A63. WHEN
I FIRST MADE CAPT. AMARINDER SINGH THE CHIEF
MINISTER.
An old
acquaintance of mine had read an article I had
written on Facebook some time ago "When I made
Simarjit Singh Mann the President of the Akali
Dal" and wrote that you had made Captain Sahib
the Chief Minister too. At the same time another
friend had jokingly posted that you had also
made Badal Sahib the Chief Minister. After some
thought and recollection of the background, I
wrote in reply that "yes, I also made him the
Chief Minister". Let us now consider what is the
truth behind this.
Viro, in
fact, no one is able to make anything else. It
would also be wrong to say that Rahul has made
Captain Sahib the Chief Minister. In fact the
Chief Minister has to be made by the people. A
people's movement is needed to generate public
opinion. In order to create this movement, it is
necessary to give a populist slogan. The man who
can suggest a populist slogan to the Chief
Ministerial candidate, so that the media and the
public believe that this slogan is the reason
for the victory of the Chief Minister One has
the right to say that it is my slogan that has
won us over. It is my suggestion that has made
you the Chief Minister.
At the
time of the 2002 Punjab Assembly elections,
Captain Sahib was the President of the Punjab
Congress. Usually the President is the Chief
Ministerial candidate. The contest was with
Parkash Singh Badal. Captain Sahib was
organizing rallies all over Punjab. I too am
strongly against Badalshahi looting and having
my cognate community with Captain Sahib. , Was
in the habit of staying with Captain Sahib at
all times. It was not difficult to meet him at
that time and give him suggestions as he did not
have MP Singh at that time.
I have
suggested to Captain Sahib many times that the
remnants of Punjab realize that the Badal family
has looted Punjab immensely. If you make this
promise to the people at every stage, the Badal
family has looted billions of rupees from
Punjab. My government will take back all that
money. No tax will be levied from the farmer. No
tax will be levied from the business industry.
He said that Punjab government would go with the
money withdrawn from Badal then all sections
would vote for you. But he was reluctant to say
anything on the stage so that there would be no
disturbance.
Mr. Inder
Singh was the Secretary at the stage of Talwandi
Sabo's Baisakhi. Mr. Bhagat Singh was the
District President. I requested Pradhan Sahib
that I am not a member of Congress, but if I
allow him to be welcomed by the community before
Captain Sahib. He said to Inder Singh. After I
welcomed Captain Sahib, I said emphatically that
the Badal family had looted billions of rupees
from Punjab. Captain Sahib will get all the
money back. For five years, no tax will be
levied from a farmer, no case from a trader, no
case, no other tax will be levied. It was only a
matter of time before long chants and slogans of
Captain Sahib Zindabad were heard.
Captain
Sahib also came to know about this. He also
repeated this promise three times in his speech.
From now on wherever Captain Sahib spoke this
slogan was everywhere. Captain Sahib won in
2002. He became the Chief Minister. Many people
were pushing to congratulate Captain Sahib. I
also rushed to Captain Sahib to greet him.
Saying "Congratulations to CM Sahib" I said that
"his Talwandi Sabo, Badal's loot, formula
worked". Captain Sahib nodded in agreement,
which was enough to satisfy me.
Veer ji.
Now it is up to you to decide whether my
statement that yes Captain Sahib was made the
Chief Minister for the first time is wrong or
right.
Apologies: Harbans Singh Jalal.