Ex Patiala Mayor Lashes Out At Congress

Even though the municipal corporation has given nod to the Rs. 45 crore loaning amount taken by the Congress administration, the matter has taken the form of a political matter.

A day after the Congress lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for so called lack of progress in Patiala, ex mayor Ajit Pal Singh Kohli headed the party outburst against Congress.

At a press meeting that took place on May 25, Ajit Pal Singh, together with other 10 councillors, equated his period as mayor with the Congress period from the year 2002 to the year 2007.

“During their term, the Congress have only one success: that they took a loaning amount of Rs. 45 crore that turned made the municipal corporation insolvent and created troubles in growth, as the MC stayed busy in clearing the loaning sum with interest,” added Ajit Pal Singh.

Ajit Pal Singh stated that in his term, Rs. 102 crore was expended on growth and setting up of new sewer, extending lower as well as upper Mall, setting up approximately 25 tubewells in addition to re-carpeting of all roads.

“As mayor, I spent approximately Rs. 150 crore in Patiala during five year term, whilst Capt Amarinder Singh as up CM had expended just Rs. 45 crore that also was a loaning sum,” he added.

Directing Capt Amarinder and Preneet Kaur, the ex Patiala mayor stated, “In actual fact, for the past 10 year period, Patiala Congressmen have turned orphans as neither the local MLA is obtainable in Patiala nor the local MP expends time in the city. As a result, in aggravation, Congressmen are eyeing the Akali control.”

“Tell me, which giant plan Amarinder or Preneet have brought to Patiala,” he queried. “This is why the Congress lost in the assembly polls in the state and Raninder Singh lost from Samana as voters were attentive that the regal family was out-of-the-way and had nothing to do with people’s worries.”

Kohli defied the local Congress MLA and the MP to have an open discussion on the growth of Patiala.

On May 25, the Congressmen had charged Shiromani Akali Dal for the alleged disregard of the city and directed the ex as well as present mayors.