Chandigarh, Sep 19 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday asked the Akalis to stop lying and misleading the people of the state by picking selective portions of the Congress manifestos, which did not even remotely propose any of the anti-farmer moves that the BJP-led Central Government was trying to push on the poor farmers to promote the interests of their rich corporate friends.
Instead of flashing the manifesto copies at journalists, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) should have made the effort to read the relevant parts first, said the Chief Minister, taking on the Opposition parties over their unsubstantiated and blatantly false allegations against the Congress on the issue.
Referring to Congress manifestos for the Lok Sabha as well as the last Punjab Assembly elections, Capt Amarinder pointed out that nowhere had the party spoken about bringing any of the changes that the Centre was trying to impose on the nation with its ill-intentioned legislations.