Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday dismissed the Congress' election manifesto as "a poor copy" of the policies and programmes followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Punjab while its ally Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) said that the people of the country have suffered during the five-year rule of the Congress.
"Various schemes which form part of the Congress manifesto including provision of cheap atta-daal, free quality education, scholarships and promotional incentives for the poor meritorious students are nothing but a copy of the programmes of the SAD-BJP alliance government in the state" Badal said in a statement in Chandigarh.
"They (Congress) would do well to honestly admit that what SAD says today, the Congress would be saying two decades later. It is an outdated party, completely out of touch with the present and the future," Badal added.
He said that the manifesto contained no commitment from the Congress on safeguarding the interests of minorities in the country.
INLD Secretary General Ajay Singh Chautala said in a statement that the people would not give another chance to the Congress party as its track record over the last five years has been full of failures and broken promises.
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