Punjab. He said that they are doing 'Politics of work', rather than indulging in mudslinging, for the welfare of the people and the growth of the state. Bhagwant Singh Mann said this should have been done much earlier so that people could have been benefitted from it.

The Chief Minister solicited fulsome support and cooperation of people to strengthen arms of AAP for bringing the agenda of welfare and development at the national centre stage. He said that the credit of bringing common people at the centre stage of Indian polity goes to Arvind Kejriwal adding that he has brought paradigm shift in politics by introducing value based politics by rejecting the divisive politics. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that people of Punjab should support the AAP in coming polls to ensure that its strength is enhanced at national level so that they can raise the issue of Punjab vehemently.

The Chief Minister said that the residents of the border region are the real patriots as they serve the country by all means. He said that this is not the backward region but this is the first area of the state which combats the enemies of the country in a befitting manner. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that when the terrorist attack had taken place in this town he was Member of Parliament and he had opposed the move of Government of India to demand Rs 7.5 crore for para military force.

The Chief Minister said that they had asked the Union government to deduct this amount from his MPLAD fund after which the centre government had taken this decision back. He said that it is unfortunate that the Military on rent was being sent to a state which produces the maximum number of soldiers in the country.

(editor@dailyworld.in)