Sidhu must talk less, work more: SAD

ASKS SIDHU TO EARN ₹75 CR IN 3 MONTHS THROUGH OUTDOOR ADVERTISING OR APOLOGISE TO PUNJABIS FOR ‘CHEAP THEATRICS’

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday attacked Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu saying he should “talk less and deliver more”, a day after he accused the previous SAD-BJP regime of framing “toothless” law on outdoor advertising and causing “revenue pilferage”.

The Akali Dal also asked him to elaborate about his contributions made to the state after becoming a minister except flagging off fire tenders. In a statement, former minister and SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema advised Sidhu not to make “khyali pulao” everyday.

“Today, we have learnt of your latest dream that the state lost ₹2,500 crore in outdoor advertising during the last five year of the SAD-BJP tenure. We are looking forward to see how you will earn lost money for the state. It is best you earn ₹75 crore through outdoor advertising in the next three months to prove your point as per the breakup of ₹600 crore promised annual earning announced by you. If you cannot do that, you better apologise to Punjabis for trying to befool them with false statements,” said Cheema

“Sidhu has stopped the BRTS project, which was undertaken to decongest Amritsar. The project has been scrapped even as 15 of the 93 buses purchased for the project had already started running. Earlier, Sidhu scrapped the amphibious bus project at Harike,” he alleged.

Sidhu seemed to have been stricken by an Akali phobia, said Cheema, asking Sidhu not to let his hatred for the SAD come in the way of state’s development.

“Governance is not a comedy circus where you will make a few guffaws and laugh off everything. Here you will have to deliver on your words. Five months have already passed. You have not made a single contribution to the state,” said Cheema.