Punjab's last chance for resurrection: Sindhu writes to Sonia Gandhi

Days after sharing his concerns with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Punjab state President Navjot Sidhu on Sunday made public a letter he has written to party chief Sonia Gandhi saying this is Punjabs last chance for resurrection and redemptionIn a letter dated October 15 Sidhu talked about mainly on justice in sacrilege cases states drugs menace agricultural issues employment opportunities sand mining and welfare of backward classespictwittercomIvOO72wjxemdash Navjot Singh Sidhu sherryontopp October 17 2021Request you to kindly give me a personal audience to present to you the Punjab Model with a 13Point Agenda to be part of the Congress Manifesto for the 2022 Assembly elections which is separate from this by means of its longterm vision to be implemented over a longer period of time have crafted it through years of consultations with academics civil society party workers and feedback from the People of Punjab Sidhu wroteI express with a lot of pain in my heart that this is Punjabs last chance for resurrection and redemption The issues at Punjabs heart as understood very well by you and signified by the 18Point agenda given to the last Chief Minister are equally relevant today I stood for each point in that agenda through the responsibility vested in me of the organization keeping the executive under check to be guardian of Punjabs rightsSaying that Punjab is submerged under lakhs of crores of debt due to gross financial mismanagement over the last 25 years and diversion of public resources making a few powerful people rich and having left the state debtdistressed he said it has been supplemented by seven years of BJP rule discriminating against Punjab while paying its financial dues such as GST payments rural development fund payments postmatric scholarship for Scheduled Castes payments etcAlso read Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi withdraws resignation as Punjab Cong presidentSidhu said Subsequently the increasing debt overhead of Punjab has led to our financial resources being used for merely payingoff the old debt and interest upon itWhile every year have to take new debt to support basic development works to invest in 6040 shared Central development schemes providing healthcare education and infrastructure needs of the StatePunjab has nearly one lakh of government posts vacant due to lack of resources government hirings are at lowest wages and contractual school teachers have to work on probation for four years on minimum wages delays in implementation of 6th Pay Commission by five years are all due to state not having enough resourcesToday I further write to your esteemed self with priority areas among the 18point agenda 2017 campaign and manifesto promises that the state government must deliver upon Beginning with the issues for justice of the soul of Punjab whose torchbearer was our leader Rahul Gandhi Ji having left no stone unturned in fight for justice to Punjab he addedLast week Sidhu met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi along with senior party leaders KC Venugopal and Harish RawatSidhu resigned as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president last month However his resignation was not accepted by the party high commandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever