Ludhiana, March 5
In a bold protest against the AAP government’s unfulfilled promise, Former District Congress Committee (Urban) President and ex-Chairman of the Punjab Large Industrial Development Board, Pawan Dewan, has got plastered ‘striking posters’ across Ludhiana West constituency, demanding accountability for the Rs 48,000 owed to Punjab’s women over the past four years. Highlighting the broken commitment of providing Rs 1,000 per month to every woman above 18 years of age, Dewan accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of betraying Punjab’s women through false assurances and deliberate deception. The campaign calls on the Punjab government to answer a simple but piercing question: “Four years have passed – where is the Rs 48,000?”
Giving details of why he was compelled to launch his poster campaign, Dewan accused the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government of “shameful betrayal” of nearly 1.31 crore eligible women beneficiaries in Punjab. He said AAP grabbed power by dangling “lucrative but false promises” before voters, only to abandon them once in office. He asserted that the failure to deliver the promised Rs 1,000 per month to every woman above 18 years of age has ignited widespread resentment across Punjab, laying bare the government’s hollow assurances. Dewan emphasized that this broken commitment is not just a lapse in governance but a deliberate deception that has eroded public trust and exposed the crumbling credibility of the Mann government.
“The reality is stark – Punjab’s economy is crumbling and the Mann government has neither the will nor the resources to honour its commitments,” Dewan said, adding that the unfulfilled promise has become a symbol of deception and misgovernance. Taking a direct dig at the AAP government, he said, “The AAP Government has not given this financial aid to women in Punjab till date, which exposes AAP as nothing more than a party of liars.”
Dewan demanded that even if, with an eye on upcoming polls, the Mann-led government announces in the forthcoming Punjab Budget the long promised Rs 1,000 monthly allowance, it must also pay every eligible woman the arrears of the past four years – Rs 48,000 each. He stressed that this issue is not merely about a broken promise but about justice and accountability to 1.31 crore women who were deceived by hollow assurances.
Dewan warned that Punjab’s women will not be placated by ‘token gestures’ or ‘election season gimmicks’. “Instead, they will demand the full measure of what was pledged and denied, holding the AAP government accountable for its betrayal and failure to honour its commitments”, he concluded.
