Punjab won't allow outsiders to govern state: Bharat Bhushan Ashu
Ludhiana: Punjab Congress working president and the party's bypoll candidate, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, on Friday said that the bypoll was a battle of Punjabis against non-Punjabis, who after looting and robbing Punjab's resources, were trying to usurp political power.
"We are all fighting for Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat", he remarked, asserting that there was complete unanimity in this election that no non-Punjabi will be allowed to usurp Punjab's political authority.
"At stake is the Punjabi 'anakh', the self respect, that Arvind Kejriwal has repeatedly hurt", Ashu said, while addressing a public meeting. The senior Congress leader alleged that Kejriwal has hurt the prestige of Punjabis by imposing people from Delhi on them.
"I have no issues with anyone, including AAP workers or leaders who are from Punjab," he said, adding, "Punjabis gave them the mandate in 2022 and I respect it.
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However, he added that Punjabis did not give their mandate "for people from Delhi to rule over them." He said, "none of the local AAP workers, leaders, legislators and most of the ministers, have any say in the government and administration. They cannot get even a junior official transferred as that also is directed from Delhi.
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So much so, they cannot even appoint their own PAs and OSDs and these are also thrust from Delhi.
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Even now, Ashu added, Kejriwal is aiming at snatching away a Rajya Sabha seat from the Punjabis to grab it himself and go to the Rajya Sabha. "Why should the Punjabis allow that?" he asked, disclosing that AAP supporters have been telling him how suffocated and hurt they feel.
"Ludhiana West bypoll will mark the beginning of the end of Delhi leaders' authoritarian rule over Punjab", he said, observing, "The results on June 23 will force AAP to undertake course correction and the party will stop thrusting outsiders on Punjabis."
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