Punjab elections 2022: BJP will improve ease of doing business in state: Rajnath Singh
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), February 4: Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the BJP wanted to improve the 'ease of doing business' in Punjab, where the Assembly elections 2022 were due on February 20, and was also determined to tackle the drug menace in the state.
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"The Congress has taken Punjab for a toss. On the other hand, the BJP has taken UP on the road to development. The kind of investment that should have been made in Punjab for boosting business has not happened," he added.
Slamming the Punjab Government for its "corrupt ways" over drugs and sacrilege, Rajnath Singh promised that if the BJP came to power, it would take strong measures to curb these.
Making a veiled reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach incident, he called the law and order situation in Punjab "bad".
"For a state to prosper, it is important that the law and order there is healthy," he added.
Reiterating the Centre's commitment, Rajnath Singh said, "We want to make India a superpower of the world, not to rule over others, but for us. The whole world is one family. We have never occupied the land of any country. We want to make India a superpower for world welfare."
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The BJP is fighting the Punjab Assembly elections 2022 in alliance with the Punjab Lok Congress of Captain Amarinder Singh and the SAD (Sanyukt) of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. It is the bigger party in the alliance.
Punjab will go to the polls on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. The Election Commission has given some relaxation on public meetings in view of the decline in Covid-19 cases. It has allowed public meetings with 1,000 persons.
-PTC News
