Amritsar: Various legislatures of the Aam Adami Party (AAP) along with leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly H S Phoolka began the ‘Punjab Yatra’ by paying obeisance at the Darbar Sahib, Durgiana Mandir and Ram Tirath Temple in Amritsar on Monday.
As reported by the media among the Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) present included Baljinder Kaur, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Rupinder Kaur Ruby, Aman Arora, Meet Hayer, Manjit Singh, Kulwant Singh Pandori, Master Baldev Singh and Primal Singh.
“Since we have been elected MLAs, we are free from any intervention or pressure of the Delhi leadership. These MLAs are with me,” Advo Phoolka said while interacting with the media.
Lashing out at the Congress led Punjab government, the AAP MLA from Dakha said state government was making excuses to avoid fulfilling its poll promise of debt-waiver for farmers, which is “fraud”.
AAP leadership begins Punjab Yatra
“Now Congress ministers are demanding that the Centre should announce the debt waiver. If they are not in the position to waive off a debt, why did they promise to do so in the first place?” he further added in his statement.
Elaborating on the Punjab Yatra, Advo. H S Phoolka said people approach leader of the Opposition at Chandigarh for redressal of issues in the Vidhan Sabha, which causes inconvenience. “So, in order to save people from undue harassment, this programme — Punjab Yatra — has been chalked out,” he adds.
“Under this programme, I will visit district headquarters along with a team of MLAs and listen to the problems being faced by the people and then provide a solution by raising these issues in the assembly,” reads a quote from a statement published in an English vernacular.
Moreover, he stated that the programme will help them assess problems at the grassroots level that are otherwise not highlighted.
Later, H S Phoolka and team listened to the issues raised by delegations representing different constituencies of Amritsar district.