This is not comedy circus: Congress mocks CM Mann on claims of Punjab attracting foreign workers
India Today
Congress mocked Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann for his remark that Punjab will attract foreign workers. The grand old party asked if AAP would also provide free electricity and Rs 1000 per month to foreign women who come to the state for work.
The Punjab Congress criticised Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his claims that the state would one day attract foreign workers. The CM made the remarks on Saturday while addressing the students of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University in Bathinda.
Congress leader and former cabinet minister, Raj Kumar Verka, took a jibe at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying it is not able to solve local problems but wants to give jobs to foreigners. He accused the AAP leadership of betraying the people of Punjab in the name of freebies.
"Did you provide jobs to the people of Punjab who are crying for jobs. Where are the 300 free electricity units which you promised and what about Rs 1000 which you promised to every adult woman," he asked.
Verka said, "...whether he (Mann) will also give Rs 1000 to the foreign women who will come to work in Punjab. Will you also give free power to the foreigners? This is not a comedy circus, be serious."
He alleged that the law and order problems had either been solved within a week or all issues were sold within 10 days.
Further, Verka said that AAP leaders were indulging in theatrics in Gujarat and Himachal.
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