Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 4

Describing the Prime Minister as “a master of deceit and disinformation”, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday challenged Narendra Modi to show even one instance of a promise fulfilled by his government in the past five years, which had witnessed India plunging into utter ruin and devastation under his anti-people and divisive policies.

Taking Modi head-on over the statement made by him from the dais in Gurdaspur yesterday, Captain Amarinder said the “jumlebaaz” Prime Minister had brought the nation to its nadir with his deceptions and fabrications, and was staring at his moment of judgment at the hands of the people, who were set to throw him out of power for good.

Disputing every single statement made by Modi in Gurdaspur, the Chief Minister said the Prime Minister was misleading the people in the face of his imminent defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “Modi once again lied on every issue, from the 1984 riots and Kartarpur corridor to the farm debt waiver,” said Capt Amarinder Singh.

Questioning Modi’s silence on the BJP/RSS workers named in the Tilak Marg police station FIR related to the 1984 riots, the Chief Minister said he desperately trying to drag the Gandhi family into the matter even though no fingers had been pointed at them.

“And what about the 1992 riots in Gujarat which happened right under your nose and in which your own party members were squarely blamed and named?” Captain Amarinder asked Modi, demanding to know why the Prime Minister continued to remain silent on the issue.

Captain Amarinder also lambasted the Prime Minister for trying to seize credit for the Kartarpur corridor, which the Congress had been actively pursuing since the days of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, right down to Dr Manmohan Singh. He himself had been taking up the issue with Pakistan for years, said the Chief Minister, asking Modi to reveal what he had done to get the project going.

“You have not even given a single paisa so far for the celebration of the 550th Parkash Utsav of Guru Nanak despite our repeated pleas and requests and yet you claim to be the guardian of the Sikhs and their religion,” asserted the Chief Minister, pinning Modi down on the issue.