There is no development in Punjab including Jalandhar, AAP has given 'model of destruction': Anurag Thakur
Jalandhar's basic infrastructure destroyed under AAP-Congress rule, city lagging behind in sports development, cleanliness & good roads: Anurag Thakur
India News Centre, Jalandharः Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur expressed concern over the acute lack of basic infrastructure requirements in Jalandhar today. The Union Minister said that on roaming the streets of Jalandhar one can easily see that not a single brick of development has been laid in the last one year. Mr. Thakur said, "There is no development but destruction and its script is being written by the Aam Aadmi Party. Same is the condition of the whole of Punjab."
Mr. Thakur said, “It is very unfortunate that Jalandhar, once famous for its sports industry, health and infrastructure, is facing this plight today. There is neither cleanliness nor good roads in the city. The Aam Aadmi Party had promised to develop Jalandhar as a sports hub, but they have turned the whole of Punjab into an extortion hub."
Commenting on the Jalandhar Smart City Project, the Union Minister said, “Jalandhar was included in the Smart City Project, but so far not a single work has been done here. What 'good governance' has the ruling AAP given to the state in more than a year? It has failed miserably in giving a workable governance also."
Further highlighting the work done by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab, the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister said, "We have given Punjab AIIMS, PGI satellite centre, 950 crore for smart city project. Be it new highways or the super expressways, all this were possible only under the Bharatiya Janata Party government. It was Modi's government that opened the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, made the ropeway up to Hemkund Sahib and made the Char Dham Yatra accessible. It was only through us that Guru Nanak Dev Maharaj Ji's Prakash Parv was celebrated with pomp and the country started celebrating Sahabzad's sacrifice day as Veer Bal Diwas. SIT was formed in 1984 Sikh riots in Modi government. We stopped the attack on our Sikh brothers in Afghanistan & brought the holy Guru Granth Sahib and Sikh families to India by running special flights.