Following his appointment, Devkar Saheb Ji was assigned an important responsibility by the BJP during the West Bengal Assembly Elections. In the politically challenging environment of West Bengal, he played a proactive role in strengthening grassroots coordination, booth-level strategies, worker engagement, and public outreach campaigns.

Throughout the election campaign, Devkar Saheb Ji remained actively connected with party workers on the ground, motivating teams and ensuring effective organizational coordination. His disciplined approach, strategic thinking, and result-oriented working style became clearly evident during the campaign.

Political observers and party insiders believe that the organizational growth and increased public support witnessed in several constituencies during the Bengal elections were also influenced by the tireless efforts and strategic involvement of Devkar Saheb Ji.

His role in establishing better coordination between migrant party workers and local organizational units was especially appreciated. Beyond election management, he consistently focused on boosting worker morale, conducting regular meetings, and formulating region-specific strategies according to local political dynamics.

According to political analysts, the leadership qualities, dedication, and organizational efficiency demonstrated by Devkar Saheb Ji indicate that he could emerge as an even more influential force for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the coming years. His commitment towards nation-first politics and organizational integrity continues to establish him as a reliable and active political leader.

The political journey of Devkar Saheb Ji serves as an inspiring example of how continuous hard work, loyalty towards the organization, and positive leadership can help a dedicated worker rise to positions of greater responsibility and make a meaningful impact even in the most challenging political circumstances.

Democracy derives its true strength not merely from elections, but from who occupies the centres of power. If half of the population remains absent from the decision-making table, then however robust the system may appear, it remains fundamentally incomplete. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyan represents a historic effort to transform this incompleteness into wholeness.

For decades, the question of women’s reservation echoed through the corridors of Indian politics. There was consensus, but not the courage to act; resolve, but no decisive implementation. It was a paradox that in a nation which has long revered women as symbols of power, creation, and culture, their political participation remained confined within narrow limits.

Today, as this legislation takes shape under the leadership of Narendra Modi, it stands not merely as a legislative measure but as an expression of political will. It reflects a leadership that does not evade difficult decisions, but embraces them in the larger national interest.

This initiative is not the product of a single moment; rather, it is an extension of a broader ideological tradition that has consistently advocated not only respect for women, but meaningful opportunity. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological ecosystem have, over time, elevated women leaders who have not only established their presence in politics but have also left a lasting imprint on the national consciousness.

The BJP has, in practice, enabled women’s leadership in significant ways. From Rajmata Scindia to leaders such as Sumitra Mahajan, Sadhvi Uma Bharti, Vasundhara Raje, Sushma Swaraj, and now Nirmala Sitharaman, women have occupied positions of major responsibility. They have led some of the most complex ministries—including External Affairs, Defence, and Finance—thereby challenging the long-held stereotype that such domains are reserved for men. Other political parties too have produced distinguished women leaders—Sucheta Kripalani, Indira Gandhi, Jayalalithaa, Mayawati, Meira Kumar, and Mamata Banerjee among them. However, across the political spectrum, the nurturing of women’s leadership has evolved over time. In contrast, Indian women have repeatedly demonstrated that when provided with opportunity, they do not merely participate—they redefine leadership itself.

The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyan seeks to institutionalise this very reality, ensuring that women’s participation becomes a structural feature of governance rather than an exception. In the contemporary global context, this reform carries added significance. Nations today are increasingly evaluated on the basis of gender equality and inclusive governance. Through this step, India signals its aspiration not only for economic and strategic strength, but also for social justice and equitable representation.

From a constitutional perspective, the Act gives concrete expression to the promise of equality embedded in the spirit of the Republic. It narrows the long-standing gap between formal rights and substantive opportunity. Geopolitically as well, it enhances India’s global standing as a nation committed to inclusive governance. At a time when the world is increasingly gravitating toward diversity and representation in leadership, India positions itself not only as an economic and strategic power, but also as a champion of social balance and democratic inclusion.

For all stakeholders, this moment represents an opportunity for reflection and collective progress. For years, women’s reservation remained a subject of political commitment without decisive execution. Now that a landmark step has been taken, it stands as a significant milestone in India’s democratic journey. This is a moment that invites political maturity and national unity.

Undoubtedly, questions regarding implementation will persist, as they naturally do in any democratic reform. Yet it is equally undeniable that no meaningful transformation can occur without the courage to take the first step.

The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyan is therefore not merely a law. It is a benchmark—a redefinition of leadership itself as visionary, decisive, and inclusive.

Ultimately, the question is not whether opportunities will be granted, but whether India is ready to ensure that its women receive their rightful place in the architecture of power. If the answer is yes, then this moment signifies not only the passage of a bill, but the emergence of a more inclusive and confident India.

“Empowering people through the right strategies and policies for a future where everyone thrives.”

Sharath Kumar D is not just a name gaining ground in Karnataka's political circles—he is a movement in himself. A seasoned political strategist and the Karnataka State Head of the Jan Suraaj Party, Sharath’s journey from a grassroots campaign associate to a visionary leader has been both inspiring and impactful.

Sharath Kumar D with political strategist Prashant Kishor — a partnership grounded in strategy and service.

From Ground-Level Work to State-Level Leadership

Sharath’s political journey began in 2015 with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), where he quickly distinguished himself through his dedication to fieldwork and grassroots mobilization. By 2017, he was promoted to Campaign Manager, a role in which he played a pivotal part in the YSR Congress Party’s successful campaign in Andhra Pradesh.

The turning point in his career came in 2019 during his work on the Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi campaign. Collaborating closely with political strategist Prashant Kishor, Sharath absorbed the principles of data-driven decision-making, strategic narrative building, and meaningful voter engagement. This experience helped solidify his reputation as a thoughtful and effective political strategist.

Driving the Jan Suraaj Vision in Karnataka

As the Karnataka State Head of Jan Suraaj Party, Sharath’s work is rooted in empowering the non-residential Bihari community while promoting an inclusive political approach. He believes in “Sahi log, sahi soch, samuhik prayas”—the philosophy he imbibed from Prashant Kishor, which translates to 'right people, right thoughts, collective effort.'

Sharath is focused on mobilizing grassroots support, creating policy-driven campaigns, and addressing the specific challenges faced by migrant communities. His goal is to bridge the gap between governance and the everyday citizen, with key areas of focus including immigration integration, education reform, and healthcare access.

Sharath with Jan Suraaj Karnataka volunteers holding the party banner, spreading awareness among migrant communities.

A Proven Track Record of Success

In 2023, Sharath played a critical role in shaping the public image and campaign of Vijayendra, now the MLA of Shikaripura and State BJP President. Despite a strong opposition campaign centered on freebie promises, Sharath’s strategic planning and voter engagement initiatives helped secure a win, proving his ability to adapt and deliver under pressure.

On-ground engagement during the 2023 Shikaripura campaign — Sharath’s strategic insights helped secure BJP’s win.

Upcoming Events to Watch

Two major events are on the horizon that reflect the growing momentum of Jan Suraaj in Karnataka:

April 27th: A special volunteer meet at Gandhi Bhavan, Bengaluru, focused on mobilizing Bihari residents and introducing them to the Jan Suraaj vision.

May 25th: Prashant Kishor will address over 6,000 people at Palace Grounds, Bengaluru—his first public engagement in Karnataka, expected to mark a new chapter in the state's political discourse.

Tapping into Emerging Political Trends

Sharath’s leadership is aligned with a broader trend in Indian politics—voters increasingly choosing leaders based on performance, governance, and long-term policy impact. With public sentiment shifting away from populist giveaways and towards issue-based leadership, the Jan Suraaj Party stands poised to capture the attention of an awakened electorate.

A Vision for the Future

Sharath’s long-term mission is to establish a political consultancy focused on policy development and leadership training. With the support of Prashant Kishor, this initiative will aim to empower young political minds across the country to champion reforms in education, healthcare, and governance.

As Karnataka gears up for political transformation, Sharath Kumar D remains a steadfast force—quietly building a movement that speaks not in slogans, but in solutions. His approach is professional, people-first, and built on the belief that real change starts with listening.

Call-to-Action: Join the Jan Suraaj movement. Get involved. Be the change. A better future for all starts with collective action today.

AAP Will Save You ₹30,000 Every Month, BJP Will Snatch it to Benefit Their Capitalist Friends: Bhagwant Mann

Mann to Delhi Voters - Reject Hooliganism, Choose Good Governance

New Delhi/Chandigarh, February 3, 2025 : As the campaign for Delhi Assembly elections nears its conclusion, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann passionately addressed voters across multiple constituencies, urging them to re-elect Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive term. 

On the last day of the campaign, Mann led roadshows and addressed people in Adarsh Nagar, Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, and Wazirpur constituencies. CM Mann’s fiery speeches focused on contrasting AAP’s governance model with the divisive politics of the opposition, emphasizing education, healthcare, and financial empowerment as key pillars of AAP’s vision.

Speaking during these roadshows, Mann said, “Today at 5 PM, campaigning will end, and the decision you have made will be sealed in voting machines on February 5. This is not just an election; it is a choice between ‘Ladai’ (conflict) and ‘Padhai’ (education).” He urged voters to press the 'jharoo' button on the EVM to ensure Arvind Kejriwal’s return as Chief Minister and the continuation of AAP’s pro-people policies.

CM Mann exposed the opposition’s attempts to buy votes, saying, “The opposition has a lot of money, all stolen from you. If they bring money to you, I request you with folded hands: don’t refuse, take it—it’s your money! But on voting day, press the button with the broom symbol and vote for the future of your children.”

Mann continued, “In Punjab, 90% of households pay zero electricity bills, and 50,000 young people have been given government jobs. This is what good governance looks like. If you vote for the BJP, they will not only stop such initiatives but also take away the money you’ve saved. Make your own government and be the masters of your destiny.”

Mann accused BJP of resorting to hooliganism and intimidation. “They are attacking our workers and journalists, showing their desperation. Don’t let their fear-mongering win. Choose education over conflict and secure a brighter future for Delhi,” he urged.

Mann outlined the financial benefits of an AAP government, saying, “Under AAP, each household in Delhi will save approximately ₹30,000 monthly. But if you vote for BJP, they’ll stop all such benefits and even take the money you already have to benefit their friends.”

CM Mann expressed confidence in a resounding victory for AAP, saying, “Delhiites are wise, and the mood is clear—on February 8, Arvind Kejriwal will once again be Chief Minister with a massive mandate.”

“If the BJP comes to power, they’ll use your money for their friends, but we’ll use it to give back to you. BJP can’t buy the people of Delhi with their stolen money,” Mann asserted.

Mann concluded his speeches by urging the voters to press the broom button without distraction, saying, “When you vote, don’t even look at any other button. If you do, it may harm your vision like cataracts. Vote for your future, your children’s education, and an honest government that delivers.”

Baliawal Predicts BJP's Momentum Will Lead to a Resounding Win in Punjab in 2027

Chandigarh, January 30 : In a historic victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has defeated the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-Congress alliance in the Chandigarh mayoral elections. BJP candidate Harpreet Kaur Babla secured 19 votes, while the AAP-Congress alliance’s candidate, Prem Lata, received 17 votes.

BJP’s Punjab spokesperson, Pritpal Singh Baliawal, stated that he had already predicted the Congress party’s decision not to field its own candidate, instead supporting AAP in the Chandigarh mayoral elections. He claimed that by winning the mayoral position, the BJP has exposed the Congress-AAP alliance, proving that both parties are internally united while misleading the public.

Baliawal emphasized that although the people of Punjab helped Congress win seven seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-AAP alliance now stands exposed before the public. He asserted that this will directly impact the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. He also recalled that Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring had declared during the Amritsar mayoral elections that, despite Congress and AAP being part of the INDIA alliance at the national level, Congress had no past, present, or future association with AAP. However, the Chandigarh mayoral elections have proven his claims false.

Congress’s decision not to field its own candidate and instead support AAP in the mayoral election clearly indicates that both Congress and the ruling party in Punjab are deceiving the people for their own political gains. With this truth coming to light, Congress candidates who contested the Amritsar mayoral elections now feel betrayed and are questioning whether there was a pre-planned “friendly match” in Amritsar as well.

Baliawal further stated that with a BJP mayor taking charge of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the city’s development will gain new momentum. Several crucial decisions aimed at enhancing the world-renowned identity of “The City Beautiful” will be taken, ultimately benefiting the people of Chandigarh.

In Amritsar, Aam Aadmi Party Elected Its Mayor Following Proper Electoral Procedure, We Got the Majority - Neel Garg

Chandigarh, January 29 : On the Punjab and Haryana High Court's dismissal of the petition regarding the Amritsar Municipal Corporation Mayor elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and spokesperson Neel Garg stated that Congress intentionally created high-voltage drama for three days, even though there was no irregularity in the elections.

Neel Garg said that the High Court's decision has proven that Congress leaders were spreading lies about the Mayor elections, but the court has made everything clear and transparent. Garg added that the truth always prevails.

He further said that the Aam Aadmi Party elected its Mayor in Amritsar following proper electoral procedures. The majority was with us, and the election was conducted transparently in front of cameras. Everything is on record. Congress was trying to tarnish the image of the Aam Aadmi Party on this issue. Congress leaders should abandon such low-level tactics and focus on raising public issues instead.

CM Bhagwant Mann Leads Massive Roadshows in Rajouri Garden, Tilak Nagar, and Vikaspuri; Urges Voters to Re-elect AAP Government

Arvind Kejriwal works for the Common People, he is not in politics for money, he left his job to serve the people: Mann

New Delhi/Chandigarh, January 29, 2025 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spearheaded vibrant roadshows on Wednesday in Delhi’s Rajouri Garden, Tilak Nagar, and Vikaspuri constituencies, campaigning for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates Dhanwati Chandela, Jarnail Singh, and Mahinder Yadav, respectively.

Drawing massive crowds, Mann urged voters to strengthen Delhi's legacy of good governance by re-electing Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister for the fourth time. The roadshows witnessed enthusiastic participation from the people of Delhi, who cheered on AAP's candidates and shared their appreciation for the party's pro-people initiatives.

Speaking during the roadshows, Mann said that AAP remains committed to addressing the needs of the people, including education, healthcare, employment, and infrastructure development. "We talk about real issues, and we fulfill our guarantees. In Punjab, 90% of households receive zero electricity bills, we provided 50,000 government jobs without favoritism or bribes, and revolutionized public sectors. Call your relatives in Punjab and ask them how the AAP government has kept its promises," said Mann.

He highlighted AAP's transformative policies in Delhi under Arvind Kejriwal’s leadership. “Delhi has witnessed free electricity, world-class education and healthcare, and free travel for women in government buses. This is governance that works for the people, and it’s time to extend this legacy further,” Mann added, urging voters to choose candidates committed to progress and transparency.

Mann said that Arvind Kejriwal left his job to serve the people, and they (Mann and Kejriwal) are not in politics for money. He said that Kejriwal's guarantee is not a 'jumla' like the BJP. We deliver what we promise. Mann ridiculed the opposition's empty promises, citing the example of the BJP's claim to provide Rs 2,500 to women. "Did they fulfill their earlier promise of depositing Rs 15 lakh into everyone's bank account?" he asked. He added the people of Punjab also didn't get 15 lacs in their accounts because for the BJP elections are 'jumla' time.

Mann added, "This election is about choosing development over divisiveness. Vote for AAP candidates and secure a brighter future for Delhi under the visionary leadership of Arvind Kejriwal."

In Tilak Nagar, AAP candidate Jarnail Singh expressed gratitude to the constituency's residents for their unwavering support over the years. Addressing the gathering, Jarnail Singh said, "The BJP has no agenda for the people. They focus on the politics of polarization and hatred. In contrast, AAP tirelessly works for the welfare of Delhi’s citizens. We’ve delivered results, and we’ll continue to do so with your support."

People Are Ready to Re-elect Arvind Kejriwal with a Record Majority for the Third Time

New Delhi, January 23, 2025 : AAP MP Raghav Chadha held a roadshow in the Adarsh Nagar constituency on Thursday to seek votes for Aam Aadmi Party candidate Mukesh Kumar Goyal. Thousands of people participated in the roadshow. The massive turnout showed that this election is being fought by the people of Delhi themselves. Delhi has resolved to re-elect its leader, Arvind Kejriwal, with a record majority for the third time.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha said, “The kind of support we are receiving from the people indicates that Arvind Kejriwal’s government will return to Delhi with a massive majority. We are receiving immense love, blessings, and support from the people.”

The Aam Aadmi Party has made promises to the people of Delhi on issues like employment, education, and health. The party has initiated several schemes to provide employment opportunities to the youth of Delhi. It has also taken numerous steps to provide clean and safe water to the people of Delhi. Raising the issue of unemployment, Raghav Chadha said that providing employment will be the Kejriwal government’s biggest priority for the next five years. He said that if the youth are employed, the country will be stronger. Therefore, he believes that the promises of employment made by the Aam Aadmi Party today are very significant, and the youth of Delhi will surely appreciate them. He assured, “We deliver what we promise, and we will definitely fulfill this promise.”

Chadha, said, “The Aam Aadmi Party is committed to working for the people of Delhi. Our party has made promises to the people of Delhi on issues like employment, education, and health. We are working to fulfill these promises.”

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has promised the people of Delhi that his government will make Delhi a clean, safe, and prosperous city. He has said that his government will pay special attention to issues like employment, education, and health for the people of Delhi.

Mann Urges Delhiites to Elect Representatives Who Understand Their Problems

Mann Highlights AAP Government's Achievements in Punjab: AAP Focuses on Public Welfare, Not Personal Attacks

Mann Ridicules BJP's Empty Promises, Calls Them 'Jumlas'

Delhi/Chandigarh, January 23, 2025 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led a high-energy roadshow in Kasturba Nagar, it was followed by two Jansabhas (public rallies) in Mehrauli and Chhatarpur Assembly Constituencies, where Mann addressed thousands of enthusiastic supporters.

During the roadshow, Mann was greeted by a sea of AAP supporters, who cheered and chanted slogans as he made his way through the crowded streets of Kasturba Nagar. The Punjab Chief Minister interacted with locals and urged them to vote for AAP candidates.

Addressing the gatherings, Mann expressed his gratitude to the people for their overwhelming support. "I can see the enthusiasm and energy of the people, and I am confident that on February 5, the broom will sweep the elections," he said. "We have worked tirelessly for the people, and now it's time for the people to elect their representatives."

Mann also emphasized the importance of electing representatives who understand the problems of the common people. "We are not here to make false promises or indulge in petty politics," he said. "We are committed to working for the people, and we will ensure that their voices are heard."

The Punjab Chief Minister also highlighted the achievements of the AAP government in Punjab, including providing 50,000 jobs and ensuring that 90% of households receive zero electricity bills. "We have delivered on our promises, and we will continue to work for the people," he said.

Mann also drew attention to the contrast between the AAP's commitment to public service and the opposition's focus on personal attacks. "The BJP resorts to abuse and slander, targeting Arvind Kejriwal from morning till night," he said. "This is because they have no constructive work to showcase." In contrast, Mann said that the AAP's focus is on delivering tangible benefits to the people, citing the example of Punjab where the party has provided 50,000 jobs without requiring any recommendations or bribes.

Mann also highlighted the significance of the AAP's election symbol, the broom. "Our symbol represents cleanliness and purity, and under Arvind Kejriwal's leadership, we will bring about a cleanliness drive across the country," he said. Mann expressed confidence that the people of Delhi would elect AAP representatives who would work tirelessly for their welfare, and urged them to press the 'jharoo' button on the EVM to bring about a positive change.

Mann also ridiculed the opposition's empty promises, citing the example of the BJP's claim to provide Rs 2,500 to women. "Did they fulfill their earlier promise of depositing Rs 15 lakh into everyone's bank account?" he asked. "Their promises are nothing but hollow jumlas, and the people of Delhi will not fall for them."

Mann criticized BJP for its hypocrisy, saying, “They accused Kejriwal of distributing freebies, but today in their manifesto, they have promised ₹2500 for women and free gas cylinders among other freebies.” But the people of Delhi know that only Kejriwal fulfill his Guarantees, other parties copied his word 'guarantee' and his guarantees but they don't deliver anything after getting your votes.

AAP leaders elected as President and Vice President, President Aman Arora Wished Best to New Office Bearers

Chandigarh , January, 13 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab celebrated resounding victories in the Nagar Panchayat elections of Talwandi Sabo and Bilga with its members being elected as President and Vice President to lead the Nagar Panchayat. The newly elected office bearers were sworn in on Monday, marking a new chapter of pro-people governance in these areas.

In Talwandi Sabo, Kulveer Kaur from Ward No. 7 was elected as the President, and Verm Dev Singh from Ward No. 14 has taken charge as the Vice President. The ceremony was graced by the presence of MLA Baljinder Kaur, who congratulated the office bearers and assured them of the party’s full support in fulfilling their developmental vision for the region.

In Bilga, the AAP's Gurnam Singh Jakhu from Ward No. 2 was elected as President. Parwinder Singh from Ward No. 12 was chosen as Senior Vice President, while Sandeep Singh from Ward No. 6 assumed the role of Vice President.

AAP Punjab President Aman Arora extended his heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected office bearers in Talwandi Sabo and Bilga. In a statement, he said:

“I congratulate all AAP leaders on their election as office bearers of Talwandi Sabo and Bilga Nagar Panchayats. Their victory reflects the trust and confidence the people of Punjab have in AAP’s commitment to transparent governance and holistic development. I am confident that under their leadership, these regions will witness significant progress and people-centric policies. The AAP government remains dedicated to supporting them in every step towards transforming their vision into reality.”

• Raghav Chadha highlights that Bhagat Singh sacrificed his life for India’s independence at young age of 23

• Raghav Chadha advocates awarding Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh, calling it true acknowledgment of his sacrifice and legacy

• Raghav Chadha emphasizes Bhagat Singh’s enduring relevance as role model for youth, citing his revolutionary spirit and visionary ideas

New Delhi 04 December 2024: A demand has been made to honor Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh with the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honor, in recognition of his supreme sacrifice and contribution to the freedom struggle by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday and he urged the government in Parliament to confer the Bharat Ratna on Bhagat Singh, remembering his sacrifice and contribution to the country's freedom.

During his speech in Parliament, senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha stated, "Bhagat Singh dedicated his youth, dreams, and life to India’s freedom struggle. Even 93 years after his martyrdom, we have not given him the respect he deserves."

"At the age of just 23, he laid down his life for the nation. His courage shook the foundations of the British Empire and inspired generations to fight for freedom. Honoring him will not only be a tribute to his sacrifice but will also elevate the dignity of the Bharat Ratna award itself," Raghav Chadha emphasized.

Raghav Chadha described Bhagat Singh's contribution as invaluable, saying, "I consider Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh ji as my idol. He was a true son of Mother India. His revolutionary thinking and unwavering courage not only challenged British rule but also inspired future generations to fight for freedom."

The AAP MP argued that awarding the Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh would not only honor his memory but also elevate the prestige of India’s highest civilian award. He said, "This is not just an award, it’s a step toward recognizing his invaluable contribution to the nation."

He urged the government to act swiftly, stating, "If this is done, future generations will remember this Parliament with gratitude. It is time to give Bhagat Singh the respect he rightfully deserves."

He concluded with a powerful verse encapsulating Bhagat Singh’s revolutionary spirit: "Every drop of my blood will bring a revolution. If I am gone, countless others will rise to carry forward this mission."

Kolkata, August 22, 2024 – The Paschim Bengal Rashtriya Yuva Hindu Vahini has strongly condemned the brutal rape of Dr. Moumita Debnath at RG Kar Medical College. The organization’s leaders, including Working President Rajesh Kumar Singh, National President Mahant Anurag Bhriguvanshi, and Vice President Smita Grandhi, have called for immediate and severe action against the offenders.

Rajesh Kumar Singh expressed deep anger over the crime, calling it a serious violation of law and human dignity. “This terrible crime is a disgrace to our society,” Singh said. “The rapists must face the strictest punishment, including public hanging, to restore faith in our justice system.” Singh also criticized the slow pace of legal proceedings and stated that the organization is ready to take action if necessary. “We will not sit idle while justice is delayed. We are prepared to take to the streets to ensure these criminals are held accountable,” he added.

National President Mahant Anurag Bhriguvanshi supported Singh’s stance, condemning the attack as a serious blow to legal and moral values. “The attack on Dr. Moumita Debnath is shocking and undermines our legal system,” Bhriguvanshi said. “We demand the harshest penalties for the offenders, including public hanging, to ensure justice and restore faith in the legal system.”

Vice President Smita Grandhi called for additional safety measures. “We strongly condemn the heinous act against Dr. Moumita Debnath and urge the authorities to act swiftly and justly,” Grandhi said. “The government must invest in better street lighting, security cameras, and emergency response systems to improve public safety.” She also recommended public awareness campaigns to educate communities about respect and consent and suggested using technology such as personal safety apps that alert authorities with a single click. “By creating a culture of vigilance and respect, both the public and government can work together to prevent such crimes,” Grandhi concluded. “We stand united with Dr. Debnath and all survivors, committed to ensuring justice and safety for everyone.”

The statements from the organization’s leaders reflect a strong demand for justice and a commitment to improving safety measures to prevent future crimes.

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Hyderabad, 17th August 2024: Muslim Youth League (MYL) Telangana is rapidly emerging as a prominent force in social welfare activities across the state, earning recognition for its dedication to community service. Under the leadership of President Mir Hamid Ali Engineer, and guided by IUML Telangana President Mohammed Shakeel Advocate, MYL Telangana has undertaken several impactful initiatives to support those in need.

Recently, MYL Telangana organized a donation drive for the victims of the Wayanad landslide, providing much-needed financial assistance to help them rebuild their lives during these challenging times. The funds were sent directly to the affected individuals, demonstrating MYL's commitment to immediate and meaningful aid.

In addition to disaster relief, MYL Telangana has been active in promoting education and addressing basic needs. A book distribution drive was held in Musheerabad, where Vice President Noman Rehman supervised the distribution of over 100 books to underprivileged students, ensuring they have the resources to pursue their education.

In July, MYL Telangana conducted a food donation drive in the slum areas along the Musa River in Chaderghat. This initiative, led by Vice Presidents Noman Rehman and Qadeeruddin, along with Secretaries Syed Saif and Md. Ashraf, Treasurer Moiz, and active workers Syed Muzakkir and Mohd Zakir, provided essential nourishment to those in need.

During the month of Muharram, MYL Telangana also took proactive steps by visiting Bibi ka Alawa in Dabeerpura to inspect arrangements, ensuring a smooth and respectful observance of the religious occasion.

Looking ahead, MYL Telangana plans to continue its community outreach with upcoming events such as free eye camps, job fairs, and career guidance workshops aimed at benefiting local residents in areas like Musheerabad.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Noman Rehman

Vice President & Spokesperson

Muslim Youth League Telangana

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Shornur: An event, organised by the Kala Sahitya Samskriti , was held at Ayyankali Hall to honour the writer Dr. Arun Kumar S also known under the pseudonym Ezhuthalan. He was honoured by the Minister of Culture Saji Cheriyan for his contributions to World Literature, humanity, feelings towards poor and needy , national integration , fight against social evils and his active presence in the media.

A versatile talent, Dr. Arun Kumar is a poet, lyricist, speaker, legal expert and teacher. He serves as an English teacher at the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Thalavady and he is the state president of Ee Yugam Literary As.He has published five poetry collections and 3
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He is the recipient of Kalasahithi Award, Kunjikuttan Thampuran Smaraka Award, Sreshta Bhasha Malayalam Award, Best Poet Award from KSTA.ONV Award ,Navodhana Kala Sahitya Samskriti Magazine's Words Worth Award , Kavita Sahitya Kala vedi's Kerala Kalidasan award received from Hon. Minister Kadannappalli Ramachandran and the like.

Chairmen and party office bearers were also present

Mann directs AAP leaders to work harder on the ground level

Chandigarh, June 7, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Friday, held a meeting with the AAP Lok Sabha candidates and MLAs of Patiala and Ferozepur Lok Sabha constituency. Dr Balbir Singh, AAP's Patiala candidate and Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, Ferozepur candidate, both thanked the MLAs of their areas and AAP teams for their support and hard work. 

As compared to the last general elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gained vote share in both constituencies and trailed by a very small margin at the end. 

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said to the MLAs of both Lok Sabha constituencies to keep up the good work and directed them to even work harder on the ground level. The AAP leaders discussed the Lok Sabha election results. Mann also discussed future development plans with the AAP MLAs, chairmen and party's office bearers.

We don't have to speak, zero electricity bills speak for us, 43,000 jobs, water in 'kasis and rajwahas' is speaking for the AAP: Bhagwant Mann

Bhagwant Mann - 'Punjab Banega Hero' the voters of Shahkot - 'Iss baar 13-0'

Chief Minister Mann also paid tribute to Ratan Singh Kakar Kalan, said - he was a grounded person and the people's leader

• No party has the support of enthusiastic youth like the AAP, we will go a long way under the leadership of CM: Pawan Kumar Tinu

Chandigarh/Shahkot, May 9, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday, campaigned for the AAP candidate from Jalandhar Pawan Kumar Tinu in Shahkot where he was received by the thousands of the people with enthusiasm and warmth. For his roadshow, chief minister Bhagwant Mann was welcomed with the flowers and slogans of 'Aam Aadmi Party Zindabad'. Mann said that he is indebted to this love and it is the grace of God that he is blessed with it, because otherwise people don't even like the other politicians one bit and meeting them considers bad omen.

During his address to the gathered public, Mann also paid tribute to Ratan Singh Kakkar Kalan and said that he also met his family. Mann said that Ratan Singh was a grounded and well-loved leader. He prayed for the peace of the departed soul.

He said that he is happy that he didn't even have to speak anything now to ask for votes, his government's work speaks for itself. He continued, your zero electricity bills speak for us, 43,000 government jobs are speaking, the water in 'kassi' and 'rajwahe' is speaking, closed toll plazas and your ration cards are telling the story. He said that he closed 16 toll plazas in Punjab and now it saves Punjabis about 60 lakhs daily. He said that zero electricity bills have lightened the financial burden of the common people. With the saved money now they can take care of other things too.

Mann said that he is not like other chief ministers or political leaders. He is one of them (common people) and he is with them. He said that other chief ministers used to stay away from the public whereas he is always among the people. He said that traditional politicians are miserable because the sons and daughters of common families became CM, MLA and ministers. He said that he has 32 teeth and most of the time what he says turns out to be true. He said during the 2022 Punjab assembly elections I predicted that everyone from the Badal family will lose, Majithia, Sidhu, Captain, Bhathal, Maluka, Baltoha, they all will lose and they did, they all lost the MLA election. He voiced, 'Punjab Banega Hero', the people of Shahkot responded with, 'iss baar 13-0'.

Mann said that tomorrow if everything went right, then the party supremo Arvind Kejriwal will come out of jail. He said that we'll have our lion back and I'll bring him to Punjab right after his release, because Punjab gave us our breakthrough in 2014 with 4 MPs. He said that the BJP is no longer saying '400+' because they know their ship is sinking. On the other hand, the AAP is winning all 13 seats in Punjab, seats of Delhi, Kurukshetra, Gujarat and Assam. He said that we'll have 30-40 MPs and the next government is forming without the support of the AAP. He said that the 13 AAP MPs in the parliament will mean that they will no longer be able to stop our funds, he said that together we will work Punjab 'sone di chiri' again. 

He said that Badals are crying, I saw Harsimrat Badal's video of doing theatrics, but today after witnessing your support and enthusiasm, I'm 100% positive that they will all be bawling after June 4th. He said that they looted Punjab and built Sukh Vilas from the blood of the people of Punjab. But now the people have a chance to settle all scores. On the matter of Sushil Kumar Rinku, Mann said that he doesn't even have to say anything, people of Jalandhar will exact the price of this betrayal on June 1st and on June 4th it will be obvious to the world that Punjabis don't spare cheaters.

Jalandhar candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu thanked CM Mann and the people of Shahkot for their overwhelming support. Tinu said that no party has the support of enthusiastic youth like the Aam Aadmi Party. The AAP is the party that our youth have trust in. He said that in the 25 years of his political career, he has never witnessed such love, support and enthusiasm for a leader like he is witnessing now for CM Bhagwant Mann. He appealed to the people, "1 june nu apa 'jharoo' pher dena bas."

SGPC member Bawa Singh Gumanpura joins AAP, Akali Dal's senior vice presidents Narinder Singh Noni and Malak Singh Sandhu also join the AAP

People have no trust left in the Akali Dal, it is a Badal Dal now full of selfish and corrupt people, says CM Mann

Chandigarh, May 8, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab gave the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) another big setback in Amritsar. A prominent SGPC member and many Akali leaders left the SAD and joined the AAP in the presence of CM Bhagwant Mann and Talbir Singh Gill.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed Bawa Singh Gumanpura (SGPC member), Narinder Singh Noni (Senior vice-president Amritsar Urban), Malak Singh Sandhu (Senior vice-president Amritsar Urban), Kishan Gopal Chachu (member working committee SAD), Nishan Singh Gumanpura and Gurjit Singh Gumanpura (national vice-president Punjab) to the Aam Aadmi Party. 

This setback will weaken the Akali Dal in the Amritsar lok sabha. Mann said that the leaders and the people of Punjab do not have any trust left in the Akali Dal as now it is Badal Dal which is full of selfish and corrupt people. Mann said that the Aam Aadmi Party always have a place for the people who are pro-Punjab and wants to serve the people. 

All the new joining leaders said that they are happy to be part of the Aam Aadmi Party which has a capable leader like Bhagwant Mann. They said that they highly applaud the dedication and hard work of the AAP government in Punjab. For the first time we have a government who is working for the people and free of corrupt power hungry people.

The people of Malerkotla have always stood against the injustice, they will defeat the oppressors again: Bhagwant Mann

Maan's dig at BJP: We talk about education, health and employment, they talk about Hindus, Muslims, Mangalsutra etc.

I have been an MLA from Barnala for seven years, I have always done my work with integrity, I will continue to serve you with full dedication: Meet Hare

Chandigarh/Malerkotla, May 8, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Wednesday, launched a scathing attack against Akali Dal Badal and the BJP in Malerkotla. He was campaigning for the AAP candidate from Sangrur Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. He said that the people of Malerkotla are known for raising their voice against the injustice, they will defeat hate mongers too.

Mann did a road show in Malerkotla where thousands of the people particularly youth raised slogans in favour of the AAP and CM Bhagwant Mann. He addressed the gathered and thanked the people for their love and support. Mann said that this love doesn't let him get tired. He said that the people of Malerkotla have always blessed him with immense support. In 2014 and 2019, the people here contributed to my victory, this time too they will ensure the victory of the AAP candidate Meet Hayer. Mann said that Meet Hayer is a hard working and honest leader who was preparing for the IAS exam before joining politics. 

Mann said that the BJP does the politics of hatred but now the people have seen their real face. They are losing badly. Mann also lambasted Prime Minister Modi. He said that there are about 6 lakh words in the Hindi dictionary, but PM Modi only speaks eight to ten words like Hindu-Muslim, temple-mosque, Pakistan and graveyard. He never speaks on problems like inflation, unemployment, poverty and hunger.

He said that it is very shameful that after being the Prime Minister for ten years, he is asking for votes in the name of Mangalsutra. He said that the BJP does the politics of hatred. It wants to take votes from people by scaring them in the name of caste and religion. It is also trying to divide Punjab, but the people of Punjab never tolerate the politics of hatred. Punjab is known for communal harmony. People here celebrate Gurpurabs, Eid, Holi, Diwali and Navami together. BJP's politics of hatred can never succeed here.

Mann said that we do the politics of work. I made electricity free for all, built schools and hospitals, opened 829 mohalla clinics, gave 43,000 government jobs, constantly creating employment opportunities for the youth, giving 1 crore ex-gratia to the families of the martyrs, common people are getting public services at their door steps. 

Mann also railed at Sukhbir Badal and said that he comes out of his palaces after asking the temperature. He gets out for an hour in 30°C to save Punjab. Mann said that his road show is full of people at this hour too, he can never repay the debt of this love. And on the other hand people don't come out to listen to Sukhbir Badal even in daytime. He said that we are like you, we came from villages and government schools. I understand your pain and your problems. They cannot copy us, they cannot follow our hard work. He said that Meet Hayer has defeated leaders like Kewal Dhillon, now the people don't even know which party he belongs to. He said that some political parties use tension of borders to lure the voters, but don't fall prey to the politics of hatred.

Candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer thanked CM Mann and the people of Malerkotla for their support. Meet Hayer said that he has been MLA from Barnala for more than 7 years. During those seven years, I have done my work dedicatedly and honestly. As an MP too, I'll serve you my best. Meet appealed to the people to keep supporting him and ensure AAP's historic victory in Sangrur.

As the grand old Janata Party, established during the Emergency era by the revered Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan, finds itself navigating challenging times, a significant moment awaits with the upcoming Presidential Election scheduled for January 26, 2024.

The Janata Party Punjab State Headquarters in Ludhiana is set to host the crucial plenary session on January 23, 2024, as announced by Shri Kunal Sofat, the Punjab State President. Leaders and office bearers from across India are anticipated to attend this session, according to General Secretary Shri Rajesh Mangal and Advocate Ranjeet Singh.

In a press release, Dr. Manoj Vajpayee, Vice President of the Janata Party, provided a brief history of the party. Notably, he mentioned the departure of Dr. Subramanian Swamy from the Janata Party in 2013, as he announced his merger with the BJP. However, due to vigilant whistle-blowers, the merger did not materialize.

Renowned Investigative Journalist and Author of "Geopolitics," Shri Navneet Chaturvedi, played a pivotal role in exposing the Rafale scam and GSPC scam during his tenure with the Congress party's communication department. After joining the Janata Party, he was elected as the National President on December 15, 2021.

As Mr. Navneet Chaturvedi completes his two-year tenure, he announced via Twitter that he will not seek re-election for the presidency. Despite his decision, the party is gearing up for the election, with several prominent leaders expressing their intent to contest. Shri Vijay Kumar Ramkinkar Jha, Advocate Ranjeet Singh, Shri A.K. Jha, Shri Rajkapoor Yadav, Shri Jaiprakash Bandhu, and Shri Tejnarayan Singh are among those who have expressed their willingness to participate.

Despite the challenges, the Janata Party is committed to conducting the election in compliance with the Election Commission of India's notification dated November 11, 2022. The plenary session aims to address necessary compliance and resolve legal matters pending at the Hon'ble Civil Judge Tis Hazari Court in Delhi, especially in preparation for the upcoming 2024 Parliament Election. The Janata Party, with a significant presence in major states, remains poised for this historic moment in its political journey.

Says, remaining demands also being considered

Chandigarh, May 15:

Punjab Transport Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar today assured the representatives of Punjab Roadways/PRTC Contract Workers Union that the process of bringing uniformity and implementing due increase in their salaries is going expeditiously.

Presiding over the meeting of the Union at Punjab Bhawan here, the Transport Minister said that the case to bring uniformity and increase in salaries is with the Finance Department. After the objections raised by the Finance Department, the reply has also been submitted by the officials of the Transport Department. The Cabinet Minister categorically asked Secretary Transport S. Dilraj Singh Sandhawalia to write a letter to the Finance Department and personally follow the matter so that it could be resolved at the earliest.

On the issue of delay in depositing the due amount of EPF and ESI by the contractor, the Cabinet Minister said that the department has issued a penalty notice to the contractor, after which he also deposited the due amount. He instructed the Secretary to ensure that the contractor won’t commit any negligence in future which could cause difficulties in getting salaries and medical facilities to the employees.

The Transport Minister also assured that the rest of the demands of the employees are also being considered speedily. Referring to the demands of the employees such as regularizing contractual employees after abolishing contract system and enacting employees' service rules, S. Laljit Singh Bhullar said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led government is ensuring the well being of every category. All these matters will be resolved in the near future after the report of the cabinet sub-committee.

Prominent amongst other who were present in the meeting included Secretary Transport S. Dilraj Singh Sandhawalia, Director Punjab Roadways Ms. Amandeep Kaur and other officials of Transport and Finance departments.

We are not here to do politics, my every effort is for Punjab and Punjabis - Chief Minister Mann

Jalandhar, May 7, On Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural offered prayers at the Satguru Kabir temple located at Bhargav Camp in Jalandhar and prayed for 'Sarbat da Bhala'. Amritsar MLA Jeevanjot Kaur, senior AAP leaders Mahinder Bhagat, Pravesh Tangri and other AAP leaders were also present with them.

 In his address on the occasion, Chief Minister Mann told the Sangat that Kabir ji spent his entire life helping the oppressed, raising his voice for their rights and oppose the injustice in the society. He said that the words of Kabir ji will always guide us.  Mann said that the land of Punjab is the land of gurus, pir-fakirs, warriors and martyrs. It is a matter of pride for us to be born here.

He said that his government is working diligently for the progress of every section of Punjab. Our aim is that every house in Punjab should progress. He said that we are improving the condition of government schools so that even the children of the poor families can get quality education and become officers. Mohalla clinics were built so that everyone gets proper and free treatment.

He said that some people are trying to break the brotherhood and unity of Punjab, but they do not know that Punjab is the land of Gurus. It is impossible to break the brotherhood and unity of the people of Punjab. For the youth, he said that his government is providing employment opportunities to the youth in Punjab itself.  So that they do not have to go abroad in search of jobs.

 He also assured to fulfill the demands of the local people and also expressed concern over the expensive marriages taking place in Punjab. He said that his government would set up community centers in every village of the state. These community centers will become an affordable option for the needy to organize programs.

 In the end, he said that his government is always dedicated to Punjab and Punjabis. We are working hard to live up to the trust reposed by the people of Punjab in the Aam Aadmi Party.

Chandigarh, May 4, Reiterating Punjab Government's 'Zero Tolerance' policy towards corruption in the state, Punjab Power Minister S. Harbhajan Singh ETO today said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led state government is committed to give a corruption-free administration to the people of Punjab and all necessary measures are being taken in this regard.

          Taking a serious note of cases of corruption by some officials and officers of PSPCL in the recent past, the Cabinet Minister said that corruption at any level would not be tolerated and Mann government will act tough against delinquent officials and no one found indulging in menace of corruption would be spared.

          The Power Minister said that recently in cases of corruption in PSPCL, swift and stern action was taken against Er. Gurjinder Singh, SDO DS Sub Division Mubarkpur, who was accused of harassing an applicant in case of release of industrial connection and he was immediately suspended on dated 28-04-2023 after enquiry by the Enforcement Wing of PSPCL. Similarly, Er. Harjit Singh, SDO and Er. Darshan Singh SDO were also suspended on 28-04-2023 for their role in embezzlement of material drawn from PSPCL stores after enquiry by the Technical Audit Wing of PSPCL. Further, in the same case, Er. Chhinder Pal Singh, SDO, Er. Daljit Singh JE and Sh. Ajitpal Singh, Line Man of DS Sub-Division, Bassian were also suspended for large scale material embezzlement. Prior to this, Er. Sumel Singh, Addl. SE DS Division, Amloh and his Divisional Accountant Sh. Kiran Kumar were also suspended due to embezzlement of PSPCL Funds after enquiry by the Audit Wing of PSPCL.

          He informed that FIRs have been registered in both these cases and involvement of senior officers in these cases is also being investigated. He said that anyone found guilty shall not be spared. 

          The Power Minister further said that he will not tolerate any ill treatment of the esteemed consumers and indulgence in corrupt practices by any employee at any level of the Power Department and in future also strict action shall be taken against the delinquent officers & officials.

          S. Harbhajan Singh ETO also urged the people of Punjab to cooperate the state government to uproot this menace of bribery from the state and if any officer or official of power department asks for a bribe, it should be reported immediately to his office.

Slamming Harsimrat Kaur Badal, CM said - she told the Election Commission in 2019 that she has three and a half kilos of gold and crores of rupees, all of it is public money

 Congress-Akali leaders used to take share in business, we share your sorrows and pain - Mann

 CM Mann held a road show in favor of 'AAP' candidate Sushil Rinku in Jalandhar West, Central and North, appealed to the people to make Rinku win

 Jalandhar, May 4, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, along with Sushil Kumar Rinku, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election, held a roadshow in various areas of Halka Jalandhar West, North and Central on Thursday and appealed to the people to make AAP's candidate win.

 The Chief Minister started the road show from Bhargav Nagar in Jalandhar West assembly constituency. From here the roadshow went to Nari Niketan Chowk. In Jalandhar Central Assembly constituency, the Chief Minister did a road show from Milap Chowk to Bhagat Singh Chowk. In Jalandhar North assembly constituency, he did road show from Domoria bridge to Kishapura Chowk. CM Mann also interacted with the people during this roadshow.

 Addressing the people of Jalandhar, the Chief Minister launched a scathing attack on the Akali Dal and the Congress Party and said that the Congress-Akali leaders have sold the education of your children. Sold the medicines of the elderly and built big palaces for themselves with this money and amassed property worth billions of rupees.

 The Chief Minister also slammed Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal's wife and MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal and said that in her affidavit given to the Election Commission in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Harsimrat Kaur Badal told that she had three and a half kilos of gold, crores of rupees in cash and assets worth crores of rupees. He asked her where she got so much money from, adding that it is actually public money that they looted.

The Chief Minister also attacked Congress leader and former Industries Minister Shyamsundar Arora and said that in a raid at his house, apart from papers of property worth crores, a note counting machine was also found. The meaning is clear that while being the Industries Minister, he used to collect large amounts of money from the industrialists of Punjab.

 He said that in the previous governments the ruling leaders used to take share in businesses. If you did not give them share, they used to threaten and get it raided. We do not take share in any business but we share the sorrow and pain of the common people of Punjab. He said that after the formation of our government, none of our leaders demanded commission or share from the businessmen of Punjab. The industrialists of Punjab now do their business fearlessly and also pay tax of crores of rupees to the government.

 The Chief Minister said that the AAP government is the government of the common people. In the interest of state and common people, we have changed the timings of government offices and schools to 7:30 am to 2:00 pm. With this decision, 350 MW of electricity will be saved daily and government offices in Punjab will save electricity bills of more than Rs.16 crore every month. Apart from this, government employees will now also get a chance to spend more time with their families and children.

We will not stop till Arvind Kejriwal becomes the Prime Minister of the country- Dhaliwal 

Prime Minister is afraid of Arvind Kejriwal, so he is troubling him again and again, in 2024 only Kejriwal can compete against Modi – Dhaliwal

Amritsar, 16 April, The Aam Aadmi Party opposed the summoning of AAP's National Coordinator and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI and said that the Modi government wanted to intimidate Arvind Kejriwal with CBI-ED.

 Cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who along with AAP Punjab ministers, MLAs and a large number of volunteers, sat on a dharna against the Modi government in Amritsar on Sunday, said that the BJP has been shaken by the growing stature of the Aam Aadmi Party and CM Arvind Kejriwal. That's why the BJP has summoned him through the CBI to implicate him in a false case.

He said that our entire leadership, office bearers and workers from Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran have gathered here against the BJP government. He challenged the Modi government and said that no matter how much the central government misuses its agencies, the Aam Aadmi Party cannot be stopped.

 The minister said that "we will not stop till Arvind Kejriwal becomes the Prime Minister of our country". He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of Kejriwal.  Modi knows that only Kejriwal can give him a fight in 2024, so he is troubling him again and again.  Dhaliwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party is a movement and this movement will continue till there is a change in this country.

Along with Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal, Cabinet Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, Cabinet Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak, MLA Dr. Ajay Gupta, MLA Jeevan Jyot Kaur, MLA Dr. Jasbir Singh, MLA Dalbir Singh Tong,  MLA ADC Ramdas, Chairman Ware House Gurdev Singh Lakhna, Chairman Baldev Singh, Chairman Amritsar City Improvement Trust Ashok Talwar, District President and Chairman District Planning Board Amritsar Jaspreet Singh, National Council Member Baljit Singh Khaira, Harinder Singh, Jasbir Singh, Lok  Sabha in-charge Amritsar Iqbal Singh Bhullar, Shamsher Singh Dinanagar and a large number of party workers were present.

SAYS, IMMENSE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN FISHERIES' OCCUPATION

URGES FARMERS AND YOUTH TO TAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SCHEME TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME

Chandigarh, January 29: Punjab Fisheries Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar released the poster providing detailed information of various government projects to promote fisheries' occupation in the state.

          After releasing the poster of these projects under PMMSY, the Cabinet Minister said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led government has promoted this scheme in the state with the aim of further development of Fisheries sector. He said, all kinds of projects for fish farming are included in this scheme, and beneficiaries can avail 40 to 60 percent subsidy for adopting this auxiliary occupation.

          For the first time in the state, subsidy was provided to 43 beneficiaries for purchasing motorcycles and auto-rickshaws for the transportation of fish and fish products under this scheme, said the Cabinet Minister, adding that besides this, around 120 hectares area has been brought under shrimp farming, for which financial assistance has been provided to 107 beneficiaries.

          The Fisheries Minister said that the project of mini fish feed mills are being established in the state under this scheme, and construction of a total five mini fish feed mills in the private sector at district Jalandhar, Patiala, SAS Nagar, Faridkot and Gurdaspur will be completed soon. Under this scheme, latest techniques of fish farming such as Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS) and Bio-floc Culture System are also being promoted in Punjab, which would enable fish production in large quantity by using limited space and water. He said, currently four RAS units are operational in the state, while the construction work of two more units is in progress. Apart from this, five bio-floc units are also being set up.

          The Cabinet Minister said, the Mann government will organize special training camps for the expansion of these techniques so that more and more youth can adopt aquaculture as there is immense potential for the development of fisheries and allied occupations under this scheme. "There is still a lot of work to be done in the aquaculture processing sector in Punjab because the development of this sector will create new employment opportunities", he mentioned, saying that this scheme will also be beneficial in making the marketing of fish clean and easy, and the department will set up kiosks in the private sector for the marketing of fish and fish products in a clean manner. Besides this, ornamental fish occupation will also be developed in Punjab, he added.

          S. Laljit Singh Bhullar said that currently, 43,690 acres are under fish farming in the state, and total 1,89,647 tonnes of fish is being produced presently in the state from natural waters and private & panchayati ponds. In order to promote fish occupation, quality fish seed is being supplied to the farmers at subsidized rates from 15 government fish seed farms, while another new Government Fish Seed Farm, construction work of which would be completed soon at Village Killianwali of district Fazilka, will soon provide fish seed. Apart from this, shrimp farming is being promoted to create employment opportunities in the salinity-affected districts of the state.

          Urging the farmers and youth of the state to adopt the aquaculture occupation, Fisheries Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said, the Punjab government is committed to provide requisite assistance for the development of fish farming, hence farmers and youth should derive maximum benefit from these projects and increase their income.

          On the occasion, Officiating Director & Warden of Fisheries Mr. Brij Bhushan Goyal, Assistant Directors Ms. Satinder Kaur and Mr. Jaswinder Singh along with the other officers of the department were present.

The success of Moga rural surface water supply project improved the living standard of the residents of the region

Chandigarh, January 10: Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa said that Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is making stupendous efforts to ensure supply of clean water in those villages, where the ground water was contaminated. Chief Minister had announced to provide all facilities to the people at the doorsteps. 

          In its endeavor to provide safe drinking water to water quality affected villages, the Punjab government and the World Bank launched the Moga project, a comprehensive surface water supply scheme designed to provide clean and safe drinking water to affected villages in the region. It serves as a model for other regions looking to improve their drinking water supply and promote social development. The project has had a significant and transformative impact on the quality of life and livelihoods of residents in the region. By providing access to clean, safe drinking water, the project has reduced the prevalence of waterborne diseases and improved the overall health of the community, added Jimpa.         

          Water supply and sanitation Principal Secretary DK Tiwari and HoD Mohammad Ishfaq said that the project's success is a testament to the vision and hard work of the Punjab government. It has demonstrated that, with the right planning, coordination, and resources, it is possible to improve the quality of life and livelihoods of rural communities, while also ensuring long-term water security.

          Despite all challenges, the project is a major success. The 50 MLD water treatment plant is now fully operational, providing clean and safe drinking water to 85 villages with a population of approximately 4 lakhs. The plant has been designed to operate on a sustainable basis, using state-of-the-art technology to minimize energy and water consumption. The project is not only providing safe water but will save 5 crore litres of ground water daily.

          It is pertinent to mention that Punjab had long struggled with heavy metal contamination, decreasing underground water levels, and waterborne diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid, cholera, amoebiasis, hepatitis B, and dysentery. These issues had a negative impact on the region's economy, as residents were forced to devote time and resources to dealing with the consequences of polluted drinking water.

                   The Moga project involved the construction of a 50 MLD water treatment plant in the village of Dhaudhar. This plant was designed to treat surface water and provide a long-term, sustainable solution to the area's drinking water needs. The project was completed on a Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (DBOT) basis, with M/s Larsen & Toubro Private Limited.

Bus stand bathrooms fetched doubled amount to the tune of Rs.3.95 lakh per month against the reserved price of Rs.2 lakh

Rs.38.51 lakh per month will be earned from the Bus Stand fee

Chandigarh, December 21: Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann's honest and transparent governance model is steering the Punjab Transport Department on the path of progress. Ludhiana bus stand, has fetched an amount of Rs.3.22 crore for the next six months in a auction conducted recently.

Giving more information, Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said, new vistas of income are opening for the transport department with the honest policies of Mann government, adding that  parking, an auction has been conducted of bathrooms, advertisement sites and bus stand fee collection at Ludhiana bus stand.  Now, the Punjab Roadways/Punbus will earn over Rs.2.31 crore from bus stand fee collection at the rate of Rs.38.51 lakh per month. Similarly, the bid for parking increased by Rs.70,000 and it will fetch Rs.7.20 lakh per month, from which the department will get Rs.43.20 lakh during next six months.

Mr. Bhullar said that the department will get double revenue from the bathrooms in the bus stand as these public utilities were taken by the bidder at the double price of Rs.3.95 lakh per month as compared to the previous year price of Rs.2.01 lakh per month. The department will get revenue of Rs.23.70 lakh.

The Transport Minister said that the contract for advertising inside the bus stand premises has increased to Rs.3.05 lakh per month. As many as 43 sites of 13,327 square feet for advertisement inside the bus stand will attract Rs.18.30 lakh during next six months.

The Minister informed that the shops and SCF of the bus stand were closed for the past several years. This time, two shops at the bus stand have been given on the rent at the rate of Rs.42,750 each per month, from where the department will receive Rs.5.13 lakh in next six months. Similarly, three SCF will attract Rs.5,000 each per month rent and state exchequer will receive Rs.90,000 from these SCFs.

Meanwhile, the Transport Minister directed the officials of the department to take immediate action for the re-bidding of the remaining shops so that the people can get the benefit of it and the revenue of the department could be increased accordingly.

Meets people & listened to 100 complaints during weekly ‘Janta Darbar’ at Vikas Bhawan

Chandigarh, December 20: Punjab Rural Development & Panchayats and Agriculture Minister Mr Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday called upon people to become active partner in the state’s overall development as the Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is making all out efforts to make Punjab-a vibrant state.

While addressing here at Vikas Bhawan after hearing the plaints of people during weekly ‘Janta Darbar’ program, the NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal sought fulsome support from people for the all round development of Punjab. The Minister directed the officials on the spot to address the issues being raised in this weekly meeting promptly. He said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Government is fully committed to maintain peace & harmony besides touching new heights of development, prosperity and welfare of people. He also asserted that the State Government would launch the second phase of its campaign against removal of illegal possessions from Panchayati lands. He also pointed out that the first phase of campaign had been a great success with getting more than 10,000 acres of land free from such possessions.

Mr. Dhaliwal ordered the officials to resolve the complaints of the people quickly and said that it should also be ensured that the complaints and problems are resolved without any delay. He advised the employees related to their departments to perform their duties with utmost dedication.

Mr. Dhaliwal further said that more than 100 cases have been heard today. He said that most of the issues are being resolved immediately during the Janata Darbar' programme.

Despite having two international airports in Amritsar and Mohali, still not direct flights to major countries: Chadha

Today, Punjabis are running economies of big countries, yet international flights from Punjab are negligible: Raghav Chadha
AAP MP Raghav Chadha continues to vehemently raise important issues and demands of Punjab in Parliament

New Delhi/Chandigarh, December 19, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha has been consistently and vehemently raising important issues and demands of Punjab in Parliament in the ongoing winter session. On Monday, he raised Punjab's long-standing demand for direct international flights before the House.

Demanding an increase in international flights from Punjab, MP Raghav Chadha said in the Rajya Sabha that this is a very important problem of people of Punjab and it needs immediate attention considering the development of the state.

Presently, direct flights from Amritsar are operated to Qatar, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and UK. However, many flights are suspended due to COVID-19.

"Punjabis live in big countries of the world including in Canada, USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia. However, Punjab's international connectivity with all these countries is very poor," Chadha said. He added that there are two international airports in Punjab, Amritsar and Mohali, but both of them are international only in documents as no major international airlines run flights from there and the number of international flights are also negligible.

Chadha said that the number and frequency of some of the international flights that go from here are so low that people do not have any facility for them. He also said that today Punjabis are running the economies of big countries and lack of direct international flights from Punjab is a big problem for them.

Currently, direct flights from Amritsar are operated to Qatar, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and UK. 

Earlier, the AAP government in Punjab had urged the Union Government to resume domestic flights from Adampur (Jalandhar), Pathankot, Sahnewal and Bathinda airports. If the number of domestic and international flights from Punjab increases after the efforts of the AAP government and MP Raghav Chadha, then it will definitely be beneficial for Punjab and Punjabis.

Present Punjab government has started regularizing employees from the first year, the employees will be regularised in all departments in a phased manner: Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua

Chief Secretary holds meeting with the delegation of Punjab Roadways  PUNBUS and PRTC Contract Workers Union

Chandigarh, December 19: The Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has started regularizing the employees as promised. Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, today held a meeting with the Punjab Roadways PUNBUS and PRTC Contract Workers Union. During the meeting with the delegation, he assured that the present state government from the first year of their tenure has started regularizing the employees and the employees will be regularised in all departments in a phased manner.

Earlier, the Chief Secretary gave a patient hearing to all the demands of the Punjab Roadways PUNBUS and PRTC Contract Workers Union,  the Chief Secretary issued instructions to the Principal Secretary of the Punjab Transport Department to consider these demands sympathetically. Accepting an important demand of the union, the Chief Secretary issued orders to the Secretary Transport to review the cases of employees who were fired for any reason and do justice to all.

Apart from this, the chief secretary also issued instructions to the officials of the transport department to look into the case regarding the 5 percent annual increase in salary of contract workers of Punjab Roadways PUNBUS and PRTC. Apart from this, a decision was taken during the meeting to review the conditions for blacklisting the conductors.

On this occasion, the Chief Secretary gave strict directions to the officials of the Transport Department that no private bus should be allowed to run illegally, and in this regard orders should be issued to the General Managers of various depots to keep a strict vigil.

Raghav Chadha asks Information and Broadcasting Minister: What action has been initiated by the government against channels and anchors who conduct provocative debates

News has become Noise, spreading  mental torment through inflammatory speeches from 5 pm to 11 pm: Raghav Chadha

Chandigarh, December 15, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab Raghav Chadha on Thursday raised an imperative issue in Parliament and said that many news channels are holding provocative debates to incite sentiments every evening. He asked the Information and Broadcasting Minister what action the central government has initiated so far against these channels and their anchors for inciting sentiments.

Rajya Sabha Member Raghav Chadha said that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh himself has been a journalist and knows the importance of news very well. He further said that in this country news has become noise pollution. Most of the channels work to spread mental pollution by having inflammatory debates from 5 pm to 11 pm.

  Chadha questioned the central government through the deputy chairman whether the central government is taking any action against the provocative news channels and anchors who spread mental pollution. If so, what action has been taken? He asked whether the government is coming up with any policy against these provocative channels or regarding these matters.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur ducked MP Chadha's imperative questions saying that there is already a 3-tier grievance redressal system. If someone sends their complaint on it then it is redressed but currently no such complaint has been received from anyone.

AAP slams Bikram Majithia for misleading people of Punjab over gangster issue 
 
Majithia, who is out on bail in a drug case, has no moral ground to raise a finger on the functioning of the AAP government: AAP
 
Kang dares Bikram Majithia to explains his relations with drug lords including Laddi, Satta
 
CM Bhagwant Mann led AAP government launched crackdown on gangster-culture and drug nexus to make the state again as 'Rangla Punjab': Kang 
 
Chandigarh, December 5:

Launching a scratching attack on SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday dared him to clear his relations with drug lords and said that a ‘tainted’ leader like Majithia, who is out on bail in a drug case, has no moral ground to raise question over functioning of the Punjab government, which was elected by the people of Punjab with a landslide majority.
 
Addressing a press conference here at party’s headquarter, Punjab Chief Spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang along with Chairman Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board Dr. Sunny Ahluwalia and spokesperson Advocate Ravinder Singh, said bemoaned SAD leader and said that those patronized drug smugglers, gangsters and mafia during their 10-year-regime, are now shamelessly questioning the statement of the CM of Punjab while backing the notorious gangsters. He said that it shows that they are anti-Punjab and self-centric politicians who are somewhere associated with criminals.
 
Kang dared Majithia to explain his relations with the notorious drug loards Satpreet Singh alias Satta, Amrinder Singh alias Laddi and that why he was riding with them in their cars when he was a minister during SAD-BJP regime in Punjab. He said that to fill their own coffers, these leaders made college goers youngsters gangsters and drug peddlers. They spoiled the peace and harmony of the state.
 
 He said that it is amusing that Majithia is backing a notorious gangster’s statement and raising questions over Punjab CM’s statement. Leaders are unnerved that after the arrest of these gangsters, they will be exposed as they had sheltered them for years for their vested political interests. 
 
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He said that people of Punjab know that who patronized criminals and gangsters during their 10-year dastardly regime and destroyed the future of Punjab but now AAP government led by CM Bhagwant Mann is working dedicatedly to annihilate the criminals and recently launched a crackdown on gangster-culture and drug nexus to make the state again as 'Rangla Punjab'.

He said that Punjab police have arrested over 400 gangsters/criminals, neutralized 02 gangsters, busted 105 gangster/criminal modules and recovered 385 weapons and 90 vehicles used in criminal activities in the past seven months.
 
(NDPS Recovery From 16.3.22 To 02.12.22)
 
FIR’s------------------------ 9983
Accused Arrested--- 31201
Commercial Quantity----1049
Medium Quantity-----------7263
Small Quantity-------------- 1670
 
Recovery
Heroine             -----397.83+147.5  (Recovered                                         From Gujrat And Maharashtra                                 Seaports = 545.33 Kgm
Opium                 -----539.20 Kgm  
Poppy Husk       -----358 Quintal
Ganja                 -----273.58 Kgm
Smack                ----- 2.213 Kgm
Sulfa                  ----- 12.676 Kgm
Charas          ----   14.12 Kgm
Injections/Tablets/Capsule/Syrup   
23677+4401295+552523+81172   =  5058667
Po/Absconders----680

Dhaliwal finds 700 acres land bought with rs.32 cr across barbed wire on international border during badal government

Chandigarh/Amritsar, November 27: Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today said that 700 acres land across international border at village Ranian in district Amritsar, which was purchased on exorbitant prices by the agriculture department in the name of seed farm in 2008 at a cost of Rs.32 CR, will be throughly probed.

 While addressing the media persons after visiting this land today, the Cabinet Minister said that during the Badal government, when Sucha Singh Langah was the Agriculture Minister and Kahan Singh Pannu was the Deputy Commissioner of district Amritsar, this land was bought at a very high prices. He said that then government purchased this land in 2008 at Rs.4.5 lakh per acre, which is across Ravi river and the barbed wire on international border and even one cannot enter this land without the prior permission of BSF. "An investigation will be conducted under which 'scheme' this land was purchased at that time", he categorically mentioned.

 He said, "we will find the farmers who sold this land and the prior owners to found out the truth." Expressing concern over the thick and tall growth of the elephant-grass on the land, which had been cultivated for three or four times, Mr. Dhaliwal said there must be something fishy as how any then chief minister, agriculture minister and deputy commissioner, who were also belonged to farmer families can buy this land on such exorbitant prices?

 He infomed that around Rs.8 crore were also spent for purchasing equipments including 30 submersible tubewells for irrigation, electricity and tractors, generators and other machinery, adding that "I am saddened to see how public money had been misused for this land, which became barren and the machinery isn't in working condition."

 He said, "I will bring this matter into the notice of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and cultivation on this land will be considered after coordinating with the union Government as the BSF can allow to go there only."

School of eminence will give new direction to school education in Punjab: Harjot Singh Bains

CM Bhagwant Mann to lays foundation of school of eminence in next fortnight

Meeting held to discuss drawing and design of the school

Chandigarh, November 24: Progressing towards fulfilling yet another poll promise, Punjab Government led by Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann will soon build School of Eminence to ensure quality school education to children.

Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains revealed this after a meeting with PWD Officials here.

Giving details about the School of Eminence, Mr Bains said that this revolutionary step will give a new direction to school education of the state. Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann will lay foundation stone of the School of Eminence in coming fortnight.

Chairing the meeting with PWD Officials to discuss drawing and design of the schools, Mr. Bains said that education standard of these schools will be at the par of international level. The Education Minister has been holding meetings with the officials to expedite the whole process.

He further informed that 100 schools  of eminence will be built up in first phase.

Education Minister Bains said that the standard of education in these schools will be much better than private schools and he is not only sure but also confident that these schools will become the first choice of parents from the new academic session. He said that days are not far when Punjab will develop its school at the par of international standards as per the vision of Chief Minister of Punjab. Bhagwant Mann is also taking personal interest in making the school education of Punjab up to the date. S. Bains said that the Punjab government is committed to making school education a model education in the entire country and no stone is being left unturned to improve the education system.

Asserts that Won't let any anti-social element to disturb our hard-earned peace and communal harmony

Directs Police to enhance checking in the state

-Orders to review licensed firearms in the state

 Chandigarh, 10 November, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the state government will not allow any anti-social element to disturb the hard-earned peace and communal harmony of the state at any cost.

          The Chief Minister, while chairing a high-level meeting with the senior officers of state administration and Punjab police, directed the Senior Police Officers that none of the culprits responsible for the killing of Dera follower should be spared and the accused must be given stern punishment as per law. During the meeting, the Police Officers briefed the Chief Minister about the incident.

          The Chief Minister said that this sensitive matter should be thoroughly being investigated by the police from every aspect and the case will be taken to a legal conclusion without any bias. He asserted that no criminal incident can be viewed with the narrow aspect of caste or religion and the perpetrators of this crime will not be spared at any cost. Bhagwant Mann unequivocally said, “These unfortunate incidents are being carried out with nefarious designs to dent the strong bonds of our decade-old brotherhood, communal harmony, mutual love and unity”.

          The Chief Minister said that the state government is firmly committed to maintaining a law and order situation in Punjab and no one will be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace at any cost. He said that these forces will be given a befitting reply.  During the meeting, the Chief Minister also ordered the officers to conduct a review of licensed firearms across the state to find out the use of firearms in such criminal activities.

          To further strengthen the law and order situation, the Chief Minister directed the officers to train the police force on modern lines to make them more competent to deal with criminals. Expressing confidence in the efficiency of the Punjab police, Bhagwant Mann said that the police force of the state has a glorious tradition of combatting the fissiparous forces adding that it had bravely combatted the dark period of terrorism. He also said that Punjab Police had solved many sensitive cases in the past through their professional intelligence and competence.

          The Chief Minister asked the Police to enhance vigil across the state by organising special checking. He said that no one should be allowed to his disturb law and order in the state. Bhagwant Mann further said that the police force will deal sternly with those who are attempting to disturb the peaceful environment of the state.

CII AGRO TECH INDIA 2022 CONCLUDES

Bridging Tech Gap Must for Sustainable Agri, Key Message as the 15th Edition Concludes

Chandigarh, 7 November 2022., The 15th edition of CII Agro Tech India came to a conclusion on Monday. The key message from the valedictory session of the four-day Premier Agri and Food Technology Fair was that farming is a tradition, and passion for people in Punjab. The power of research also needs to be given its due importance.

The chief guest of the session in his address Fauja Singh Sarari, Hon’ble Minister for Food Processing & Horticulture,said, “The Government of Punjab led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has taken a number of initiatives to give a major boost to agriculture through policy reforms as well as innovation and technological application at the grassroot level.

While congratulating CII on successful hosting of Agro Tech India 2022, Mr. Sarari said that Farmers and industry have been brought on one platform and it has provided and opened doors for many opportunities.He underlined the relative importance of agriculture and industry as the latter helps in value creation as well as value addition which prove to be mutually beneficial both for the farmers and industrialists.

He stated that Punjab plays a major role in nation's food security by contributing 11.78 % in rice production and 17.57% in wheat production, therefore Punjab's farmers need to be appropriately compensated for their hard work.

           A major aim of Agro Tech India is to create awareness on agriculture schemes of the government such as AIF ( Agriculture Infrastructure Fund), Punjab has been marching ahead in implementation of this scheme which has attracted investment to the tune of 1800 crore rupees till October 2022”    

 Talking about the initiative of the Punjab government he disclosed that Punjab is encouraging Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) with incentive which is helpful in saving of 20 % water as compared to traditional method.

CII has acted as the funnel for taking relevant information to the farmer. We need to shun the culture of educated youth wanting only white-collar jobs. The youth need to learn how to be job creators as well.”

At this stage, the dates of CII Agro Tech Indi 2024 were also announced from November 16-19, 2024.

Proposing the vote of thanks, Shri Rajiv Kaila, Chairman, CII Chandigarh (UT) and Director, marketing, Kaila Engineering Pvt Ltd and Director Horticulture Punjab, Shailender Kaur thanked all Ministries, stakeholders, the host states OF Punjab and Haryana as well as the partner state – the UT of Jammu & Kashmir.

Printing and Stationery Minister visited the government press and directed to install necessary new machinery

Chandigarh/ SAS Nagar, October 27: To fill up the vacant posts in Printing and Stationery Department, the re structuring process will be completed soon and these posts will be filled on priority.  It was stated by Printing and Stationery Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today during a visit to the government press at SAS Nagar.

Meet Hayer said that as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwan Mann, state of the art machinery is being installed at the government press. He said that after the creation of vacancies, restructuring will be done under which the unwanted goods are being disposed of and state-of-the-art machines are being purchased.  He directed the department that the work of recruitment of posts and installation of necessary new machinery should be completed soon.

Meet Hayer visited the government press, reviewed the working of the department and saw the machines.  He visited various branches and acquired information about the work.  He asked the staff to work to bring the government press up to date.

 On this occasion, Principal Secretary VK Meena, Special Secretary Dr.  Senu Duggal and Controller Vimmi Bhullar were also present.

MP Raghav Chadha writes a letter to External Affairs Minister and urges him to provide immediate assistance for reparation of Punjab immigrant workers stranded in Abu Dhabi
 

Chandigarh, October 27, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday sought immediate intervention of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar for safety and early evacuation of about 100 Punjab immigrant workers stranded in Abu Dhabi.

In a letter to the External Affairs Minister, MP Raghav Chadha said that about 100 native of Punjab, working at a private firm, Square General Contracting Co in Abu Dhabi,  have been stranded in Abu Dhabi without passports after the said firm has reportedly terminated their contracts.

He said that due to this, Punjabi workers have been rendered unable to return to India despite making applications online and while their families are willing to arrange for their tickets.

“I request your immediate intervention in the matter and issuance of directions to the Indian Consulate in Dubai to establish contact with the stranded individuals in order to arrange for their expeditious return to India,” Senior AAP leader told the union minister in his letter.

The MP in a tweet wrote, "I wrote to EAM @DrSJaishankar requesting his immediate intervention in repatriation of a group of immigrant workers from Punjab stranded in Abu Dhabi, UAE. We are committed to ensuring safety and well-being of our people."

Chandigarh, October 27, On the directions of Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development Department of Punjab Dr. Baljit kaur, department has conducted a survey and identified 90,248 deceased beneficiaries of various pension schemes. With this step, state treasury will be richer by 13.53 crore per month.

          Divulging the detail, Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that a survey of 30.46 lakh beneficiaries of Punjab has been conducted. On completion of this survey, 90248 deceased beneficiaries have been identified.By identifying the deceased beneficiaries, Punjab government will save 13.53 crore per month and 162.36 crore annually.

The Minister said that with the identification of 90,248 deceased beneficiaries, financial loss of the government has stopped as well as the amount will be spent to help other needy people.

The Cabinet Minister said that the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) scheme will be implemented to pay the pension to the beneficiaries. The pension will be disbursed to the beneficiaries through business correspondence deployed by bank.

          To implement the scheme, first two pilot projects will be started soon in district Sangrur and Sri Muktsar Sahib.

The Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation visited the district on the instructions of the Chief Minister

Chandigarh, October 27, Drinking water problem has been resolved in Dona Nanka, Teja Ruhela and Chak Ruhela villages of Fazilka district, said Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa.

He said that there was a lot of problem of clean drinking water in these villages and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had directed him to visit these villages and find a solution at the earliest.

Jimpa visited these villages in the last week of July and solved the problem raised by the villagers, therefore, now clean water is being supplied in these villages.

Divulging further, Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa said that the residents of Dona Nanka, Teja Ruhela and Chak Ruhela villages were facing a lot of problems of clean drinking water. He visited these villages after the instructions given by the Chief Minister. Now in these villages ROs have been installed and adequate supply of water is also being provided from water works.

Sarpanch Dayalo Bai of village Dona Nanka, Sarpanch Bagu Singh of Teja Ruhela and Sarpanch Jangir Singh of Chak Ruhela on behalf of their respective village panchayats thanked the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa, MLA NarinderPal Singh Sawna and the district administration. Jimpa said that it is the responsibility of the state government to provide basic facilities to the people of Punjab and under the leadership of Bhagwant Mann, efforts are being made to raise the standard of living of every Punjabi.

Credits PPCB For Effective Measures to Ensure Improved AQI

Chandigarh, October 25, Punjab has observed the Average Air Quality Index (AQI) reduction of 16.4% from the last year and 31.7% as comparative to 2020.

          The Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer while divulging the details stated that due to constant efforts of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and appealed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, this year's air quality improved as compare to last years on the day of Diwali.

          Pointing out further, the Environment Minister said that last year as well as in 2020 no city remained in the moderate category of AQI whereas this year 2 cities (Khanna & Mandi Gobindgarh) remained in the Moderate category of AQI.

          Overall all the 6 Cities of Punjab have observed a reduction in the AQI during this year's Diwali (2022) as compared to last year's Diwali days (2020 & 2021), said the Minister adding the Average AQI of Punjab this year Diwali was 224 (Poor) as compared to 268 (Poor) in 2021and 328 (very Poor) in 2020.

          The Maximum AQI was recorded at Amritsar this year with AQI Category 262 (Poor). However, in the last year Maximum value of AQI 327 (Very Poor) was observed in Jalandhar & in 2020 Maximum value of AQI 386 (Very Poor) was observed in Amritsar. The minimum AQI for this year was recorded in Mandi Gobindgarh with AQI of 188 (Moderate) against the last year value of 220 (Poor) and also in 2020 with AQI value of 262 (Poor). Last year AQI of the 02 Cities (Amritsar & Jalandhar) remained in Very Poor Category whereas in 2020, 04 cities namely Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana & Patiala remained in Very Poor category. However, no city remained in very poor category of AQI this year. The Maximum AQI reduction in this year was observed in Jalandhar (31.2%) and Minimum was observed in Patiala(7.0%), said the Minister.

          Meanwhile, the Chairman PPCB Prof.  Adarsh Paul Vig thanked the people of State of Punjab for following the advisory issued with respect to time period fixed for bursting of fire crackers and using the green crackers for celebrations of Diwali festival, resulting in overall improvement in Air Quality as compared to last year and 2020 also.

          The Member Secretary PPCB Karunesh Garg said that the Punjab Pollution Control Board has installed Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in 06 cities of Punjab namely Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Khanna, MandiGobindgarh and Patiala to monitor the ambient air quality on real time basis.

High level Delegation heads of Indian Missions Abroad Holds Parleys with Team Invest Punjab

Chandigarh, October 18-

Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today sought support from Heads of Indian Missions abroad for attracting inward investments from their respective country/region into the state. 

Delegation of Heads of Indian Missions abroad visited the Startup Punjab Hub (Neuron) at Software Technology Park of India (STPI) Mohali today and interacted with the Invest Punjab team. The delegation including the Ambassador of India to USA, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ambassador of India to Netherlands, Reenat Sandhu, Ambassador of India to Russia, Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to the Republic of Turkey, Dr. Virander Kumar Paul, Ambassador of India to Mongolia, Mohinder Pratap Singh and Ambassador of India to Togo Sanjiv Tandon met Principal Secretary Investment Promotion, Dilip Kumar, CEO Invest Punjab Kamal Kishor Yadav and ACEO Invest Punjab Uma Shankar Gupta.

Giving the presentation, CEO Invest Punjab Kamal Kishor Yadav showcased Invest Punjab’s one-stop-office model to facilitate investors in Punjab from project ideation and planning to execution and aftercare. He highlighted the industry-friendly policies of the government, Punjab’s connectivity in terms of road, railways, and airways, friendly labour relations with no domicile restrictions, and uninterrupted power supply which are conducive for businesses looking to set up their operations in Punjab. Discussing the strengths of Punjab’s industrial ecosystem and its potential for the world, CEO Invest Punjab also shared with the Heads of Indian Missions, the various opportunities for trade and collaboration between Punjab and the respective nations.

Yadav requested the Heads of Missions to support the State in attracting inward investments in the state from their respective country/region. He also extended an invitation to the Invest Punjab Summit being held in February 2023, to the Heads of Missions and investors’ delegation from their respective countries.

Meanwhile, the delegates acknowledged the state Government’s efforts towards promoting ease of doing business and growth of industry in Punjab and were looking forward to building a long-term mutually beneficial relationship with Punjab. They also toured the state-of-the art facilities including the GRIHA 5 rated Tier-III data centre, Neuron Centre of Excellence and fully- equipped incubation space at STPI Mohali. The delegates also interacted with leading start-ups of the State in various sectors like Agritech, Meditech, IT/ITeS etc. incubated at STPI Mohali.

• CM Mann government fulfills all major poll promises within 7 months after forming the government in Punjab, says Cabinet Minister Aman Arora
• Employment to youth, making agriculture profitable, strengthening health, sports and education system are key focus of AAP to make the state as ‘Rangla Punjab’ again: Arora
• Says, AAP government cracks whip on corruption, over 220 senior politicians, bureaucrats and influential people nabbed in 7 months
• Congress, SAD and BJP plunged Punjab into huge debt: Aman Arora
• Mann government working dedicatedly to increase revenue and cut down Punjab’s debt to make it India's no 1 state in India

Chandigarh, October 16, Presenting the report card of 7 months performance of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Cabinet Minister Aman Arora on Sunday said that Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has ushered a new era of politics in the state by eliminating the corruption and mafia culture patronized by previous government in the past 7 decades.

Addressing a press conference here at party’s headquarter, Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Arora slammed previous Congress, SAD and BJP governments for pushing Punjab into colossal debt and said that most of their leaders were indulged in malpractices and they filled their own coffers, but on the contrast, AAP government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against corruption to bring back lost glory of the state.

Listing the achievements of the AAP government, the Information & Public Relations Minister said that the Mann government took historic decisions in seven months which the previous governments had failed to take in the over past 70 years of their regime.

He said that the AAP is generating employment as promised during poll campaigns. The government has regularised services of 9000 teachers and a process initiated to regularise the services of remaining 28000 contractual employees. The government has also started the process for 26,000 posts lying vacant in various government departments in boards along with filling the 2500 posts of various cadres filled in the Police Department. 

He said that an anti-corruption helpline has been launched to combat the corruption in Punjab. “The one of biggest achievements of the Mann government is cracking down on corrupt leaders.  In the past seven months, the state government has arrested over 220 influential people, senior politicians and bureaucrats who had looted the Punjab and were being patronized by the successive governments,” the Minister said while addressing the media.

Replying to a media query over ongoing inquiries against opposition leaders, Arora said that unlike previous governments, AAP is not doing vendetta politics and actions will only be initiated against them after investigation team found them guilty in the probe.

Arora said that under the dynamic leadership of CM Mann, the state government has also taken a myriad of pro-farmers decisions including giving MSP on Moong as 3rd crop after procuring it at an MSP price of Rs.7275 per quintal. 

He said that for the first time, load enhancement fees on tubewells slashed from existing Rs.4750 to Rs.2500 per HP as one time measure for farmers. The subsidy of Rs.1500 per acre has been given for Direct Seeding of Rice to save ground water from depletion.

Likewise, price of sugarcane enhanced Rs.20 per quintal from Rs.360 to Rs.380. The area under summer Moong has increased from 54,363 acres to 1,28,495 acres. The government also sanctioned pending compensation to farmers affected with inclement weather and floods. All pending arrears of canegrowers have been cleared. 
Arora said that to provide free and best health services at the doorstep of the common man, 100 Aam Aadmi clinics dedicated to the people of the state while 16 new medical colleges have been announced to be constructed in the state.  The government has also inaugurated Dr. Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Mullanpur to offer best quality treatment to cancer patients. Besides this, the government has crackdown on illegal encroachments and freed panchayat land worth crores and these funds will be spent on the welfare of common people.

Taking dig at the SAD party, Arora said that Kabaddi tournaments were also held in the Badal government, but they spent money on heroines. However, the Mann government has organized ‘Kheda Vattan Punjab Diya’ and will give Rs 6 crore rewards to sports players to encourage youngsters to stay away from drug menace and take part in the sports actively. The government had also honoured stars of the Commonwealth Games.

Lashing out at previous CM Charanjit Singh Channi, the Cabinet Minister said that earlier only big hoardings were installed in the state and benefits of electricity was given to a particular section only but the AAP government is now giving 600 units electricity free of cost per billing cycle to every household irrespective of their caste. Not only this, all pending bills of people waived off and disconnected connections have been restored by the AAP government in this short span.

Ending monopoly of private operators in Punjab, AAP started government volvo buses to Delhi airport and also revised the time-table due to this, state-owned transport is now in profit. 
He said that an Anti-Gangster Task Force also constituted for wiping gangsters and many notorious criminals have been arrested.

Reiterating his government’s commitment to bring reform in the state, the minister Arora said that AAP is a pro-people and pro-farmers government. The CM Mann is working industriously to make the state as ‘Rangla Punjab’ again and the work done in the past seven month in Punjab is a testament of it.

Also raise issue of not appointing member power in bbmb from panel forwarded by punjab

Power minister harbhajan singh eto attends two day conference of power and new renewable energy

Ministers of states and uts in udaipur

Punjab meets all time highest peak demand of 14,311 mw under leadership of cm bhagwant mann

CHANDIGARH, October 15, Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO urged Union Minister of Power (MoP) RK Singh to allot maximum funds under the Reform-based and Result-linked Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) to further strengthen the Distribution Infrastructure works in Punjab. Pertinently, RDSS has been approved by the Punjab Government consisting of Distribution Infrastructure works totalling Rs 25,237 Crores for Punjab state.

The Minister was attending the two-day conference of ‘Power and New Renewable Energy Ministers of States and UTs’ held at Udaipur, Rajasthan on Friday and Saturday.

          Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, while addressing the conference, raised the issue of not appointing Member/Power in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) from the panel forwarded by Punjab.

          “Being the largest shareholder, traditionally all Member/ Power in BBMB were from Punjab, but so far MoP has not appointed any member from the panel forwarded by Punjab,” he said, while requesting immediate withdrawal of the Ministry of Power, Government of India Notification 145 dated 23.02.2022, and to continue with the ongoing convention of appointment of Member Power from Punjab.

          He also highlighted issues like Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules 2022, Draft Electricity Amendment Rules 2022 and other rules for consideration by MoP for implementation through consultancy and consensus of the states. “I request MoP to exempt restrictions on Banking under bilateral category from the New Late payment surcharge Rules 2022 as on 19th August due to default by exporting Discoms, Punjab, which was not a defaulter also suffered as import of power was restricted,” he said.

          He further requested MoP to ask Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to reduce the rate of interest on their existing loans as well as future loans so that the benefit of lower cost loans may be passed on to the consumers.

          The Power Minister apprised the gathering that despite the nationwide coal crises this year, Punjab under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has met its all time highest ever peak demand of 14,311 MW. Notably, record energy demand was met from April to September 2022 which is 13% higher in comparison to the same period of last year.

          He said that Punjab has also been able to reduce its Transmission & distribution (T&D) losses to 14.46% (in 2022) and further efforts are being made to reduce the T&D losses to a minimum level.

          He added that despite the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has been providing 600 units bi-montly at free of cost to domestic households, it is paying the subsidy to discom on time and there is no payment default by discom to the generating company.

Asserts 18543 youth had been given government jobs in the state 

Process for recruiting 2100 assistant lineman in the pspcl and 2500 cops in pipeline 

Hands over job letters to 360 youth in pwd and power department

Chandigarh, October 11, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that the state government will soon complete the process of regularising the remaining 28000 contractual employees in the state.

“The entire process is being carried out legally for safeguarding the interests of these employees and soon they will get the good news” asserted the Chief Minister while addressing the newly recruited of the PWD and PSPCL here at the Municipal Bhawan.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is committed to regularising the services of these employees. He said that services 8736 employees have already been regularised and the process of regularising that of others is in pipeline. Bhagwant Mann said that this will be completed every soon to secure the future of the remaining employees.

The Chief Minister said that the previous government had made various appointments to 'Group C' and 'Group D' level posts on contract/temporary basis. He said that some of such employees have now put in a period of more than 10 years and had given their prime years of life in service to the state. Bhagwant Mann said that his government had realized it well that now at this stage, to relieve these employees or to replace them in this capacity in service with another set of people will be unjustified and improper, due to which this decision has been taken.

The Chief Minister said that his government is totally against the contractual system of employment as it is highly exploitative. He said that these employees have to work at very meager rates due to which they have to suffer a lot. Bhagwant Mann said that this has pushed the future of youth towards darkness adding that the need of hour is to channelize the unbounded energy of youth in a positive direction.

The Chief Minister further said that his government will soon complete the process of recruiting 2100 Assistant Lineman in the PSPCL. He said that this will provide employment opportunities to youth on one hand and ensure best power services to people on the other. Bhagwant Mann unequivocally said that the state government is laying major thrust on filling all the vacant posts in several departments.

The Chief Minister said that ever since he assumed the charge of office on March 16th, major thrust has been laid on providing jobs to the youth. He said that till now 18543 youth had been given government jobs in the state. Bhagwant Mann said that this month 2500 cops are being recruited in the Police department too, adding that his government is committed to eradicating the menace of unemployment from the state.

Congratulating the newly recruited youth, the Chief Minister said that it is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction for him that instead of moving abroad these youth have preferred to serve their motherland. He said that now these youth have become integral part of the government adding that now should serve the people with missionary zeal. Bhagwant Mann hoped that the new recruits will use their pen for helping the needy and underprivileged sections of society.

The Chief Minister further said that the industrial tycoons are giving affirmative response to the investment friendly policies of the state government. He said that Tata group is already making biggest investment, after Jamshedpur, in the state near Ludhiana adding that globally acclaimed Verbio group has set up its massive Bio-CNG plant at Sangrur with capacity of 33 ton consumption of paddy straw which will be dedicated to people on October 18. Bhagwant Mann said that more such Agro processing units are being set up to supplement the income of the farmers.

The Chief Minister said that the state will get recognition at international level as the G-20 summit is being held at the holy city Amritsar in March 2023. He said that the state is fortunate to have got the opportunity to host this mega event in which deliberations will be held on Education by the leading countries from across the world. Bhagwant Mann said that elaborate arrangements have to be put in place for making this global event a huge success.  

In his address, Power and PWD Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO also congratulated the new recruits and urged him to discharge their duty with utmost professional commitment and sincerity.

On the occasion, Principal Secretary PWD Anurag Verma, Principal Secretary Power Tejvir Singh, Chairman cum MD PSPCL Baldev Singh Sran and others were also present.

Says Elaborate Arrangements Have Been Made for Smooth Purchase and Timely Payment to Sugarcane Growers

Chandigarh, October 11, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that the state government is committed to safeguarding the interests of Sugarcane cultivators by assuring timely purchase and payment of their produce.

The Chief Minister, while presiding over a meeting of the Sugarcane control Board, said that the state government has decided to increase the price of sugarcane to Rs. 380 per quintal from existing Rs. 360 per quintal. He said that the farmers will get an additional Rs. 20 per quintal under State Agreed Price (SAP) of sugarcane as compared to last year. Bhagwant Mann asked the private millers who were present in the meeting to assure that the farmers get full price of their produce.

The Chief Minister asked the Millers to ensure that the purchase starts at stipulated time period and the farmers get their payment on time. He said that any sort of laxity in this cause is totally unwarranted and undesirable. Bhagwant Mann said that the farmers of the state eagerly want to adopt sugarcane crop under crop diversification, but they are hesitant for it due to lack of adequate price and timely payment of the crop.

The Chief Minister said that the state government has decided to enhance the price to supplement the income of farmers to promote sugarcane cultivation in the state. He further said that the state government will soon resolve the pending issues related to payments of Phagwara sugar mill. Bhagwant Mann said that adequate steps will be taken for purchasing the sugarcane crop around the Phagwara sugar mill from the farmers adding that no farmer will face any sort of inconvenience for selling their harvest.

Project aimed at energy saving & performance evaluation of selected rural drinking water pumping system

Chandigarh, October 9, In order to save energy and promote energy efficiency to address the climate change problem, Punjab Government led by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann has decided to install energy efficient pumpsets for rural drinking water supply in Amritsar district.

          Disclosing this, Punjab New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Mr Aman Arora said that BEE star labelled energy efficient pumpsets will be installed for rural drinking water schemes in 23 villages of Verka and Attari block in Amritsar district.

          The project is aimed at utilising the energy saving potential and performance evaluation of the selected water pumping system, Mr. Aman Arora said, adding that as per various studies, there is an energy saving potential of 20-25% by replacing existing old pumpsets with energy efficient pumpsets in rural drinking water pumping systems.

          He further informed that the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), the nodal agency for promotion and development of renewable energy programmes/projects and energy conservation programmes in the state, has invited e-tender for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of BEE star labelled energy efficient pumpsets of rural drinking water pumping system.

          The interested companies can log on to the website eproc.punjab.gov.in for more details. The closing date of the e-tender is 20th October, 2022 (till 3 pm), he added.

Ultra modern apparatus will bring more efficiency for cancer treatment

Chandigarh, October 6, In consonance with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government’s commitment to create world class health care infrastructure in state, Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra has approved the  purchase of new Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT-CT) & Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT) for the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, in Sangrur at cost of Rs. 15 crore.

Disclosing this here, the Health Minister said that the state government is firm in its resolve  to create and provide state-of-the-art Health Care and Diagnostic facilities across Punjab. He said that 100 Aam Aadmi Clinics were also dedicated to the people of the state, where one can get heath services free of cost within the vicinity of their houses. He also added that more such clinics will come up soon in other parts of the state.

Mr. Jauramajra informed that approval has also been sanctioned to buy AMC/CMC for Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Sangrur with an additional cost of Rs. 7.50 crore. “Apart from this, budget plan for Rs. 60 crore has been approved against the Cess Collection,” he said while adding that Rs. 48.75 crore has been withdrawn from the State Treasury till date.

ON DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT MANN, PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKE PUNJAB A SAFE AND SECURE STATE

POLICE TEAMS ALSO RECOVERS 10 FOREIGN-MADE PISTOLS FROM LOCATIONS PINPOINTED BY ARRESTED PERSONS

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, October 5, The decisive war against anti-social elements waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has delivered yet another victory after Punjab Police on Wednesday busted a drone-based arms/ammunition smuggling module with the arrest of its two members including a prisoner.

Those arrested have been identified as Jaskaran Singh of Bhikhiwind in Tarn Taran, currently lodged at Sub Jail Goindwal Sahib, and Rattanbir Singh of Khemkaran in Tarn Taran, out on bail. The Police have also recovered 10 foreign-made pistols including five .30 bore (made in China) and five 9mm (made in USA Beretta) along with 8 spare magazines from both of them, besides a mobile phone concealed by Jaskaran in his barrack.

AIG Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar Amarjit Singh Bajwa said that accused Jaskaran Singh was brought on a production warrant in a case pertaining to NDPS act, which was registered at SSOC Amritsar in August 2022.

During questioning, Accused Jaskaran confessed that he was using a mobile phone in jail to contact Pak-based smugglers through WhatsApp for smuggling of narcotics and arms/ammunition from Pakistan via drones.

The AIG said that for this purpose the accused was taking the help of Rattanbir, who used to retrieve the consignments dropped via drones from different border areas. Pertinently, Rattanbir is also a co-accused in various NDPS cases with Jaskaran Singh.

He said that one consignment of five .30 bore pistols along with four spare magazines was recovered from the pinpointed location revealed by accused Jaskaran at Village Pidhi on Taran Taran-Ferozepur Road, which was concealed by Rattanbir on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2022.

AIG Amarjit Singh Bajwa said that acting on Jaskaran's inputs, the Police teams of Counter Intelligence Amritsar have also managed to arrest Rattanbir from Khemkaran and on his disclosure five more Pistols of 9 MM were recovered along with four spare magazines, which were concealed by him near drain at village Machhike in Khemkaran.

Meanwhile, a case FIR No. 30 dated 04.10.2022 has been registered under section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.

FAITH OF PEOPLE HAD WON IN PUNJAB AND ANTI-DEMOCRATIC FORCES HAVE BEEN DEFEATED:  SAYS CM

SAYS PARTAP SINGH ‘BHAJPA’ EXPOSED FOR HIS DUBIOUS ROLE TO SCUTTLE DEMOCRACY

ASSERTS DAY IS NOT FAR WHEN CONGRESS WILL OPEN OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE TAG ‘MLAs ON SALE’

PERPETRATORS OF BARGARI INCIDENT TO BE BEHIND THE BARS SOON

Chandigarh, October 3, Punjab Vidhan Sabha led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday unanimously passed a confidence motion in the favor of the state government during the session of the state assembly.

“Faith of people has won in Punjab and the forces who had tried to purchase the verdict of masses have got a major blow”, said the Chief Minister while winding up debate on the floor of house.

The Chief Minister said that the motion was brought in Vidhan Sabha to show that the state government enjoys the confidence of the people. He said that the passing of this motion has proved that the democracy of the country cannot be purchased by money or muscle power. Bhagwant Mann said that with this historic mandate, the state government will make further strenuous efforts for restoring the pristine glory of the state.

Expressing deep concern over the efforts being made to murder democracy in the country, the Chief Minister said that this is a major threat for country. He said that people have always upheld the democratic values but now the Congress and BJP are trying to derail democracy by grabbing power through the back door. Bhagwant Mann said that these leaders have turned democracy into a game of those having money and muscle power.

The Chief Minister said that the confidence motion in the state assembly has been necessitated as both the parties have joined hands to topple the democratically elected government in the state. He said that BJP is mastering art to form governments in the state through back doors in the country and unfortunately despite being its worst victim the Congress is supporting it. Bhagwant Mann dared the Congress leaders to explain why they have been mum on this anti-democratic move of the saffron party despite the fact their MLAs have been purchased by BJP in many states.

The Chief Minister said that the day is not far when Congress will open offices in the country with the tag ‘MLAs on sale’. He said that this is unfortunate that Congress and BJP have connived with each other to make a mockery of the democratic values. However, Bhagwant Mann categorically said that people are supreme in democracy and they will not tolerate this.

Coming down heavily on Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, the Chief Minister said that it is unfortunate he had become a puppet in the hands of the saffron party. He said that the senior Congress leader will be now known as Partap Singh ‘Bhajpa’ after his dubious role to scuttle democracy in the state has been exposed. Bhagwant Mann said that it is shameful on the part of the senior Congress leader that he is supporting the sinister move of the saffron party. 

The Chief Minister, while training his guns against the former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for shielding the corrupt, said that the former Chief Minister had joined BJP with few of his accomplices. However, he said that the BJP had closed doors for the diehard supporters of the former Chief Minister due to serious allegations of corruption against them. Bhagwant Mann said that even if BJP is denying entry to these leaders then one can well imagine how much corrupt they would have been.    

The Chief Minister said that the Punjab government is committed to ensuring severest of severe punishment to perpetrators of the Bargari incident. Bhagwant Mann said that he had asked the officers to complete the enquiry into matter at the earliest for nailing the guilty, however affluent he may be. He said that the state government was also making all out efforts on the legal front to ensure that no guilty is spared.

The Chief Minister further said that the state government will make all out efforts to get the Halwara Airport named after legendary martyr Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha. He said that no stone will be left unturned for this noble cause as a tribute to the iconic martyr. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is committed to perpetuating the legacy of these great national leaders.

Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to ensure smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy in the state, the Chief Minister said that every single grain of the golden harvest of farmers will be purchased. He said that the state government is not leaving any stone unturned for this. Bhagwant Mann said that elaborate arrangements have been made in this regard.

Earlier, Cabinet Minister Anmol Gagan Mann, MLAs Sheetal Angural, Dinesh Chadha, Prof. Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra, Prof. Baljinder Kaur, Rupinder Singh Happy, Tarunpreet Singh Saundh, Jagdeep Goldy Kamboj, Principal Budh Ram, Amritpal Singh Sukhanand, Gurdev Singh Dev Mann, Ajit Pal Singh Kohli, Amolak Singh, Gurpreet Singh Banwali and Manvinder Singh Giaspura also spoke in favor of resolution.

Third state after Maharashtra and UP to set up such an institute

Chandigarh, 1 October, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. Chetan Singh Jauramajra today said that in order to promote normal deliveries instead of deliveries through Caesarean section, Punjab Health Department has set the ball rolling for setting up a new Midwifery Training Institute in Patiala.

The Minister said that this  institute is being set up as per the Indian government's “Guidelines on Midwifery Services in India” to prioritize investment in a dedicated cadre of professional midwives called  Nurse Practitioner in Midwifery (NPM). He said that this is one of the 16 Training institutes across India where training would be provided to Midwife Educators who, in turn, would develop the cadre of NPM. Punjab is third state after Maharashtra and UP to Start this National Midwifery Training Institute in government sector.

The Minister said that Midwifery led care is a paradigm shift which can address many issues that our state faces in terms of MCH services. Punjab MMR has also increased in recent times due to covid-19 pandemic when all resources were diverted toward covid. MMR in Punjab currently stands at 114 as per the latest SRS data released in March 2022. Bringing midwifery practices to the centre stage will not only help to reduce the MMR but also improve the quality of care around childbirth and decongest higher levels of facilities.

Disclosing more about this new initiative Health and Family Welfare Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra stated that one National Midwifery Training Institute (NMTI) has been commissioned at the Mata Kaushalya School of Nursing at Patiala. The institute is selected as one of the NMTIs because of its state-of-art training infrastructure, access to a functional Obstetric department at its parent hospital, attached high load clinical practice site, and its willingness to initiate a new course.

It is envisioned that the National Midwifery Training Institute at Patiala will serve as model teaching institute and pedagogic resource centre for the midwifery training for several states.For the trainings of Midwifery Educators at this school of nursing, three International Midwifery Educators from New Zealand, England and Kenya have also been brought in by the State Government in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund, who will teach first batch of 30 for a 18 month course.It is pertinent to mention here that the first batch has already been started since September 21, 2022.

Director Health Services (Family Welfare) Dr. Ravinderpal Kaur stated that this initiative will lead to a compassionate and respectful birth experience for a pregnant woman in government health facilities. Under this program a Midwifery led care unit (MCLU) will be established near the labour room of a health facility and first such unit in the state will come up at Mata Kaushalaya Hospital Patiala.NPM will provide skilled , maternal, reproductive and newborn child-related health care services in a respectful manner to accomplish the sustainable development goals for maternal and newborn.

Under the leadership of Harchand Singh Barsat, AAP continues to strengthen party base

Aam Aadmi Party gets a boost in Ludhiana for upcoming municipal corporation elections

Chandigarh, September 29, Ahead the municipal corporation elections, the Aam Aadmi Party is continue to strengthen the organizational base of the party across the state. 

On Thursday, AAP Punjab general secretary Harchand Singh Barsat and Harbhupinder Singh Dhrod, distt. President Ludhiana Rural, inducted former Ludhiana zila parishad member Manpreet Singh Talwandi into the party fold.

Manpreet Singh, who was the incumbent national president of the youth wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal (United), hails from Talwandi Rai in Raikot constituency of Ludhiana and was also a zila parishad member from Ludhiana from 2013-18. 
Being associated with politics since college, Manpreet Singh has a strong base among the youth of his area and Ludhiana urban and the Aam Aadmi Party will get a boost from this in the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections.

On this occasion, Harchand Singh Barsat formally welcomed him into the fold and said that the youth continue to join the Aam Aadmi Party as the Mann government is taking pro-people decisions every day to make the Punjab a developing state.  He exuded confidence that the party would do well in the upcoming MC polls and win again like the assembly polls.

DESCRIBES CONGRESS AND BJP AS TWIN FACES OF SAME COIN

INTRODUCES CONFIDENCE MOTION IN PUNJAB ASSEMBLY

ASSERTS BJP USING ANTI-DEFECTION LAW AS A TOOL TO FORM GOVERNMENTS THROUGH BACK DOOR

SLAMS REJECTED LEADERS FOR HOLDING ‘IMAGINATIVE OR MOCK’ ASSEMBLY SESSIONS

Chandigarh, September 27, Describing Congress and BJP as twin faces of same coin, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that the confidence motion in state assembly has been necessitated as both the parties have joined hands to topple the democratically elected governments in the state.

“BJP is using anti-defection law as a new tool to form governments in the state through back door in the country and unfortunately despite of being its worst victim the Congress is supporting it”, said the Chief Minister while introducing the Confidence motion in the state assembly.

The Chief Minister said that BJP has toppled the elected governments in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and others by luring the MLAs. However, he said that they failed in their sinister moves thrice in Delhi and now also in Punjab they trying to purchase the MLAs with money. Bhagwant Mann said that BJP is running behind mirage with an aim to garner power in the state and in this attempt they are using pennies to purchase Aces of AAP.

The Chief Minister said that BJP his using its moneybags to cause an irreparable loss to the democracy. He said that in the past Congress has done the same and now the saffron party is following its footsteps. Citing an example of connivance amongst Congress and BJP, Bhagwant Mann said that Congress leadership has started ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir but the poll bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have been deliberately excluded to give benefit to the BJP.

The Chief Minister said that the Aam Aadmi Party has set new agenda of public welfare in the politics. He said that due to this the BJP leadership has been forced to shun its divisive agenda and talk about the well being of people. Bhagwant Mann said that it is the AAP effect that the leaders who had divided the people are now seen inaugurating schools, colleges and hospitals.

The Chief Minister said that turncoats are ruling the roost now and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who had tacitly towed the line of BJP during his stint, has now formally joined the party. Training his guns against former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, he said that for the first time any CM face of a political party has gone missing after defeat in polls. Bhagwant Mann said that as a fact of matter fear of misdeeds during their regime is haunting the former Chief Minister due to which he is on run.  

The Chief Minister said that these are the rejected leaders who have been ousted by people for their non performance. He said that these leaders who have been shunted out of the state assembly by the people are now organizing ‘Imaginative or Mock’ assembly sessions to mislead the people and vent out their frustration. Bhagwant Mann said that the people of state have given vote for the hope and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is making strenuous efforts to make Punjab a frontrunner state in country.

The Chief Minister said that his government has passed the historic ‘One MLA, One Pension’ scheme to ensure judicious utilization of public funds adding that around 100 Aam Aadmi Clinics have been dedicated across the state to people for imparting quality health services. Similarly, he said that 600 units of free power are being provided to lakhs of households across the state. Bhagwant Mann said that on one hand the process for new recruitment has been started and on the other wheels have also been set in motion to regularize the jobs of contractual employees adding that the state government will soon embark on a scheme to provide Atta Dal to the beneficiaries at their doorsteps.

The Chief Minister said that in Democracy government is of the people, for the people and by the people but BJP and Congress are trying to insult the mandate of people through ‘Operation Lotus’. Citing the example of Mughal gardens in Rashtrapati Bhawan, he said that it has variety of flowers due to which people throng to see it. In the same manner, Bhagwant Mann said that in democracy opposition and treasury benches are also important.

The Chief Minister said that these days it has became a tradition that proceedings of house are disrupted and the political leaders often take pride on it. However, he said that through this the soul of democracy is hurt which is not healthy sign. Bhagwant Mann said that the people of the state have expressed whopping confidence in the policies of the government and this motion has been moved to restore this confidence.

The Chief Minister said that this motion reflects that people have faith in us and we have faith in people. Bhagwant Mann said that the BJP is making despretae attempts to purchase the confidence of the people but this will never be allowed at any cost. He said that defeats are part of life but Congress is not able to digest it due to which it is supporting ‘Operation Lotus’.

The Chief Minister said that this reflects the bankruptcy of Congress which has now gone to the extent of even selling their MLAs. He said that the top Congress leadership has embarked ‘Bharat Jodo’ yatra but it is not able to set its house in Rajasthan. Taking leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa to cudgels, Bhagwant Mann said that the senior Congress leader is baffled over failing of Operation Lotus’, as if his secret agreement has failed.

The Chief Minister said that through this motion the facts are being put before the people as the session was going live. However, he said that those who had been demanding this session have ran away from the debate. Bhagwant Mann said that the Congress leaders were acting as ‘B’ team of the BJP and it is unfortunate that the Congress leaders have shamefully raised slogans against the Speaker of the state assembly- who is the custodian of the august house.

BHAGWANT MANN LED STATE GOVERNMENT WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED TO CREATE A SPORTS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT: MEET HAYER

Chandigarh, September 26, As part of the initiatives being taken by the Higher Education Department to provide better sports facilities in the government colleges of the state, administrative approval has been given for Rs 137 lakh grant to 7 government colleges for the construction of sports structures.

          Giving this information, Higher Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will leave no stone unturned to create a sports-friendly environment.

          Meet Hayer, who also holds the sports department, said that the state government is emphasizing on the creation of sports infrastructure at the grassroots level and according to the number of students of the respective sports in the government colleges, the sports grounds are being prepared there. He said that in the coming time other government colleges will also be given funds for sports to develop new grounds and upgrade existing infrastructures.

          Divulging the details of the amount sanctioned to 7 government colleges, the Minister of Higher Education said that Rs.19.41 lakh for 200 meter track and volleyball ground to Government College Danewala Malout, Rs.15.75 lakh to Government College Gurdaspur for the basketball court, Rs 33.11 lakh to Government College Ladhupur (Gurdaspur) for 200 meter track, basketball court and volleyball ground. Similarly, Rs 19.40 lakh for 200 meter track and volleyball ground to Government College Husnar Giddarbaha and funds of Rs 10.85 lakh for LED lights in the volleyball court at S.C.D Government College Ludhiana, Rs.8.48 lakhs for the basketball court of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Government College Tarn Taran and Rs.29.99 lakhs for the renovation of volleyball ground and stadium of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government College Kotakpura.

          The Minister said that instructions have also been given to cornered officials to ensure utilisation of these funds only for allocated works. The technical approval of the estimate should be taken from the competent authority before starting the work. Similarly the responsibility for quality/standard of work will be on XEN.

          Before this, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary Jaspreet Talwar under the direction of Higher Education Minister Meet Hayer. In the meeting, DPI (Colleges) Rajiv Gupta said that estimates have been prepared and sent by the said seven government colleges from the Public Works Department. These seven colleges have now been given administrative approval of 137 lakh rupees by the Minister of Higher Education. Principals of other government colleges have been asked to prepare and send estimates from the Public Works Department so that they can also be released money for the construction of sports grounds, the minister added.

CBG PROJECT IS A PART OF BUDDAH NULLAH REJUVENATION PROJECT, SAYS NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY MINISTER

Chandigarh, September 26, Punjab Government led by Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann will set up an additional Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant at Haibowal Dairy Complex in Ludhiana for scientific disposal of the waste produced from the dairy complex.

          Revealing this, Punjab New & Renewable Energy Sources Minister Mr. Aman Arora said that Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has started the process to set up an additional Compressed Biogas (CBG) Plant with a capacity of 12000 raw biogas (about 4.8 ton CBG) at Haibowal Dairy Complex on Build Operate and Own (BOO) basis. One CBG plant with a capacity to consume 225 ton raw material has already been operational at the dairy complex.

          This project is a part of Buddah Nullah Rejuvenation Project, informed the Minister while adding that the Punjab Government will not leave any stone unturned to generate enviornment friendly fuel from waste and concerted efforts are being made in this direction to ensure clean and green environment to the residents of Punjab.

          The Cabinet Minister said that under this project cattle dung would be collected from the dairy complex. Any shortfall of cattle dung will be met by using vegetable or mandi waste, municipal segregated green waste, agro-waste or other types of biodegradable waste.

          PEDA has invited an e-tender for setting up the CBG plant. The closing date of bid is 26th October, 2022 (till 5 pm). The interested companies can log on to the website eproc.punjab.gov.in for more details. Notably, PEDA is the state nodal agency for promotion and development of renewable energy programmes/projects and energy conservation programmes in Punjab.

Says, amalgamation will bring in efficiency and better administrative culture

Addressing Conference of State Cooperation Ministers, Cheema raises various issues to improve the viability of the Cooperative

Chandigarh, September 08 (Shivam Madaan) The Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday urged the Union Government to convince Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to approve the state proposal of amalgamation of District Co-operative Central Banks (DCCBs) with Punjab State Cooperative Bank (PSCB). He also impressed upon GoI for reinstating 2% interest subvention to PSCB, reducing rate of interest on refinance of short-term agriculture loans from NABARD, infusing capital in cooperative banks on the pattern of commercial banks, reversing Capital to Risk Assets Ratio (CRAR) norms to 7 percent, reducing GST on milk and milk products to minimum tax slab, and setting up National institute for New Product Development expertise in the state.

          Addressing the Conference of State Cooperation Ministers held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, Harpal Singh Cheema said that for Punjab with 50362 square km of area, the 20 DCCBs were not feasible and this three-tier structure if converted to two-tier structure by amalgamation of DCCBs with Punjab State Cooperative Bank (PSCB), would bring in efficiency and help in better administrative culture. “This will also help in a big way to utilize local capital available with some DCCBS with higher Capital to Risk Assets Ratio (CRAR) in more equitable manner for the benefit of people in other geographical areas in the State”, Cheema added.

Urging the Union Government to convince RBI for approving the state proposal of amalgamation on priority, Cheema said that this would also do away with the requirement of maintaining Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) at both the levels and to have separate 21 CBS licenses in a small State, while adding that the State has already submitted the proposal to RBI by fulfilling all statutory requirements.

Punjab Finance Minister also raised the issue of 2% interest subvention to Cooperative Banks which was stopped by Gol with effect from April 1, 2022. Welcoming the Union Cabinet’s decision to reinstate the 1.5% of this subvention, Cheema requested to reinstate it further to 2%.

Raising demand for reducing the rate of interest on refinance of short-term agriculture loans from NABARD, Cheema said that the rate of interest on refinance of short-term agriculture loans from NABARD was 2.5% till 2006-07, which had gradually been increased to 4.5% over the last 15 years. “The upper limit for extending the loan to farmers is placed at 7%. This leaves margin of only 2.5% for three levels; PSCB, DCCBS and PACS. This rate is critical in mitigating losses incurred by three tier-structure while providing low-cost loans to the farmers”, said Cheema.

Punjab Finance Minister also stressed upon the need to infuse capital in Cooperative Banks on the pattern of Commercial Banks to strengthen the Cooperative Structure in the state as well as in the country. He said that capital Assistance of Rs 236.00 Cr is required for maintaining CRAR in 11 DCCBS in Punjab during the current financial year.

Seeking reversal of CRAR norms to 7 percent, Punjab Finance Minister said that as per the business model of Cooperative Banks, and the risk involved in the loans, Cooperative Banks were finding it difficult to maintain 9% CRAR norms. “As of now, NABARD has stopped financing to four DCCBS in Punjab due to less CRAR and the number is likely to grow to eleven at the end of current financial year in the absence of capital infusion despite the fact that these Banks are working hard to ensure timely recovery”, said Cheema while requesting the Gol to intervene with RBI to give special relaxation to cooperatives with respect to stringent CRAR norms and reversing it to 7% from current level of 9%.

Batting for the viability of the Cooperative milk federation, Harpal Sing Cheema said that the GST on milk and milk products may be reduced to the minimum tax slab. He said that the financial benefit accrued out of this exemption may be further passed on to the end consumers as well as milk producers. He said that it would boost the rural economy and income of dairy farmers besides lowering the burden of urban middle class.

Thanking Gol for rolling out Agricultural Infrastructure Fund scheme, Punjab Finance Minister said that certain activities like food processing and allied activities related to dairy should also be included in this scheme to increase viability and sustainability of cooperatives, and to meet the peculiar needs of state of Punjab. He said this can be done within the present financial limit of Rs. 2 crore.

Lauding the Union Cooperative Ministry’s plan to set up a National University for Cooperative education, Cheema said that a National institute for New Product Development expertise should be considered to be set up for Punjab in cooperative sector for the purpose of technical research and new product development, in line with the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) in Haryana and Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in Karnataka

Order inquiry to check unnecessary objections on peoples' applications

Government is committed to facilitate the people through e-governance; services to be delivered at doorsteps soon, queues outside public offices to be thing of past - Meet Hayer & Dr Nijjar

Chandigarh/ Ludhiana, September 8 (Shivam Madaan) Punjab Governance Reforms Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Local Bodies Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar on Thursday jointly carried out a surprise check at the Sewa Kendra under Municipal Corporation Ludhiana near local Bus Stand, opposite Railway Station, here.

After scrutinizing 'send back applications regarding citizen centric services' due to unnecessary objections by some MC officials, the Cabinet Ministers reached Sewa Kendra and quizzed concerned failing which they ordered a probe by a committee under supervision of MC Commissioner Dr Shena Aggarwal to check 'malafide intentions' behind pendency.

The Ministers said that Ludhiana had 0.42 percent, highest pendency rate of send back files which was matter of concern. A total of 539000 applications were received in Ludhiana and 2276 applications were pending before stipulated timeframe as mentioned under Right to Servics Act. Following which it was decided to look into this and each file was scanned by Government Reforms department and surprisingly top five officials (responsible for scrutinising these files) with highest “send back pendency) were from Ludhiana. They said that to ensure transparent services to the people in the Sewa Kendras, the specially designed boards displaying the facilitation charges will be installed outside all Sewa Kendras.

Reiterating commitment of Bhagwant Mann government to facilitate the people by ensuring hassle-free and smooth services, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar pointed out that any kind of harassment to the people will not be tolerated at any cost and added each file is being deeply studied at high level. They said that Punjab government was working round the clock to bring major reforms in citizen service delivery system by adopting e-governance in its functioning to facilitate people with ease.

It is pertinent to mention that while reviewing the working of Sewa Kender, it was found that State has 0.9% average of send back while the average of Ludhiana pertains to 6%. Many unnecessary and unclear objections like ‘call the applicant’, ‘attach mother school certificate copy’, ‘Last Cremation slip mismatched’, ‘Clear the objection’ (without mentioning objection) were raised by dealing officials which caused lot of harassment to citizens. This also increased the pendency of approval of services. Hence, both the ministers made a surprise check at Sewa Kendra, Ludhiana.

The Cabinet Ministers asserted that Punjab government is preparing roadmap to deliver the  citizen services at the doorsteps so that people don't have to stand in queues or make rounds of public offices for availing the facility. They said that for ease of Public, the Punjab government is preparing a mechanism under which documents for various services would be collected from the applicant’s doorstep and later delivered back.

Prominent among present on the occasion included MLAs Daljit Singh Grewal, Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina, Kulwant Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet Bassi Gogi, Madan Lal Bagga, Ashok Parashar Pappi, Governance Reforms Director Girish Dayalan, MC Commissioner Dr Shena Aggarwal and others.

CM Mann also gave directions to replace existing drainage system to resolve waterlogging 

Fazilka district MLAs thanked CM Mann for accepting long pending demands of farmers

Chandigarh, September 6 (Shivam Madaan) Fulfilling a long pending demand of farmers, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced the release of Rs 32.5 crore pending compensation amount. The money is to compensate farmers for  damage to cotton crop  due to floods in 2020. 

This was disclosed by three MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),  Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Kamboj, MLA from Fazilka Narinder Pal Singh Sawna and  Amandeep Singh Goldy Musafir of Balluana MLA, during a press conference here at Punjab Bhawan on Tuesday.
Describing it as a major relief to farmers of Fazilka district, Jagdeep Kamboj MLA from Jalalabad emphasized that it would ease the financial burden of many farmers, who have been waiting for the compensation of their damaged crop for past two years but dastardly Congress government had failed to release it.

He said that it is a big gift to farmers by the CM Mann as many farmers had committed suicide waiting for their compensation after floods caused major damage in Abohar, Arniwala and Jalalabad blocks of the district but previous government didn’t compensate the debt-ridden farmers.

“Congress government had promised to release compensation on various occasions and   farmers had even  held demonstrations seeking compensation for the cotton crop during the Congress regime but to no avail. However, CM Mann immediately decided to provide two years compensation when we took up this issue with him today. It shows   that the AAP is a pro-farmer and sensitive  government unlike previous governments in Punjab” said MLA Kamboj.

He said that out of total Rs 32.5 crore, damage worth Rs 28 crore was done to the crops whereas the remaining Rs 4 crore loss was for houses and other establishments.

Amandeep Singh Goldy Musafir of Balluana MLA said that his constituency was most affected with water flooding in 2020 and he thanked the CM Mann for considering the woes of the farmers and releasing their burden.

He said that Fazilka district faces flood like situation every year and crops on thousands of acres got damaged after heavy rains. But, previous callous governments had not done anything in this regard.

“To provide a permanent solution to the water logging problem, which led to damage to crops in Fazilka, CM Mann has assured us to replace the existing drainage system and canal water will also be supplied to farmers across the district,” he added.

Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal seeks construction of platform at Ramdas railway station and naming it after Baba Buddha ji

- Urged to run trains going to Dera Baba Nanak from Amritsar railway station

- Union Minister assures fulsome support to fulfill all the demands soon

 Chandigarh/New Delhi, September 6 (Shivam Madaan) The Punjab Rural Development, NRI Affairs and Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday called on the Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Vikram Jardosh at Udyog Bhavan Delhi.

During the meeting, Dhaliwal urged the Union Minister of State for Railways to construct the platform at Ramdas station in Amritsar district name it after Baba Buddha ji.

He said that Ramdas, a very important town from the border in Ajnala assembly constituency of the state, has a significant religious importance as many historical Gurdwaras in the memory of first head priest (Granthi) of Golden Temple Baba Buddha Sahib are situated here. Due to this, a huge number of pilgrims including foreigners visit this place daily and most people generally belong to the economically weaker section reached here by train.

Apart from pilgrims, students and patients as well as daily commuters from the town use train service to reach Amritsar city for treatment. However, the railway station is in a dilapidated condition as it was built before partition of India-Pakistan. Moreover, absence of a platform at the railway stations adds to the woes of the passengers. Even a number of mishaps took place with travelers due to this but the issue had not been raised by anyone till now, Dhaliwal said in his letter handed over to the Union Minister.

The Cabinet Minister of Punjab informed the Union Minister that there is only one railway link from Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak for Ramdas town and Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. He said that this railway line is very crucial for the people of Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts.

Dhaliwal said that the trains coming from Dera Baba return only from Verka station outside the city of Amritsar due to which the passengers have to face a lot of difficulties. He demanded that these trains should be run from Amritsar city railway station instead of Verka.

During the meeting, which was held in a cordial atmosphere, Union Minister Jardosh assured to take concrete steps to address demands raised by the Punjab Cabinet Minister.

After the meeting, replying to a media query on Supreme Court’s directions for holding coordinating meetings between Punjab and Haryana on Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal , Dhaliwal said that the Punjab government respects the apex court and Punjab will present its case strongly whenever and wherever it will be necessary.

The Minister categorically said that Punjab does not have surplus water to give to other states and now the state itself is struggling with the declining level of underground water.

INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO CREATE MORE THAN 90,000 JOBS: ANMOL GAGAN MANN

Chandigarh, September 6 (Shivam Madaan) Punjab's minister for investment promotion, labour and tourism, Ms Anmol Gagan Mann said, here today that “Under the visionary leadership of S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, Chief Minister, Government of Punjab, industry-friendly policies have attracted investment worth ₹21000 crores in the State. The influx of new industries and startups is expected to create more than 90,000 job opportunities in Punjab. 

She was addressing a session on ‘Promoting Industrial Growth & Investments in Punjab’ with a focus on Ease of Doing Business, Tourism, Taxation, Power & Labour organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries, in Chandigarh.

"I welcome all industrialists to invest in Punjab, especially in the agri and food-processing sectors, and to give their suggestions for improving the investment climate in Punjab,” she said, adding the state government is working towards providing a seamless experience for the new industries and investors as they set up their businesses in Punjab. Highlighting the strength of the industrial environment in the State, the cabinet minister shared that connectivity in terms of road, railways, and airways is conducive to promoting industrial investment in the region. The Government of Punjab has also assured the availability of leasehold land. Simplification of processes such as single window systems and time-bound incentives have been paramount in attracting entrepreneurs and corporates alike. 

During the session, CII Punjab State Council formally presented its recommendations to the State Government regarding the New Industrial & Investment Policy 2022 for the State. The key objective of the session was to deliberate on these recommendations, representing the views of renowned industry captains in Punjab. 

Member, Rajya Sabha (AAP) & Chairman, Sun Foundation, Mr Vikramjit Singh Sahney shared a few suggestions to promote industrial growth in Punjab. He suggested establishing a focal point in the State in the Public-Private-Partnership model. He also proposed giving impetus to the agri value chain and exploring international markets for giving a boost to agri exports.

Principal Secretary - Power, Tourism & Cultural Affairs and Governance Reforms & Grievances Redressal, Government of Punjab, Mr Tejveer Singh said, “As part of the G20 summit, we have a great opportunity to showcase heritage cities such as Amritsar in Punjab to enhance tourism in the State. Punjab has huge potential and collectively, we should strive to give an impetus to the tourism sector by attracting investments.”

Principal Secretary - Industries, Commerce & Investment Promotion, Government of Punjab Mr Dilip Kumar shared that the draft of the New Industrial Policy 2022 for Punjab is ready and is being shared with the industry and potential investors for review. He welcomed suggestions and remarks on the same.

CEO of Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion & Commissioner – Excise & Taxation, Punjab, Mr Kamal Kishor Yadav said that Punjab Government is in the process of creating a policy in which proper aftercare for the industry will be taken care of, especially for investors from other states. 

Apart from the above dignitaries who attended the session, Mr Manvesh Sidhu, Secretary – Labour, Punjab, Mr Amit Thapar, Chairman - CII Punjab State & President, Ganga Acrowools Limited; Mr Sachit Jain, Past Chairman, CII Northern Region & Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Vardhman Special Steels; and Dr P J Singh, Vice Chairman, CII Punjab State & Chairman & Managing Director, Tynor Orthotics Private Limited were also present at the session.

TRANSPORT FACILITY FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL GIRLS ON TEACHER’S DAY

BATS FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION TO COMPETE ON WORLD LEVEL

SAYS, TEACHERS TO BE SEND OXFORD, HARVARD AND OTHER RENOWNED UNIVERSITIES TO IMPART NEW TEACHING SKILLS

FELICITATES REMARKABLE ACHIEVERS TEACHERS AT FUNCTION HELD IN SRI ANANDPUR SAHIB

Sri Anandpur Sahib (Roopnagar), September :

In a major pro-employee decision, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced to regularise the services of 8736 teachers across the state.

Extending warm wishes towards teachers at the event here on Teacher’s Day, the Chief Minister said that he is elated to share that the Aam Aadmi Government has decided to regularise the service of 8736 teachers. He said that in this pious land and on this auspicious day services of 5442 Education Service Providers, 1130 Inclusive Education Teachers and others will be regularised. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is committed for ensuring well being of every strata of society.

In a bid to counter school drop-out rate among girl students in lack of transportation facilities, Chief Minister also announced to start shuttle bus service for government school going girl students across the state. He said that it’s a basic duty of the government to provide qualitative education to each and every child, while taking care of their basic needs such as transportation, diet, infrastructure and others. Bhagwant Mann asserted that in absence of transportation facility the school drop-out rate is much higher among girls, so we have decided to grant this facility to every girl child of the state to counter this phenomenon vigorously.

Announcing to utilise services of teachers only for teaching duties, Chief Minister said that they will not be used for any non teaching work.  Describing digital education as the need of the hour, he said that it is must to compete on global level due to which it has been decided to send teachers to Oxford, Harvard and other renowned universities to acquire new teaching skills on lines of Delhi government. Bhagwant Mann said that being the son of a teacher, he knows the basic needs, problems and plights of the teachers.

The Chief Minister also shared his experiences about his teachers and paid respect towards them. Urging the teachers to shun the path of agitation and invited them for deliberations, the Chief Minister said that the policies adopted during previous dispensations, created unwanted hindrances but special attention is being given to Education and Health as these are the core areas of concern of Aam Aadmi Government. Bhagwant Mann further announced to develop Sri Anandpur Sahib and Nangal as Eco-Tourism destinations.

Earlier, the School Education Minister Harjot Bains said that the State government has determined to develop 100 Schools of Eminence and the department is working tirelessly on war footing to translate this announcement on ground as soon as possible. He said that Punjab will become the harbinger of another revolution called the Education Revolution after excellently and efficiently showing the path of Green & White Revolution to the nation.

In his address, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema informed about the massive increase in school education budget at the rate of 17 percent in tune of Rs. 15758 crore. He also said that the Technical Education Budget and the Medical Education Budget have been enhanced to a tune of 47% and 57% respectively.

Meanwhile, Member Parliament and former Cricketer Harbhajan Singh also shared his experiences of student life and extended the warm words of greetings towards teachers.

On this occasion the Chief Minister felicitated 65 teachers and nine Administrators for their marvelous achievements in this field with shawls and Appreciation Certificates.

Prominent among others who were present at the event included  Cabinet Ministers Harpal Cheema and Harjot Bains, Member Parliament Raghav Chadha and Harbhajan Singh, Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, ACS to CM A Venu Prasad, Principal Secretary School Education Jaspreet Talwar and DGSE Pradeep Aggarwal.

MOVE AIMED AT STRENGTHENING COOPERATIVE SECTOR BY COLLECTING AND PROVIDING BEST QUALITY MILK

ASKS MILKFED TO TAP POTENTIAL OVERSEAS AND IN OTHER STATES

CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 1 (Shivam Madaan) In a bid to strengthen cooperative sector in the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday directed the Milkfed to set up state of art procurement infrastructure in the villages for collecting and supplying best quality milk.

The Chief Minister, while chairing a review meeting of the Milkfed here, asserted that upgradation of the procurement infrastructure is the need of hour to ensure best quality of milk is collected from villages and then is supplied to consumers after processing. Bhagwant Mann envisioned that Milkfed will usher brand Verka to new horizons, where sole mantra shall be inclusive growth of all. He emphasized that Milkfed must ensure that it covers all the potential villages falling in Punjab and procure the maximum quantity of raw milk from there.

The Chief Minister unequivocally said that the sole aim of his government is to extend maximum support and best prices to the dairy farmers of Punjab by following the true essence of cooperation. He also asserted that farmer friendly schemes should be implemented so as to boost the dairying business amongst the youth so as to make them financially independent and self reliant. Bhagwant Mann also batted for setting in place modern technological interventions so as to ensure that the entire system remains transparent and user friendly.

The Chief Minister also directed the Milkfed to further launch an aggressive marketing campaign to capture sizeable chunk of consumer market not only in the state but across the country and even abroad. He said that this leading state cooperative has a perceptible presence in the domestic market as Verka is a household name in the region. Bhagwant Mann said that VERKA products like Ghee, Milk, Butter, Lassi, Kheer, Curd, Ice-Cream, Sweets and others have already created a niche for themselves in the nationwide market which could further be widened with concerted efforts.

The Chief Minister also asked Milkfed to double its turnover from Rs.4869 Crores in FY 2021-2022 to Rs 10000 Crores by FY 2026-2027. He assured fulsome support and cooperation to Milkfed for this noble cause. Bhagwant Mann also asked Mikfed to strenuous efforts to register its presence in a big way in the potential markets of adjoining states like Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Jammu-Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. 

On the occasion, Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, Special Chief Secretary Cooperation Ravneet Kaur, Registrar Cooperative Societies Neelkanth S Awhad, Managing Director Milkfed Amit Dhaka and others were also present.

SCHOOL EDUCATION MINISTER SPOKE TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF THE STATE

Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, September 1(Shivam Madaan) Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, on Thursday, announced that an 'Inspire Meet' will be held in all government schools of Punjab on September 3, 2022. This will be an interactive event in which the parents will be informed about the performance of the students.

He urged all principals and teachers to ensure maximum participation of parents in 'Inspire Meet.' Mr. Harjot Singh Bains said that they should also pay special attention towards co-educational activities as well as academic activities besides specially inviting parents to participate wholeheartedly in various activities during this event. I will also join the Inspire Meet program in various schools, he added.

He exhorted all the principals and teachers of the state to ensure more constructive efforts for the all-round development of the students of the government schools.

Expressing his views with the principals and teachers of government schools through Eduset, the Education Minister shared his experiences of recent school visits, saying that students of government schools have a lot of talent, which needs to be nurtured and shown the right way.

"Aiming at bringing exemplary changes in the education and health sector, Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led state government was consistently working in this direction", said the Cabinet Minister.

Director General School Education Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal and other officials of the department were also present on this occasion.

Saw lake developed by Panchayat and other development works of the village

Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, August 22: Union Panchayati Raj State Minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil and Punjab Rural Development Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal who were here to inaugurate the two-day national workshop being conducted for sustainable development of villages, made a visit the model village Sirsini which falls in Derabassi block of SAS Nagar district.

The Panchayat of this village has developed a lake in the village on 4 acre land, in which rainwater is collected and further used for irrigation purposes. Efforts are being made to raise this as a future income asset and plans are being made to convert it into a tourist destination due to its prime location.

The Panchayat Ghar has been constructed at a cost of Rs 25 lakhs with basic facilities like kitchen, separate washrooms for men and women, and a spacious meeting hall which can seat 100 persons in the village.

A mid-day meal kitchen shed was constructed by the Panchayat at Government Primary Smart School.

A project is being run in the village to collect various wastes from house to house. Each house pays Rs.50/- as remuneration to the waste collector. The wet waste is disposed of in honey comb pits, where it is converted into compost in 45 days. The compost is used to plant plants. The waste collector generates his income by selling the dry waste. .

A Nanak Bagichi has been created in the village and about 15000 saplings have been planted in cremation ground, parks and roadsides besides a Mini Jungle.

Chandigarh August 22, The Punjab Vigilance Bureau in its drive against corruption on Monday arrested former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in the food grains transportation tenders scam and further investigation in this case is under progress.

            Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau (VB) said that the Bureau, after verification of a complaint made by complainant Gurprit Singh, has already registered FIR No. 11 Dated 16-08-2022 u/s 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and 7, 8, 12, 13(2) Preventions of Corruption Act at VB police station Ludhiana in which contractors namely Telu Ram, Jagroop Singh and Sandeep Bhatia besides owner/partners of Gurdas Ram & Company has been booked.

            Revealing more he informed that accused Telu Ram has already been arrested in this and he is on police remand. During investigation by the VB, accused Telu Ram has submitted that he met Bharat Bhushan Ashu through his PA Meenu Malhotra for getting tenders for the season 2020-21 who further told him to meet Rakesh Kumar Singla, Deputy Director Food & Civil Supplies. Singla was incharge of all Punjab being chairman of departmental chief vigilance committee for tenders and was acting on the directions of former minister.

            The accused Telu Ram has informed the VB that when he met RK Singla, he has demanded Rs 30 Lakh on behalf of former minster and on different days he has given the bribes to RK Singla Rs 20 lakh, PA Menu Malhotra Rs 6 lakh and money to officers.

            The spokesperson added that on the basis of revelations as well as the material evidence above mentioned persons and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu have been nominated as an accused in this case. During Investigation it has come on record that Telu Ram has purchased about 20 acres land and accused Meenu Malhotra, who is at large, has also made number of properties and record is being collected in this regard. He informed that the record with regard to posting of accused Rakesh Kumar Singla is also being collected besides properties made by him would be probed.

            Revealing modus operandi of this scam, the spokesperson informed that the tenders were invited cluster wise in which 'A' group of mandis and work of all procurement agencies was allotted for the cluster and name of leading mandis in particular area was used as cluster name. In Ludhiana district, Telu Ram was having 4 clusters namely Jodhan, Mullanpur, Raikot and Payal which contains 34 grain markets. Apart from this, Telu Ram was also having cluster in district Ferozpur at Talwandi Bhai and district Ropar local.

            During investigations it has come to light that main accused Telu Ram had received approximately amount of Rs 25 crore for the said work. In order to get tenders the lists of vehicles submitted by accused were containing registration numbers of Cars, Scooters, Motor Cycles etc but the same transportation vehicles were required to be verified. After verification technical bid was required to be rejected by district tender committee however they in connivance with each other allotted the tenders.

            He added that even in the gate passes numbers of Scooters, Cars etc were mentioned but the above mentioned officers made payments to the accused contractors in respect of material quoted in these gate passes thereby matter regarding misappropriation also comes to light. He informed that further investigation in this regard is under progress and involvement of others would also be probed in this scam.

Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO meets representatives of National Federation of Blind and Blind Persons Association

Chandigarh, August 17The Punjab gove, rnment led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will soon consider the legitimate demands of the blind people of the state and resolve them with compassion. Punjab Public Works and Power Minister Mr. Harbhajan Singh ETO expressed these words after having a meeting with National Federation of the Blind, Punjab Branch and Blind Persons Association following the directions of the Chief Minister.

          The cabinet minister said that the issues like to fill the vacant posts under backlog quota in different departments of Punjab, to re-implement the special allowance given to disabled employees, to promote the disabled in different departments, tabla instructors working in the education department. To consider grade pay, to provide facilities to blind players like normal players, to increase the disabled pension, to increase the staff and other facilities in Jamalpur, a government school run for the blind, Shagan scheme for disabled girls, reservation in MNREGA scheme, to give employment to the blind residents of Punjab on domicile basis at the time of recruitment, for the welfare of the disabled. Appointment of Disability Commissioner and many other were discussed in the meeting.

          The Cabinet Minister said that the Punjab Government is committed to the all-round development of the state and also to provide a good life to the visually impaired people of the state. He said that legitimate demands of both the associations will be brought to the notice of the Chief Minister and Social Security Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur and these will be resolved soon.

          Among others who were present during the meeting included Additional Chief Secretary Social Security and Women Child Development Kirpa Shankar Saroj, Secretary Personnel Rajat Aggarwal, Special Secretary Finance Mohit Tiwari, Director Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Department Raj Bahadur Singh, Deputy Secretary Chief Minister's Office Navraj Singh Brar, Director Social Security and Women Child Development Arvindarpal Singh Sandhu.

Department inquiry findings: Out of 90422 distributed machines; over 13 percent of beneficiaries did not have machines

Chandigarh, August 17: Adopting a zero tolerance policy against corruption, the Bhagwant Mann government has initiated a vigilance enquiry into a scam detected by the agriculture department   in the distribution of crop residue management machines to the farmers during the previous regime. Taking a serious note of the matter, Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has directed that a thorough probe be conducted into the matter and the file has been sent to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Giving information in this regard, the Agriculture Minister said that the Central Sector Scheme Promotion of Agriculture Mechanization for Insitu Management of Crop Residue (CRM) was implemented by the Punjab government from the year 2018-19 to the year 2021-22.

He said that under this scheme, a total of 90422 different machines have been provided to the beneficiary farmers/registered farmer groups/cooperative societies/FPOs and panchayats from the year 2018-19 to the year 2021-22. Out of these machines, 83986 machines were provided by the Department of Agriculture and the remaining machines were provided by the registered cooperative societies.

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that after receiving reports from many quarters about the scheme that the machines provided on subsidy under the scheme were not made available to eligible farmers, he directed the Agriculture department to conduct a physical verification of the possession of the machines provided under the scheme from the year 2018-19 to the year 2021-22.

The Agriculture Minister disclosed that physical verification of 79,295 machines out of 83,986 machines provided by the department has been done till August 16, 2022, which is 94.4 percent of the total machines. Out of these verified machines, a total of 11275 machines (13%) are not available with the beneficiaries.

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that during the initial investigation by the department, it appears that Rs 125 to 150 crore have been misused.  He has ordered meticulous investigation to initiate action against the perpetrators. The Mann government has ordered a crackdown from day one after assuming the charge to unearth the scams done in the previous governments.

New & Renewable Energy Sources Minister Arora and Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal discuss mechanisms to utilize FOM

• Cabinet Ministers assure all possible support to CBG investors

• Investors appreciate Govt for calling brainstorming session

Chandigarh, August 17, Punjab Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led government is planning to promote the utilization of Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) produced by Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants, in Agriculture, Horticulture and Floriculture sectors of the state. Mr. Aman Arora, New & Renewable Energy Sources Minister said this here today after a brainstorming discussion at PEDA.  Bhawan. 

Mr. Arora and his cabinet colleague Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, asked senior officers of the state government and the investors to create a mechanism which will enable utilization  of FOM.

The Cabinet Minister said that Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has already allocated 42 CBG projects of total capacity 492.58 tons per day (TPD) based on paddy straw and other agro-residue and Asia’s largest CBG plant with a total capacity of 33.23 ton CBG per day has also been commissioned at village Bhuttal Kalan (Sangrur) recently. At least 5 Lac  tonnes  Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) is expected to be produced annually by these CBG plants on the commission.

The use of FOM will enhance the nutrient uptake, growth, yield, nutrition efficiency, crop quality and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress. It's use can prevent uptake of heavy metals, besides helping local allied industries to flourish, said New & Renewable Energy Sources Minister.

Mr. Aman Arora said that these projects would not only improve the availability of Fermented Organic Manure to farmers but also give a boost to the economy in the region including development of infrastructure like roads, railways, ancillary industry etc. besides ensuring clean and green energy.

Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal directed the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) to explore the feasibilities with PEDA/CBG Project Developers in this regard, while asking the PAU and GADVASU to provide active support in terms of testing, grading, certification and marketing of the Fermented Organic Manure.

The Cabinet Ministers assured the investors all possible support for early resolution of their problems.

Appreciating Mr. Aman Arora's efforts for calling the brainstorming session, investors expressed hope that the session will definitely bring good outcome while instilling the confidence among investors.

Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister-cum-ACS New & Renewable Energy Sources Mr. A Venu Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture Mr. Sarvjit Singh, Secretary Agriculture Mr Arshdeep Singh Thind, Chief Executive PEDA Mr. Sumeet Jarangal, VC GADVASU Dr. Inderjit Singh, Punjab Agro MD Mr. Manjit Singh Brar, Director Agriculture Mr Gurvinder Singh, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, New Delhi GM Srijeet Basu, NFL Chandigarh GM Marketing Mr. Rajbir Singh Taya, Sampurna Agri Venture Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh Director Mr Sanjeev Nagpal, Verbio India Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh CEO Mr Ashish Kumar, Farm Gas Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad Director Mr Sobhan Sahoo, PES Renewables Pvt Ltd, New Delhi GM Mr. Rajnish Bansal, Ever Enviro Resources Management Pvt Ltd, Mumbai CEO Mr Bashir Ahmad Shirazi and Aquagreen Energies Pvt Ltd, Mohali MD Mr Parminder Singh were also present on the occasion.

Sports minister meets district administrations of Mohali, Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala

Chandigarh, August 17, Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today visited four districts to review the preparations on ground for the Punjab Khed Mela 2022 to be organized by the Department of Sports and Youth Services from 29th August with an aim of raising the standard of sports, to search for talent and skills, foster brotherhood and harmony, to connect people with sports and create a healthy Punjab. Principal Secretary Raj Kamal Chaudhury and Director Rajesh Dhiman of the Sports Department were also present on the occasion.

The sports minister held a review meeting with the district administration, officials of the sports department and other connected departments during his visit to Mohali, Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala. He said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the department is organizing Punjab Khed Mela-2022 on the theme of 'Khedan Vatan Punjab Dian' to recreate a sports culture in the State and deliver on the commitment of restoring the lost glory of the State. The inauguration of the Punjab Khed Mela will be done on 29th August on the occasion of birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand ji; the day is also observed as National Sports Day across India.

Meet Hayer said that in this Mahakumbh of sports around 5 lakh players in different age groups will participate in recognized games of gradation list from block to state level. Punjab Khed Mela is a two months long event. Sports personalities from parasports can also participate in the Punjab Khed Mela. Block level tournaments will be held from September 1 to September 7, district level tournaments will be held from September 12 to September 22 while the State level tournaments will be held from October 10 to October 21.

The sports minister informed that prize of Rs 10,000 with a certificate will be given to the players who will come first, Rs 7,000 and a certificate will be given to second prize while Rs 5,000 with a certificate will be given to third position holders.

A total prize money of Rs 6 crore will be distributed. All the winning players will be covered in the state's gradation policy.

Chandigarh, August 17, The cabinet sub-committee formed for regularisation of contractual employees today assured employees of the transport department that the Punjab government is regularly working to update the draft policy so as to ensure that it should benefit them all.

Holding a meeting with the representatives of contractual employee unions and officials of transport department in the presence of a team of legal experts, the cabinet subcommittee discussed various aspects related to the regularization of services in the Transport department.

          Addressing the meeting, Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema and School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains welcomed the suggestions given by the employee unions. Cheema said that as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the sub-committee has been analysing the rules related to the appointment of employees in the concerned departments so that the services of the contractual employees can be regularised without any legal hindrance. He further said that sub-committee has been continuously briefing the Chief Minister about the outcomes of all these meetings.

He said that the actions of the previous governments were only  political tactics, and  the contractual employees were facing this situation just because of the vague decisions made by previous governments in the last year of tenure. He said that the Mann government has been working on mission mode to secure the future of these employees. He said that the sub-committee has been formed to consider all the legal hurdles, so that they could be provided relief without it being challenged in the courts.

Earlier, the representatives of various unions of contractual employees of transport department including that of PUNBUS and PRTC presented their cases besides suggesting solutions for the same. Finance Minister asked the officials of PUNBUS and PRTC to submit the documents related to the suggestion given by the unions to subcommittee.

Prominent Amongst others, Secretary Transport Vikas Garg, Secretary personnel Rajat Agarwal, MD PRTC Poonamdeep Kaur Dhillon and Director Transport Amandeep Kaur were also present in the meeting.

DEDICATES FOUR AAM AADMI CLINICS TO THE PEOPLE OF SANGRUR

ANNOUNCES LOCAL HOLIDAYS IN PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ONLY

Chandigarh, August 15, Hoisting the Tricolour at Sangrur on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day of India, Punjab Transport and Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar vowed to fulfill the dreams of martyrs and take Punjab to new heights of glory.

            "It is a matter of pride  and inspiration for us that Punjabis have made the most sacrifices during the freedom struggle", said the Cabinet Minister, while congratulating one and all during district level independence day function. He also inspected the parade and took the salute from the march past.

            Bhullar said that as the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led government is on the path of fulfilling the dreams of the martyrs, the Punjab is gaining momentum in the sectors of power, agriculture, education, law & order, civic amenities, infrastructure, all round urban and villages development, Health, besides creating investment-friendly Industrial environment.

            He said that the government has taken many pro-people initiatives during its tenure of about five months. The government has launched anti-corruption action line to completely root out corruption from our system. Similarly, anti-gangster task force has been formed and a large number of gangsters have been arrested/neutralized. Apart from this, the government has doubled the ex-gratia grant to the families of the martyred soldiers to Rs.1 crore.

            The Minister categorically said that the government has broken the monopoly of private bus players, and now the state-run buses are plying from Punjab to Delhi international Airport on much cheaper fares than the private buses. Motor vehicle dealers have also been authorized as the competent authority for the registration of the new vehicle.

            Sharing the important development works of district Sangrur, Bhullar said that the first academic session of Sant Baba Atar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences, which will come up at a cost of Rs.345 crores on around 25 acres of land at Mastuana Sahib, will be started from April 1, 2023. The existing Civil Hospital, Sangrur will be upgraded from 220 beds to 360 beds. He said that Asia's largest compressed biogas plant has become operational at village Bhutal Kalan and Center for Excellence for Onion will be established to the encourage farmers for onion cultivation by breaking the wheat-paddy cycle.

            Cabinet Minister Bhullar also felicitated Freedom Fighters and their families            and persons with remarkable services in various fields besides distributing sewing machines and tricycles to needy. School students presented cultural program during the Independence Day function.

            The Cabinet Minister announced a holiday on August 16 in participating schools besides bestowing cash amount of Rs.1100 each to students teams, who participated in cultural program. The cheques were distributed to five livestock farmers under the Murrah Buffalo Project scheme and new beneficiaries of old age pensioners, disabled voters, self-help groups, job card holders of MGNREGA were honoured.

            Earlier, the cabinet minister also paid tribute to the martyrs at the Martyr's Memorial at Police Line.

DEDICATES FOUR AAM AADMI CLINICS TO THE PEOPLE OF SANGRUR

Mr. Laljit Singh Bhullar dedicated four Aam Aadmi clinics to the people in district Sangrur, out of which two are in Sangrur City, one each in Bhawanigarh and Dhuri.

He said that total 75 new Aam Aadmi Clinics have been dedicated to the people in the state on Independence Day under first phase and all these clinics will ensure the best possible healthcare services to the people at their doorsteps.

            MLA Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj, MLA Lehra, Barinder Kumar Goyal, Senior Leader Gurmail Singh Gharachon, District & Sessions Judge Rajinder Singh Rai and other Judges, Deputy Commissioner Jatinder  Jorwal, S.S.P. Mandeep Singh Sidhu, ADC Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, ADC (D) Virjit Walia, ADC (UD) Latif Ahmed, SDM Charanjot Singh Walia, Assistant Commissioner Devdarshdeep Singh and others were also present on the occasion.

LAUNCHES WEBSITE OF LUDHIANA Police  COMMISSIONERATE

Ludhiana, August 15, An Independence day gift for 3600 Safai Karamcharis/Safai Mitras was given  by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday when he announced that their services will be regularised. He handed over regularisation letters to two safai sewaks Deepal Kumar and Monika at the I-Day function in Guru Nanak Stadium as a symbolic gesture. The remaining will get regularisation letters in the coming days.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is committed towards the well being of the safai sewaks.  He said that there are around 3600 Safai Karamcharis/Safai Mitras working on contract with Municipal Corporationsbwhose services have been regularised by the Punjab Government. Bhagwant Mann said that this drive has been started symbolically and the remaining employees will get letters for regularisation of their services in the coming days.

The Chief Minister said that Punjab Government had fulfilled its promise of regular services to all sanitation employees engaged in civic bodies. He said that no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause. “AAP government stands rock solid with them always and every required step would be taken for their welfare", added Bhagwant Mann.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also launched a new website of Ludhiana Commissionerate Police (Ludhianacity.Punjabpolice.gov.in). He said that the website will allow people to lodge their complaints online, enabling them to monitor its progress and get the report sitting at home besides providing services like PCC report, FIR download, contact numbers of all officers, SHOs and others.

It is a gift of Independence celebrations by an honest government to its people says Health Minister Jouramajra 

The cornerstone of India being healthier and stronger is access to quality primary healthcare: MP Raghav Chadha

We fulfilled our promise of providing free & world-class healthcare to Punjab in just five months: Malvinder Singh Kang 

Chandigarh, August 15: Appreciating the firm commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led government to serve the people of Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday congratulated the people of Punjab on the opening of 75 Aam Aadmi Clinics in the state and said that Mohalla clinics will be developed in each village of the state soon by the Mann government. 

"Many congratulations to the people of Punjab. In the field of health, after Delhi, now a revolution has started in Punjab too. This is a beginning. Mohalla clinics will be opened in every corner of Punjab. @BhagwantMann," CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote on its twitter. 

AAP's Punjab Chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said that the AAP government under the dynamic leadership of CM Bhagwant Mann has fulfilled its promise to provide free & world-class healthcare to Punjab on the occasion of 75th anniversary of Independence. 

Targeting the opposition, Kang said that this is the difference between the working of previous governments and the pro-people governance, as  in just 5 months CM CM Mann has inaugurated 75 Aam Aadmi Clinics. Many more will be opened in each village soon to provide free and quality treatment to people at their door steps. 

He said that there is great enthusiasm among the people about this flagship project of the AAP government. They will now  get  treatment near their houses and will not have to travel miles to big cities for it. 

Describing it asva gift of Independence to people of Punjab by an  honest AAP government, Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra said, 
"Congratulations to all of you on the 75th anniversary of Independence. Bhagwant Mann government is today offering 75 Aam Aadmi Clinics in the service of Punjabis. It is a gift of independence celebrations by an honest government to its people. 
The dream of an independent India - a healthy India will now come true. 
#AamAadmiClinics."

The senior AAP leader and MP Rajya Sabha Raghav Chadha said,"As India celebrates 75 years of independence, we inaugurate 75 #AamAadmiClinics in Punjab. The cornerstone of India being, healthier and stronger,  is access to quality primary healthcare."

AAP MP Dr Sandeep Pathak said, "Good healthcare facilities are a human right and the Aam Aadmi Party has made it a reality.
On the lines of Delhi, now 75 #AamAadmiClinics have also started in Punjab. Many congratulations to Punjabis."

Chandigarh, August 14, Armed with the resolute will to provide ration at the doorstep of the people, the State Government shall undertake the home delivery service of atta from 1st October this year.

          The scheme shall be implemented across the State in a single phase. The entire state has been divided into eight zones.

          Disclosing this, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak said that under the scheme, the Government shall offer, to every beneficiary enrolled under NFSA, the option of home delivery of Atta.  Any beneficiary, who wishes to physically collect his entitlement of wheat from a Fair Price Shop (FPS), shall have an option of OPT-OUT through a suitable IT intervention freely available to him. The delivery cycle of distribution shall now be changed from quarterly to monthly cycle.

          The Home Delivery Service shall introduce the concept of Mobile Fair Price Shops (MPS). The MPS shall be a transport vehicle, preferably fitted with GPS facility and cameras to live stream the handing over of Atta to the beneficiary, said the Minister adding it shall mandatorily have the facility of weighing scales in order to satisfy the customer about the weight of the Atta before it is delivered. All mandatory requirements of biometric verification, handing over of printed weight slip to the beneficiary, etc. shall be provided by the MPS. All MPS licences shall be issued by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. An MPS shall enjoy a status similar to the ‘Fair Price Shop’ under the NFSA. Only MPS shall offer the facility of home delivery of Atta. 

          A Special Purpose Vehicle shall be formed by MARKFED to undertake all activities required to successfully offer the service of Home Delivery of Atta to the beneficiaries of NFSA.  The State Government shall bear the entire cost of grinding Wheat into Atta even though the guidelines framed under NFSA allowed the recovery of these grinding charges from the beneficiary.  The new service is, therefore, expected to result in a saving of about Rs. 170 crore for the beneficiaries as regards their present expenditure on converting Wheat into Atta at the local atta chakki, added Mr. Kataruchak.

Chandigarh, August 14, Private bus operators in Punjab have called off their proposed protest after Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar agreed to consider their legitimate demands sympathetically.  

The two ministers held a meeting with the private operators at Punjab Bhawan where their demands were examined one by one. The Ministers assured them, that the government is sincere and wants to develop the state by taking along all sections of society.

"The policy of the government is to provide employment to all sections of society in various fields without favouritism", said the Ministers, while adding that a large number of youth are also earning their livelihood from the private bus industry. Therefore, their legitimate demands will be sympathetically considered and keeping this in mind, the government had recently started the amnesty scheme to provide relief to the private bus operators, they added.

After the assurance, the representatives of the Punjab Motor Union, an organization of private bus operators, have cancelled their next protest program.

Reviews the progress of five medical colleges being set up in Punjab

His vision is to see Punjab emerging as a hub of medical education

Chandigarh, August 13, The Chief Minister said that the state government will construct 16 new Medical colleges in the state during coming five years. He said that this will enhance total tally of medical colleges in state to 25 thus transforming Punjab into a hub of medical education. He said this while chairing a meeting to review the status of upcoming five new Medical colleges at Sangrur, SAS Nagar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Malerkotla.

He said that the state has a glorious legacy of producing world class doctors across the globe and even today a large number of students pursue  medical education to become  qualified doctors from here. Lamenting  that none of the successive governments in the state have focused on establishing quality Medical colleges in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann said that as a result of this a large number of students have to go abroad for getting medical education.

 He envisioned that the students aspiring to pursue medical education will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine.

On the contrary, the Chief Minister said that these students will be provided quality medical education in these medical colleges. Dwelling on the agenda Bhagwant Mann ordered that process of creating posts for medical college Sangrur must be completed at the earliest. He also asked PWD to ensure quality work and adhering to timelines adding that broad timelines should be made by all concerned to ensure timely start of the admission in next session.

For upcoming Medical college at SAS Nagar, Mohali, the Chief Minister ordered priority construction of additional hospital and hostels as required for next year should be expedited with proper adherence to timelines. Likewise, he asked the PWD department to expedite process of floating tenders for upgradation and construction work on Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur medical colleges.

Bhagwant Mann also directed the department to immediately start process of initiating work on Medical College Malerkotla.

VIOLATORS WILL FACE THE MUSIC, AVERS TRANSPORT MINISTER

Chandigarh, August 11, Punjab Transport Department has recovered over Rs.39 crore under the amnesty scheme launched by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led government for tax recovery from private defaulters of the state.

            Divulging further, Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Thursday, said that the amnesty scheme was started on May 6, 2022, under which the amount of Rs.38.93 crore has been recovered so far. He said that the tax defaulters owed Rs.64.84 crore to the government.

            The Transport Minister said that strict action will be taken against violators who have not paid the dues yet.

            The Cabinet Minister directed the officials of the department to seize the buses of the private operators who did not pay taxes and remove the buses from the operating time table.

AAP targets PM Modi over 'free revdi' remark, says people fed up of BJP and Congress
 
We must eradicate 'Pariwarwaad' and 'Dostwaad' and vouch for AAP’s 'Bharatwaad said Malvinder Singh Kang 
Chandigarh, August 11: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday took on  Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘revadi culture’ remark about free services offered by the political parties including AAP. Quoting  AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal he said that the AAP has ushered a new political era to uplift the standard of living of common man rather than giving favours to a few corporate families in the country.

Addressing a press conference, party’s chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang along with advocate Ravinder Singh said that the country is celebrating 75th year of independence and rather than providing free education and better health facilities free of cost, PM Modi is creating an atmosphere against free government welfare services by terming them freebies.

Kang said that BJP is unnerved by the clean and pro-people governance of AAP party led by Arvind Kejriwal and it has exposed their double standards as well. “Before the UP elections, the BJP had launched its manifesto ‘Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra 2022’ and the Modi government promised to give free good education, healthcare, 300 units of electricity to every household and offer an unemployment allowance to youths. Are these not ‘rewadi’ or ‘freebies’. The BJP is baffled by the rapidly growing popularity of AAP in the country and is therefore issuing baseless statements,” Kang said.

He further said that about 9 developed countries, including Canada and the USA, provide free health services and education to their children than why children of India are deprived of it. The AAP is working for the welfare of common people while BJP and Congress have been working for their corporate friends.

“Now, people of the country must decide whether they want a family run party (Congress), corporate-friendly party (BJP) or 'Bharatwaad-AAP party, which is working dedicatedly to protect the rights of 137 crore people of the country,” he said.

Chandigarh, August 11, The Punjab government is conducting two days special workshops on localization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the villages across the state on August 22 and 23. The theme of this workshop will be 'Self-sufficient Infrastructure in Villages' which means that the residents of the villages can get the necessary facilities at their own village.

          This workshop is part of the national workshops to be conducted on 9 themes given to different states by the Union Panchayati Raj Ministry across the country.

          This information was given by the Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua while presiding over a meeting called to review the preparations of the workshop at the committee room located at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here on Thursday.

          Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Union Panchayati Raj Minister will participate in this workshop as dignitaries.

          The Chief Secretary gave necessary instructions to the concerned departments to nominate a nodal officer in each department to make the national level workshop a success. He said that with the commitment of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for the holistic development of villages and developing better infrastructure, this workshop will prove to be very fruitful in which around 1500 representatives of Panchayati Raj institutions of all the states will participate.

          Apart from this, 500 representatives from other states and 1000 members of progressive panchayats of Punjab will also take part in the workshops. Through mutual discussion, they will share the experiences of the works done in each other's villages. Information will be given during the workshop about the structures set up in the model villages of Punjab.

          He said that under sustainable development, complete development of villages with infrastructure is to be done, including environmental and social aspects. He said that the purpose of the 9 themes given under the goals of sustainable development is to make the villages ready for ever changing tech-world.

          Mr. Janjua said that it is a matter of pride for Punjab that Punjab is hosting a national level workshop related to sustainable development goals in villages. Punjab is the first state to conduct the first workshop out of 9 themes.

          He said that on the first day, there will be sessions related to panchayats in the state of Punjab, while the sessions on the second day will include panchayats of other states.

          Gurpreet Singh Khaira, Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Department, who is supervising this workshop, gave information about the preparations and arrangements made for the stay and travel of the guests from other states.

          Additional Chief Secretary Development Sarvajit Singh, Principal Secretary Water Supply and Sanitation DK Tiwari, Principal Secretary Planning Vikas Pratap, Director Goverence Reforms Girish Dayalan, Joint Commissioner Development Amit Kumar, State Transport Commissioner Vimal Kumar Setia, Special Secretary Health Bhupinder Singh, Deputy Commissioner Mohali Amit Talwar and Additional Director of Information and Public Relations Department Sundeep Singh were present.

Chandigarh, August 11, Terming the media as fourth pillar of the democracy, Information and Public Relations Minister Mr. Aman Arora, on Thursday, directed the department officials to build a strong relations with media and look forward with positive attitude to ensure maximum coverage of citizens centric flagship schemes to reach the remotest corner of the state.

          Chairing the fortnightly review meeting with PROs and APROs deputed at headquarters at Punjab Bhawan here, Mr. Aman Arora asked the officials to publicise the public welfare schemes and important decisions being implemented by Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government.

          "Since the Public Relations Department acts as a bridge between the public and government, our aim should be to make connect with maximum people at the grassroot level through various media platforms," he said.

          Asking to tap the immense potential of social media for dissemination of information, Mr. Aman Arora said that the PR department should also keep the information about all the public welfare and flagship schemes handy to make the people aware about the new initiatives and efforts being made by the state government.

          Secretary Information and Public Relations Mr. Gurkirat Kirpal Singh apprised the minister about the progess of the department while assuring that concerted efforts are being made to disseminate information about the government announcements, orders and the welfare schemes.

          Director Information and Public Relations Mrs. Sonali Giri, Joint Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Additional Director Mr Sandeep Singh Garha, Deputy Director Mr. Ishwinder Singh Grewal and other officials were also present in the meeting.

Finance minister and minister for food and civil supplies holds meeting with joint committee of palledar unions

Assures all possible help to  take up their issues with center

Chandigarh, August 10, Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema has assured the Palledar workers that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to ensuring that Palledar workers should get their due rights and will stop any kind of discrimination being faced by them.

During a high-level meeting with the Palledar unions at Punjab Bhavan here today, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Food & Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak took a serious note of the demands of the union leaders and the difficulties being faced by the Palledar workers.

On the demand made by the union leaders to free the Palledar workers from the contractual system, Cheema suggested to the Unions that their Worker Management Committees (WMCs) can tender directly for the upcoming procurement season.

          The finance minister said that in coordination with the labor department, a plan would be worked out to ensure that no one other than the Worker Management Committees of Palledar Workers could participate in this tendering process. He said that their government has been started to improve the system in the interest of the common people from the very first day it took the charge, and many such steps have been taken including bringing a new milling policy within the first four months. The finance minister assured that every possible step would be taken to ensure that Palledar workers could also become the beneficiaries of the revolutionary changes in the state.

          On this occasion, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak informed the union leaders that he had already raised the issues related to them before Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal. Kataruchak assured that he would call upon Union Minister soon to emphasize their legitimate demands raised by them in the meeting today.

          The meeting was also attended by the Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Director Ghansham Thori, and the representatives of Food Grain and Allied  Workers Union, Punjab Pradesh Galla Mazdoor Union, FCI and Punjab Food Agencies Palledar Azad Union, Punjab Palledar Union (ATEC), Punjab Pradesh Palledar Union, Food Handling Workers Union, Food and Allied Workers Union.

Says will arrange a meeting of Valmiki Samaj with the Chief Minister soon

Chandigarh, August 10, Assuring the Valmiki Samaj representatives to arrange their meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann soon, the Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday urged them to call off their proposed ‘Punjab Band’ agitation on August 12. Earlier the Valmiki Samaj representatives gave a memorandum to the Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal regarding their demands, which he said would be forwarded to the Chief Minister for positive redressal.

            Holding a meeting with Valmiki Samaj leaders, the Minister stressed to solve their problems in an amicable way rather than holding protests which are not in the welfare of the state. Reiterating Bhagwant Mann government’s firm commitment to work for betterment of the Punjab and its people, the Cabinet Minister said that Mann government will gingerly consider all the demands of the Valmiki community and come up with a positive solution.

            Urging Valimiki community to consider the upcoming Rakhi festival and 75th anniversary of  Independence on August 15, their call for Punjab Band would create problems for the people, therefore, August 12 bandh call should be withdrawn.

Chandigarh, August 9, Acting swiftly on the policy of Zero tolerance towards corruption against illegal Mining, the Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government , suspended Executive Engineer Mining Roopnagar Puneet Sharma with immediate effect .

 Disclosing this here today Mining & Geology and Water Resources Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that regular reports and complaints of Illegal Mining in the area  under the jurisdiction of Puneet Sharma were received, on the basis of which action was initiated against him.

 As per the government directive, mining is prohibited during Monsoons. But complaints of late night mining in Khera Kalmot area and other surrounding areas of District Ropar were brought to the notice.

He further said that the suspended officer failed to issue notices in time to the contractors for installing under capacity weighing bridges, which were not fit for all sized vehicles.

The said officer did not take steps to achieve the target of legal Mining in district which caused dearly to the state exchequer and people faced difficulty,  added Mr. Bains.

The minister while reiterating Zero tolerance policy  towards illegal mining of Bhagwant Mann government, said that no one will be allowed to indulge in illegal Mining and any officer found involved in illegal activities will have to face departmental action and even legal action, if required.

Sangrur, August 5, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday laid the foundation stone of Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences at Mastuana Sahib to come up over an area of 25 acres with an estimated cost of nearly Rs.345.00 crores.

Reiterating firm commitment of his government to provide quality medical facilities to people, the Chief Minister said that this institute will be a step forward towards this direction. He said that this project will be a humble and befitting tribute to the great religious leader Sant Attar Singh, who propagated the message of universal love, peace and communal harmony to people. Bhagwant Mann also recalled the immense contribution of Sant Attar Singh in spreading the light of education in the entire region. 

The Chief Minister envisioned that this college with MBBS seats will emerge Sangrur as a hub of medical education in the entire region. Bhagwant Mann said that apart from construction of Academic block the project will include upgradation of existing Civil Hospital Sangrur from 220 bedded to 360 bedded, construction of Nursing School, separate hostels for Senior/Junior Girls and Boys, Sports Track & Pavilion for students, open Air Theatre for extracurricular activities, faculty residence and shopping complex. Likewise, he said that widening of approach road from NH-07 to State Institute of Medical Sciences from 5.50 m to 7.00 m including Four Lanning of the road in front of the Institute is also a part of the project.

The Chief Minister expressed hope that this upcoming Medical Institute will act as a pivot for imparting quality Health services and Medical education to Punjab in general and Malwa region in particular. He directed the officers to ensure that the work on this ambitious project was completed in a time bound manner adding that work on Medical college will be completed by March 31, 2023 and academic session will commence from April 1. Bhagwant Mann also asked the officers to ensure that highest quality norms were adhered to during the construction of this state-of-the art medical institute.

The Chief Minister further said that the state government is formulating several pro-people and development oriented schemes for the well being of people. He said that there is no dearth of funds for this purpose and impetus will be given to all round development of state. Bhagwant Mann assured the people that no stone will be left unturned for progress of state and prosperity of its people.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is committed for providing social securities to the people. He said that pension will be disbursed directly to the beneficiaries at their doorsteps. Likewise, Bhagwant Mann said that Food security will also provided to people by providing Atta-Dal at their homes.

On the occasion Cabinet Ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Lal Chand Kataruchak, MLAs Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Barinder Goyal, Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra,Jameel Ur Rehman, Kulwant Singh Pandori, Dr. Balbir Singh, Labh Singh Ugoke and others were also present.

After the announcement in Sept. 2021, no work has been done to make the scheme a reality by Union Govt: Raghav Chadha

Inform Sikhs about time frame so people can plan their pilgrimages

Chandigarh, August 5, Questioning the intentions of the Union government, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab , wanted to know why it has failed to run an exclusive 'Gurudwara Circuit train' for Sikhs, which was announced almost a year ago. The train which was meant for pilgrims to visit important Sikh shrines in the country is still not a reality.
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced in September 2021, that  'Gurdwara Circuit Train' would be started, to take Sikhs on a tour of the Sikh holy places such as different Takhts of Sikhism, like the Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Gurdwara Damdama Sahib, Sri Hazur Sahib and Gurdwara Patna Sahib in the country.

“As almost a year has elapsed, and no work is done to start the train, it shows the "anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab" mindset of the BJP-led union government,” Chadha said while demanding that the government should immediately start this scheme.

Raghav Chadha said that the Sikh Sangat had wholeheartedly welcomed this announcement by the centre government and had high expectations from the proposed project. But sadly, it has not seen the light of the day as no framework has been drawn up to implement it till now. 
Drawing the attention of the BJP government to the sentiments and hopes of the Sikh community, the AAP MP urged the railway minister in the Rajya Sabha today, to provide a time frame for the information of the  Sikh devotees, so that they can plan their pilgrimages.

Dhuri (Sangrur), August 5 (HM Digital Desk) Slamming the Congress and Akalis for their anti-people stance, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that that the leaders of both these political parties are living in ‘fool’s paradise’ assuming that they are still in power.

Addressing the gathering, while presiding over a state level function to mark 72nd state level Van Mahostav here today, the Chief Minister said leadership of both these parties is yet to overcome the trauma of crushing defeat inflicted upon them by the people during assembly elections. He said that they still behave in the way as they are running the government in state. However, Bhagwant Mann said that these power hungry politicians have forgotten that the wise and brave people of Punjab have chosen a government that is serving them zealously.

Taking SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal to cudgels, the Chief Minister said that the leader who used to boast that they will rule Punjab for 25 years has been totally rejected by people. Bhagwant Mann said that neither he has been able to win his seat nor he gets any candidate now to contest from his party. He said that during their days of power these leaders had forgotten that people are supreme in a democratic set up and once you ignore them in power they won’t give second chance to them.

The Chief Minister, while quipping on former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, questioned his absence from the political arena. He said that this Congress leader who claimed himself to be capable of doing everything is seen nowhere after the debacle of his party. Bhagwant Mann said that he fails to understand where Channi has ran away adding if this is the condition of Chief Ministerial candidate of Congress then that of the remaining party can be judged very well.

The Chief Minister said that as a fact of matter both Congress and Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) are now ‘deadwoods’ of Punjab politics. He said that the people have rejected them as they have failed to fulfill the expectations of people. Bhagwant Mann said that these parties are now indulging in cheap tactics for scoring brownie points before media.

The Chief Minister said that for the first time a government has been formed in the state which is working untiringly for well being of masses. He said that people will no longer have to run pillar to post in government offices at Chandigarh and district headquarters for getting their administrative works done as the state government will ensure it at their doorsteps. He said that a mechanism is being evolved where benefits of all the government schemes will be delivered to people at their doorsteps thereby saving the time, money and energy of people.

The Chief Minister said that during the poll campaign they had promised the people of state that the AAP government will transform their destiny. He said that though earlier too the political parties had made promises with them but none of them kept any of their word with masses. Bhagwant Mann said that from first day of assuming charge of office AAP government has already started the process of fulfilling each and every promise made with people to restore the pristine glory of the state.

The Chief Minister said that for the maiden time in history of state a team of honest leaders is serving the people. He said that 75 Aam Aadmi clinics will be dedicated to people on coming Independence Day where people will get quality health and diagnostic services free of cost. Bhagwant Mann said that 16 Medical colleges will be constructed in coming five years thereby enhancing total tally of medical colleges to 25 thus transforming Punjab into a hub of medical education.

The Chief Minister said that the students aspiring to pursue medical education will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine. He said that these students will be provided quality medical education in these medical colleges. Bhagwant Mann said that earlier governments have not paid any attention towards it due to which our students had to move abroad.

The Chief Minister further said that in a path breaking initiative his government provided 600 units of free power per billing cycle to every section of society. He said that as a result of this, 51 lakh households out of total 74 lakh will get zero electricity bill in the month of September. Likewise, Bhagwant Mann said that 68 lakh household will get zero power bill in January, which will be roughly 90% of the total households of the state.    

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister solicited support of people against the use of single use plastic and plantation of more and more trees to save the environment for our coming generations. He underscored the need for making this campaign a mass movement for checking environmental degradation. He said that single use plastic poses a serious threat to environment as its debris is non degradable and can exist in environment for hundreds of years and in water for even thousands of years.

Announcing new projects for Dhuri assembly segment, the Chief Minister announced that state government will construct Railway over Bridge (ROB) on Railway line bisecting city in two parts at a cost of Rs 15 crore. Likewise, he announced a grant of Rs 2 crore for building state-of-art park for residents, upgrading existing Badminton complex to enable 70 players to play in it and complete overhaul of sewerage system of city with the cost of Rs. 13 crore. Bhagwant Mann also announced to restore all the previous permits to ensure better road connectivity with every educational institutes.

In his address, Finance Minister Harpal Cheema described this campaign as a revolutionary decision to save the environment of the state. He hailed the Chief Minister for taking several path breaking initiatives for well being of the state. 

Addressing the gathering Information and Public Relations Minister Aman Arora lauded the Chief Minister for taking the visionary decision to initiate this campaign. He said that under the visionary and dynamic leadership of the Chief Minister Punjab is making progress in every field. Aman Arora described this as a historic initiative by the Chief Minister and said that every Punjabi should participate in this campaign with missionary zeal. 

In his address Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that single use plastic was posing a grave danger to the human life. He said that every effort will be made to save the state from this danger.

Addressing the gathering Forest Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak apprised the people about Shaheed-e-Azam S. Bhagat Singh Hariawal Lehar embarked by the state government. He solicited fulsome support and cooperation of people to make this campaign a huge success.

Earlier, the Chief Minister started the plantation drive by planting saplings. He also flagged off the fruit sapling laden tractors at Government School, Benara.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister also unveiled jute bags prepared by the Punjab Pollution Control Board to replace the plastic bags.

Prominent amongst others present on the occasion included Cabinet Ministers Harpal Cheema, Aman Arora, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Lal Chand Kataruchak, MLAs Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Barinder Goyal, Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra,Jameel Ur Rehman, Kulwant Singh Pandori, Dr. Balbir Singh and Labh Singh Ugoke, AAP leader Gurmail Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Forest Raaji P Srivastav, IG Patiala Range MS Chhina, Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal, SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu and others were also present.

By levying GST on sarais, BJP has hurt the religious sentiments of devotees: AAP

Demonstrators demand immediate rollback of this anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab decision

Amritsar, August 3 , The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday carried out a state-level protest march from Bhandari Bridge to Hall Gate, against the Modi government's decision to levy 12% GST on sarais (inns) in  Sri Harmandar Sahib. 

A large number of AAP workers and Sikh Sangat participated in this protest march. During the protest, agitators raised slogans against 'Jizya tax' imposed on Sikhs and Punjabis by the central government. 

The protest was led by State Secretary Gurdev Singh Lakhana, Amritsar City president Prabhbir Singh Brar and other AAP workers. 
Speaking to reporters, State Secretary  Lakhana said that Modi government's anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab decision to levy 12% GST on sarais is a very unfortunate matter. 
He termed the GST on religious places as unfortunate, saying it was similar to Jizya tax. 

He said that these sarais are built only for the convenience of pilgrims coming from far distance to oay obeisance at Golden Temple. No one's personal interest or benefit is involved here and he condemned this decision of the Center in the strong terms.

Talking to reporters, District President Prabhabir Singh Brar said that BJP has always been doing politics of religion and even now the same is being done by imposing GST on taverns. He said that mixing religion and politics is wrong. Religious places should be kept out of the ambit of GST. He said that the central government has always taken anti-people decisions.

He said that by imposing GST on religious inns, the central government has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community and the Union government should withdraw its decision at once. 

On this occasion Jaspreet Singh Secretary Amritsar, District Event Incharge Jagdeep Singh, Anil Mahajan, District Media Incharge Vikramjit Vicky, SC Wing District President Dr. Inderpal among others AAP workers were present.

Chandigarh, August 3, Carrying forward the intensive recruitment drive of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led state government, the Soil & Water Conservation and Local Government Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjer handed over appointment letters to newly-recruited 61 Junior Draftsman of Soil and Water Conservation Department here at Municipal Bhawan.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Nijjer reiterated the commitment of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for stopping the brain drain from Punjab by creating new job opportunities so that the youth should not go to foreign shores in pursuit of their dreams.

Congratulating newly recruited officials, the Cabinet Minister exhorted them to work with zero tolerance policy towards corruption, besides discharging their duties with utmost dedication, honesty and with professional integrity as they are backbone of the department, being directly responsible for checking and verification of estimates prepared by Technical Staff for execution of soil and water conservation works. The Minister said that there was a shortage of employees in the department and newly-recruited batch would help the department a lot as these posts are of technical nature.

In view of deteriorating ground water scenario of the state, Dr. Nijjer emphasized to chalk out new programmes and intensify ongoing water conservation works. He called for initiating mass movement for water conservation in the state, especially in agriculture sector.

The Minister, while addressing the demand of shortage of other staff, assured that the Mann Government is tirelessly working on this direction and has already taken necessary steps to fill vacant posts in a fair and transparent manner.

Additional Secretary (Agriculture) Mr. Rahul Gupta and Chief Conservator of Soils & Head of the Department Mr. Mohinder Singh also congratulated newly recruited officials and expressed hope that this will strengthen department’s field level working.

The central government should withdraw the 'jaziya tax' immediately, says Speaker

Chandigarh, August 2: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Tuesday condemned the decision of the Union government of imposing the GST on the “serais” (inns) near Shri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and demanded the immediate rollback of the decision.

In a statement issued from here, Sandhwan said that the doors of ‘Guru Ghar’ are open 24 hours for every section of society and every religion. The ‘Guru da Langar’ (Community kitchen) and the inns of the Guru Ghar are a great help to passers-by and devotees, who visit the holy shrine to pay obeisance from across the globe.

He said that the central government has reminded the Mughals of collecting ‘jaziya tax’ by levying 12 percent GST on sarais near Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar. He demanded that the central government should withdraw its decision immediately, while giving a good message to all the society of the country and abroad.

He said that the purpose of these inns is not to earn any profit but these inns provide comfortable accommodation to the pilgrims according to the unique tradition of Sikhism.

MP Chadha also raises the issue of  imposition of GST on the sarais of Golden Temple in the parliament

Says, imposing GST on the sarais of Golden Temple by BJP is like ‘Aurangzeb jizya tax’ on Sikhs and Punjabis

Central Government pushed rupee into Margdarshak Mandal

Chandigarh, August 2, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday slammed the union government for ever-escalating GST and inflation, which has put a colossal burden on the common man across the country.

Condemning the union government for levying the GST on the sarais of Golden Temple, Chadha termed it ‘Aurangzeb jizya tax’ imposed on Sikhs and Punjabis.

“Imposition of GST on the sarais clearly shows the anti-Sikhs and anti-Punjabis attitude of the BJP government. The union government should roll back this decision at once, Chadha said.

Taking a dig at the central government for rising inflation, Chadha while giving reference of a Bollywood song “Mehngai dayain khaye jat hai” (Inflation is consuming us all), Chadha said that it has now become a reality under the BJP regime. The inflation is consuming the poor-people amid incessantly increasing price of household goods and other essential things across the country.

“Farmers, as the producer and consumer, are facing the double blow of inflation and the union government has done nothing to ameliorate their fiscal conditions. Even the government has not increased the promised MSP on various crops. Farmers are reeling under the huge debt but the government is only concerned for their corporate friends,” MP Chadha said in his speech.

Lashing out at the union government for their failed policies to revive the economy of the country due to their anti-poor policies, he said that it is a shocking fact that for the first time in history, now rural inflation is higher than urban areas.

He said that the previous governments made the rupee a senior citizen, but the BJP government crossed the rupee value over 80 against the dollar and sent it to the “Margdarshak Mandal”.

Comparing the inflation with Ravana (demonic creature in Hindu mythology), Chadha said that just like Ravana had 10 heads, the country’s inflation also have 7 heads including Energy tax, service tax, GST, cost pull inflation, rising cost but income diminishing, dipping value of Indian rupee, government-corporate alliance and highest tax on crude oil.

He said that the Centre government had made Rs 16 lakh crore through the excise duty imposed on fuel between 2016 and 2022 and fuel prices had both risen over 75 times in the past year.

Says it is a tight slap for those wasting the court's precious time

Chandigarh, August 1: Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday welcomed the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash the 'politically motivated' petition filed to challenge the appointment of MP Raghav Chadha as chairman of an advisory committee in PUnjab. "The intention of the petitioner was only to get cheap publicity and not in the interest of PUnjab", said the minister.

Pointing out that the opposition parties kept quiet when previous governments looted the state of PUnjab for decades, but now that the  Bhagwant Singh Mann government is taking concrete initiatives to reform the governance system, they are trying to divert attention by making scurrilous allegations.

Welcoming the court’s judgment, the Cabinet Minister in a tweet said, "I welcome the decision of Hon’ble Punjab Haryana High Court to dispose off the frivolous “Political Interest Litigation “filed to challenge the appointment of @Raghav_Chadha to the advisory committee. A tight slap to those wasting the court's precious time.”

Earlier, the High Court, while not granting relief to the petitioner had summarily disposed the petition filed over the appointment of Raghav Chadha as chairman of the state advisory committee.

• CM also laid a foundation stone of a stadium at ITI Sunam

• People were excited as CM shared old memories attached with Sunam during state level function to mark Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh/ Sangrur, July 31, 2022: Punjab Information & Public Relations, New & Renewable Energy Sources and Housing & Urban Development Minister Aman Arora, on Sunday, expressed gratitude towards the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for announcing slew of development projects worth Rs. 22.60 crore for the holistic development of the assembly constituency Sunam Udham Singh Wala.
        
  The Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann, who was here to preside over a state-level function to mark the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh, also laid a foundation stone of a stadium to be built at a cost of Rs 1.66 crore at ITI Sunam which will help inculcate sports culture in youth.
          
Reiterating the firm commitment of Mann Government to provide clean & transparent governance, besides carrying out development works without any bias, the Cabinet Minister said that the people of Sunam will have sigh of relief with the completion of these developments projects as announced by the Chief Minister while paying tributes to the legendary martyr Shaheed Udham Singh. 
         
 The Chief Minister has also announced the construction of a sub-tehsil administrative complex at Cheema of worth Rs 4.46 crore, which will greatly benefit the residents of Cheema. 

Apart from this, a new bus stand with Rs 5.07 crore at Cheema, a new stadium worth Rs 3.58 crore at Longowal, a new bus stand worth Rs 2.54 crore at Longowal were also announced by the Chief Minister. The pending work of sewerage and water supply will be completed at a cost of Rs. 5.28 crore in Sunam city.
      
 Aman Arora said that previous governments only betrayed the people by making false promises  whereas the Punjab Government under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann, has taken many big and historic decisions within four months after coming to power for the welfare of the people and successfully implemented them.

He said that the government is committed for the holistic development of the all sections of the society and working dedicatedly to bring reforms in the governce system.
         
 People were excited as the Chief Minister shared old memories with the people of Sunam on the occasion, said the cabinet minister while thanking the Chief Minister for fulfilling all major demands of Sunam residents.

Aman Arora assured that he would diligently discharge every responsibility entrusted to him by the government.

To deliver justice to family & fans of Sidhu Moosewala, two main sharpshooter involved in his killing also neutralised by AAP-led Mann government: Cabinet Minister
 
Arora warns gangsters/criminals to shun the path of crime or face the music

Says, the AAP government will adopt a soft stand against them if gangsters are ready to surrender and return to the social mainstream

Chandigarh, July 24: The Punjab Cabinet Minister Aman Arora on Sunday said that under the decisive leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, over 90 gangsters have been nabbed or neutralised in last one month by the Punjab Police's Anti-Task Force formed recently to eliminate notorious criminals from the state.

Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan here, Information & Public Relations New and Renewable Energy Sources Housing and Urban Development said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government also neutralised two main sharpshooter, involved in the killing of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala, to deliver justice to Moosewala's family and fans. 

Accusing previous governments of patronizing gangsters and drug mafia, the AAP Minister warned the gangsters and criminals to shun the path of crime otherwise they will be dealt with stern action by the government. He also appealed to gangsters to return to the social mainstream.

Arora said that gangsters and drug mafia flourished during the previous government regimes and they patronised dreadful criminals for their vested interests. However, the AAP government vowed to make Punjab a gangster-free land after forming the government and no anti-elements will be spared at any cost in the state.

Taking on the opposition parties, the Minister said that gangster culture and mafia would not have flourished in Punjab if they were not sheltered by former governments. Due to this, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) was used to attack Punjab Police’s Intelligence headquarters in Mohali two months back, although these kinds of sophisticated weapons had not even been used when Punjab was in its darkest phase.

Arora said that Punjab has a zero-tolerance policy against criminals and it is a strict warning to history-sheeters to quit the path of crime or be ready to face the music.

He said that there is no godfather to protect the criminals in the AAP government as it used to be during the previous regime and asked criminals to surrender at once and return to the social mainstream.

He said that the Punjab government will adopt a soft stand against them if gangsters are ready to surrender and return to the social mainstream.

Stating that the Mann government has waged war against drugs and extensive anti-drug drives were being launched to eradicate the menace of drugs, Arora praised the functioning of the Punjab police and said police teams had seized over 7 lakh intoxicated tablets, one of the highest recoveries in a day, being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh by peddlers yesterday. Similarly, Punjab police in collaboration with other states have also seized huge quantities of heroin smuggled by international smugglers.

Reiterating his government's dogged commitment, Arora said that the Mann government will eliminate mafia and gangster culture from Punjab in the coming days. He also urged people to inform the government about smugglers and anti-elements around their surroundings to make Punjab criminals free and bring back the lost glory of the state.

Strengthening the organizational structure of the party in Punjab was the main agenda of the meeting, says Barsat 

Chandigarh, July 23, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab State General Secretary Harchand Singh  Barsat on Saturday held a meeting with the State Secretaries and Lok Sabha in-charges and discussed various issues related to strengthening the organizational structure of the party in the state.
Barsat said that the main agenda of this meeting was to strengthen the base of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab and spread awareness among people about welfare decisions taken by the AAP government led by Bhagwant Mann for the people on the ground level.
On this occasion, all the party office bearers under, the leadership of Harchand Singh, presented their views on a detailed mechanism to strengthen the party at the grassroots level. They also gave suggestions to address the issues of volunteers at the district level.
Harchand Singh  Barsat  said that to sensitize public about the pro-people decisions taken by the AAP government at the grassroots level, the campaigns will be launched at the war level and the series of district level meeting with the volunteers will be organized every week so. The aim of this drive will be to address grievances of the people.

In this meeting Dr. Sunny Ahluwalia, Rajwinder Kaur Thiara, Shaminder Singh Khinda, Aman Singh Mohi, Navjot Singh Jarg, Mangal Singh, Baljit Singh Khaira, Rajiv Kumar and Rakesh Puri were present.

We came across one such leader, Sri Vinod Tatiwal, Social Worker & politician from Rajasthan, who is highly regarded for his work and dedication towards society and to bring a change in society. He is a responsible Politician striving to make synergies for the wellbeing of our society.

Sri Vinod Tatiwal, comes from a labourer - farmer family. He was born in Narikheda, located in Fagi tehsil of Jaipur district of Rajasthan. He is currently the resident of sanganer. He have done graduation in arts and currently he is doing graduation in social work and journalism.

His father Shri Jagdish was also associated with social service, seeing him, he have had the passion and keen interest to do social service and something for society since childhood and he is always ready to serve the society. He is currently an agent of Life Insurance Corporation of India and being an responsible agent he helped many people by explaining the importance of life to them due to corona epidemic and  he had tried to provide financial benefits to the family who have lost their loved ones. He had been awarded Silver Medal by Life Insurance Corporation of India on the occasion of Independence Day 2021. He is also the Director of Jagdamba Education Point and State President of JK Foundation at present, he had also been the State Spokesperson of Mission Security Council Rajasthan, the State Spokesperson of Lord Buddha Seva Samiti Rajasthan and the state secretary Lord Buddha Seva Samiti Rajasthan.

For the purpose of social service, he formed JK Foundation (institution) on 04 December 2019 with the help of 16 members, in which at present there are 1 State President, 1 Secretary, 1 Treasurer, 1 Senior Vice President, 2 Vice President, 2 Organization Secretary, 1 Deputy Secretary, 7 Executive Members. 3 patron members and 2 respected members are also associated with this institution.So far 3 blood donation camps have been organized by the organization on the occasion of the birthday of the state president, health check-up and free eye check-up and spectacles distribution camp have distributed free spectacles to 125 people and free medical consultation to 700 people is provided.Till now 571 units of blood have been donated. The institution is currently registered by the Cooperative Department, Government of Rajasthan, NITI Aayog, Government of India, 80G, 12A Income Tax Department, and Government of India. Income tax exemption is available under 80G of the Income Tax Act on the amount of membership and donation in the institution.

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Initiated process for more than 26,000 new jobs, taking youth away from drugs and encouraging them towards employment: Jeevan Jyot Kaur

-50 days’ performance of Mann government increased the confidence of common people in AAP government: Devinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos

-AAP government is on mission for a new and better Punjab: Amritpal Singh Sukhanand

Chandigarh, May 5, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) presented the report card of the Mann government’s 50 days in Punjab and claimed that Bhagwant Mann led Punjab government’s performance is unprecedent. On Thursday, in a joint press conference at the party headquarters, AAP MLAs Jeevan Jyot Kaur, Amritpal Singh Sukhanand, Devinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos and party's chief spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang said that Mann government, in 50 days, provided employment to the youth, security to the common people and ensured corruption free governance. In such a short span of time, AAP government has outperformed not only Punjab’s previous governments, but the governments of other states of the country.

Praising Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, AAP MLA from Amritsar East, Jeevan Jyot Kaur told the media that the Mann government is working expeditiously in this direction so that the youth of Punjab can get good education and employment opportunities in Punjab itself. In just one and a half months we have announced more than 26000 job vacancies in various departments of Punjab Government and initiated recruitment process too. This is for the first time in 75 years, Punjabis are feeling that Aam Aadmi Party government is their own government. The hope and confidence with which the people of Punjab had elected Aam Aadmi Party, CM Bhagwant Mann is completely living up to that trust and taking pro-people decisions every day.

MLA Amritpal Singh Sukhanand said that like the previous Congress and Akali-BJP governments, AAP government is not running on commission and bribery. At the time of elections Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had promised the people of Punjab that the Aam Aadmi Party government would work on a mission of transforming Punjab into a prosperous state. And 50 days’ performance of Mann government substantiates the direction of this mission. He said that the opposition parties are constantly trying to deviate the government from its vision, but Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is working day and night for the welfare of the people of Punjab.

MLA Devinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos reiterated that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took many historical decisions for the people of Punjab. In his first cabinet meeting itself, he announced 25,000 jobs for the youth. Toll free number was issued to eliminate corruption. In the upcoming time, Mann government will announce more jobs and take more pro-people decisions to take Punjab on the path progress.

• BOTH ADDRESSED PRESS CONFERENCE TOGETHER
• SECURITY OF PUNJAB OUR FIRST PRIORITY
• NO COMPROMISE ON NATIONAL SECURITY 
• UNION AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO JOIN HANDS ON NATIONAL SECURITY 
• POLICE TO BE PROVIDED EVERY FACILITY: BHAGWANT MANN 
• WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR ENSURING PUNJAB'S SECURITY: BHAGWANT MANN

Fazilka, April 9, Placing prime focus on the National security aspect especially in the 6 border districts of the State, the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday emphasized complete coordination between the Central and the State security agencies so as to ensure that the unity and integrity of the country is maintained at all costs.

          Interacting with the mediapersons here, the Governor apprised that today he alongwith the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took stock of the security scenario in the 6 border districts in a meeting with the officers from the Central and State Government agencies accompanied by the Sarpanches and the Panches of the border villages. "The main agenda of the meeting was to evolve a robust mechanism to strengthen the security of these districts especially when the neighbouring country is finding ways to foment trouble in Punjab by drugs and weapons smuggling through drones", said the Governor adding that there should be no scope for negligence in this regard.

          Expressing concern that the drugs from across the border are falling into the hands of even school going children, the Governor solicited the peoples' cooperation and exhorted them to be alert and tip off the police and other security agencies whenever such an nefarious activity takes place.

          The Governor further pointed out that in order to channelize the energy of the youth specially those hailing from the border areas in a constructive manner, a scheme called AGNEEPATH would soon be unveiled in which the youth would be given adequate training besides employment in the army for 4-6 years. "I would lend wholehearted support to every effort made by the Chief Minister for taking up issues of Punjab's interest with the Government of India", reiterated the Governor who also said that he would visit the border districts every 3 months to take stock of the security situation.

          Speaking on the occasion, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that Punjab is the land of martyrs having produced legendary revolutionaries such as Shaheed e Azam Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Udham Singh and Lala Lajpat Rai who sacrificed their lives in the freedom movement. "Now, the brave youth of the State are carrying forward their legacy by serving in the army for defending the nation", said the Chief Minister adding the focus of the State Government is on bringing industry in the border areas apart from the schools, colleges and the skill development institutions so as to provide job avenues to the youth who have talent in abundance but no means to harness the same. "The State Government is also sparing no effort to bring Sainik Schools in Punjab with a view to produce future officers for the nation's Armed forces", added Bhagwant Mann.

          Asserting that there must be no compromise on the issue of National security, the Chief Minister said that he would meet the Union Home Minister on April 12th for taking up the issue of providing state of the art technological apparatus to the Punjab Police for nipping the menace of cross border smuggling in the bud.

          Likewise, the Chief Minister also said that the issue of farmers having lands across the barbed wire fence would be resolved soon to the satisfaction of those holding such land holdings.

Among others present on the occasion included the MLA (Fazilka) Narinderpal Singh Sana, MLA (Jalalabad) Jagdeep Kamboj, MLA (Balluana) Amandeep Singh Goldy Musafir, Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari, DGP V.K. Bhawra, Principal Secretary (Planning) Raj Kamal Chaudhary, Principal Secretary to the Governor J.M. Balamurugan, Commissioner Ferozepur Division D.S. Mangat, Deputy Commissioner Fazilka Himanshu Aggarwal, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Sagar Setia, SDM Ravinder Singh Arora.

Instead of providing relief, Modi government is looting inflation-stricken common people: Harpal Singh Cheema

Narendra Modi’s sole purpose is filling the coffers of capitalist friends: Harpal Singh Cheema

PM Modi should keep it in mind that the people who made him, can end his regime too: Harpal Singh Cheema

Chandigarh, April 3, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly criticized daily and exponential increase in petrol and diesel prices by oil companies after the assembly election results of five states and blamed Prime Minister Modi led central government for it. In a statement issued from the party headquarters on Sunday, senior AAP leader and Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that by increasing the prices of petrol and diesel just after the assembly election, Modi government is doing ‘fraud’ with the people of our country.

Cheema said that by constantly raising the prices of petrol and diesel, Modi government is looting the general public and filling the coffers of its capitalist friends with that money. The common people of the country are already facing the brunt of inflation. Crores of people are not able to afford basic amenities. But it is very unfortunate that instead of providing relief to the public at such times, the central government is increasing the troubles of the common people by increasing the prices of petrol-diesel, cooking gas and other essential items.  

Cheema said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi just wants to win every election at any cost, even by fooling the people of our country. He talks about public interest only in his election speeches. During the assembly elections, he pressurized the oil companies not to increase the prices to fool the public and took electoral advantage of it. Now after winning the elections, they are showing their true anti-people colours.

He said that the Modi government, which came to power by promising to end inflation has increased it exponentially and diverted the attention of people with communal issues so that they won’t raise their voice against their (BJP’s) failures. He said that perhaps Prime Minister Modi is forgetting that the people who made him what he is today has the power to finish his regime too. The public cannot be fooled for long through trickery and treachery.

AAP government will meet all the expectations of Punjab’s people: Malwinder Singh Kang

Common people won’t have to stand in long queues and waste their time: Malwinder Singh Kang

Chandigarh, March 29, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has strongly welcomed the decision of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to implement the 'Door Step Delivery of Ration' scheme. Senior AAP leader and spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang said that this decision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is historic. This decision of the Aam Aadmi Party government will benefit the people of Punjab, common people and the needy. He said that the expectations with which the people of Punjab have elected their government, the AAP government will fulfill all those expectations.

In a video message released from the party headquarters on Tuesday, Malwinder Singh Kang said that the decision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab government to provide ration to the door steps of the people is highly commendable. The government's decision has proved that the AAP government is a government of the common people. Kang said that now daily wagers, laborers, poor and old people will not have to stand in long queues for ration. Good quality ration will be delivered to their homes.

Condemning the previous governments in strong words, Kang said that during Congress and Akali Dal-BJP governments, the cheap rations given to the poor were reaching the homes of the rich and the powerful. He said that under the 'Door Step Ration Delivery' scheme started by the Punjab Government to deliver ration to the doorsteps, poor families would get better quality ration and the ration mafia in the state would end.

Kang said that the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has set a splendid and public friendly example by implementing the door-to-door ration scheme. The AAP government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will continue to work honestly for the people and will continue to implement people-friendly schemes.

Decisions about Chandigarh administration and BBMB are against state rights and our federal structure: Harpal Singh Cheema

Central governments have always treated Punjab step-motherly, as Punjab's Congressmen, Badals and BJP have always surrendered before Centre: Harpal Singh Cheema

Chandigarh, March 28, Harpal Singh Cheema, Punjab's Finance and Planning Minister, said that Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central government was adopting dictatorial attitude and was continuously imposing its anti-Punjab decisions. And if they didn't refrain from it then the Aam Aadmi Party and Punjab government will fight from road to Parliament. He said that the people of Punjab would never allow the central government's plans to end Punjab's participation in Chandigarh administration, Punjab University and Bhakra Beas Management Committee (BBMB) to succeed. Harpal Singh Cheema expressed these views while addressing reporters at the party headquarters here on Monday and AAP state general secretary Harchand Singh Burst was also present with him.

Harpal Singh Cheema alleged, "The traditional ruling parties led by Congress and BJP at the Center have always treated Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat step motherly because Congressmen, Badals and BJP members of Punjab have always surrendered before the decisions of centre." Since the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab under the leadership of Chief Minister Sardar Bhagwant Mann, Narendra Modi government at the Centre has intensified its attacks on the rights of Punjab. Modi Government has been implementing decisions for a long time to abolish Punjab's share in Punjab University, BBMB and Chandigarh administration and now Union Home Minister Amit Shah has decided to remove Punjab Service Rules in Chandigarh administration and implement Central Service Rules. The verdict is one of coercion and dictatorship, which is a grand conspiracy against the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab." 

Cheema said that Modi government has neither talked to the Punjab government nor any such demand has been made by the employees regarding removal of service rules of Punjab from Chandigarh administration. It is implementing anti-Punjab rulings under a grand conspiracy as the BJP is now threatened by AAP in Gujarat and other states after Punjab. Modi government is repealing the agreements and rulings of the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, which are against the rights of the state and the federal structure. He said that the BJP government was now apprehensive of the success of the Aam Aadmi Party which was exemplified by the last minute order issued by the Modi government to cancel the forthcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation elections. 

Harpal Singh Cheema alleged that previous Congress and SAD-BJP governments of Punjab didn't protect the rights and share of the state as during the Congress and SAD-BJP governments where Punjab officials and employees were removed from Chandigarh administration. Punjab's stake in an institution like BBMB was reduced. Cheema said that Punjab government would take every step to uphold the rights of the state. Legal steps would be taken to maintain Punjab's stake in Chandigarh and BBMB.

Bhagwant Mann government took strict action against corrupt clerk

First action taken on complaint received on the number issued by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann: Malwinder Singh Kang

Bhagwant Mann’s ‘One MLA, One Pension’ formula is commendable: Sunny Ahluwalia

Big decision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann regarding proper use of public money: Sunny Ahluwalia

Chandigarh, March 25,Taking strong cognizance of the complaints received on the number issued by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to root out corruption in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has issued orders to register a case against a clerk of Tehsil Office Jalandhar. AAP spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang and State Joint Secretary Dr Sunny Ahluwalia informed the press about it in a press conference. AAP leaders said that the Punjab government is continuously taking public-friendly decisions and today Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, making a big change in the formula of pension to the MLAs, announced ‘one MLA one pension’ to cut down multiple pensions of MLAs. Aam Aadmi Party warmly welcomes this commendable decision of Punjab government.

 Addressing the journalists during the press conference held at the party headquarters on Friday, Malwinder Singh Kang said that AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had promised the people during the elections that after the formation of AAP government, corruption will be eradicated from the state. Following which, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had issued the Anti-Corruption Action Number on the Shaheedi Diwas. He had appealed to the people to complain about the demand or taking of bribe by the government employees on this number. Kang said that a complaint was received on Anti Corruption Action Number against a clerk of Tehsil Office Jalandhar demanding bribe to get the job done, taking immediate notice of it the Punjab Government has ordered to register a case against the alleged clerk.

Malwinder Kang said that the Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, will not tolerate corruption at any cost and that the corruption run by the alliance of leaders and government employees of the Akali Dal and BJP governments, including the Congress, will be completely eradicated. Curbing corruption in the state will increase the income of the government. Kang said that promising to make Punjab corruption-free, the government has taken the first action today and will continue to take immediate action on such complaints in future also.

On this occasion, Dr. Sunny Ahluwalia said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has taken a historic decision by making a big change in the formula of pensions being received by MLAs and ministers. Now an MLA will get only one pension. He said that the decision of the Punjab Government was laudable as the people of Punjab had been demanding for a long time to discontinue multiple pensions of MLAs. This decision will save the government about Rs. 80 crore in five years and this money will be spent for public welfare.

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Chandigarh, March 13, 2022: Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Congress MLA from Bholath and former Leader of the Opposition party (LOP) on Sunday attacked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for misusing public money for politically motivated party promotion. 

Referring to AAP's victory roadshow in Amritsar on Sunday, Khaira said that by misusing government transport for the rally, AAP has shown it is not different from other parties. 

"This is gross misuse of public exchequer for politically motivated party promotion which is totally unacceptable at a time when we’re burdened with a colossal debt of over 3 lac crores. I urge @ArvindKejriwal to deposit this people’s money back in the treasury," Khaira posted on Twitter. Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann hold mega roadshow in Amritsar after Punjab poll victory (Watch Video)

Will carry forward the ideology of Bhagat Singh, government of Punjab will not be limited to palaces and mansions, it will reach villages-mohallas: Bhagwant Mann

Amritsar / Chandigarh, March 13, After the massive victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, AAP National Convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab’s CM-elect Bhagwant Mann conducted a victory march in the ‘Guru ki Nagri’ Amritsar and thanked the people of Punjab for the historic victory of the Aam Aadmi Party. Thousands of people had arrived from every corner of Punjab to be part of march with Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Man and welcomed both the leaders by showering flowers.

Addressing the people of Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal said, "Love you Punjab! you have done a wonder. Only Punjabis can bring such a revolution in the whole world. Today Punjab's revolution is being discussed all over the world. The world knew that the people of Punjab are revolutionaries, you proved it again in these elections. All the big leaders, who thought themselves to be too powerful to lose, you broke everyone's ego.”

Kejriwal said that after decades Punjab has got an honest Chief Minister. Bhagwant Mann is staunchly honest. AAP government will be honest government. If any of our MLA or minister will misuse the power, we will take an immediate action against him. On March 16th, not only Bhagwant Mann, but all the people of Punjab will become the Chief Minister in Khatkar Kalan. I request you all to come to Khatkar Kalan, the land of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, to grace the swearing-in ceremony and start building a new Punjab by participating in that historic ceremony.

Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party government will take Punjab on the path of progress. We will make Punjab ‘Rangla’. Every penny of public money will be spent on the people. We will fulfil all the guarantees we have promised to the people of Punjab. It may take some time, but no guarantee will be abandoned.

Addressing the people, the designated Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann said that the people of Punjab have created history. All the traditional parties got together to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party, but the revolutionary people of Punjab united against them and made the Aam Aadmi Party win with an overwhelming majority. Mann said that after 20 days of hunger strike and a long struggle, Arvind Kejriwal formed the Aam Aadmi Party. Contested elections in Delhi on donations given by the people and formed the government. The aim of the Aam Aadmi Party is to do politics for the betterment and upliftment of the common people by eliminating corruption and nepotism from the politics of the country.

Mann said that the Aam Aadmi Party government will solve the problems of the common people and ensure their safety. And for the same we have already withdrawn the security of 122 leaders because now hundreds of those police personnel will be deployed in the service of the public instead of politicians. 17 police vehicles were taken back from the leaders. We will get the police to do police work and create a safe environment for the common people.

Mann said that we have to fulfil the dreams of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Shaheed-e-Azam S. Bhagat Singh. The ideology of Shaheed Bhagat Singh has to be carried forward. To pay homage to our great freedom fighters who laid down their lives for our country, instead of Raj Bhawan, we are organizing the swearing-in ceremony in the land of martyrs Khatkar Kalan, informed Mann.

Amritsar (Punjab), March 13, 2022 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the party's landslide win in Punjab is a big revolution and assured that all the promises made to the people of Punjab will be fulfilled.

"The world cannot believe that such a big (inquilab) has come inside Punjab. The whole world knew that Punjabis bring revolution, but still could not believe that such an incredible 'inqilab' could sweep...saare haar gaye.....Sukhbir ji, Parkash Singh Badal jee, Manpreet Badal got defeated....Channi defeated on both the seats, Majithia jee.....Navjot Singh Sidhu Jee tasted defeat.....only Punjabis could bring this 'bahot bada inqilab' (big revolution)," he said during the roadshow in Amritsar. 

"AAP's landslide win in Punjab is a big revolution (inquilab) and I am happy that for the first time after so many years, Punjab has now got an honest Chief Minister," he added.

He further said that now all the government money will be spent on the people of Punjab.

"My younger brother Bhagwant Mann is 'Kattar imandaar' (honest man). The honest government will be formed in Punjab if any of our own ministers or any MLA ever dare to do something fishy, then they will not be spared, they will be sent to jail. Loot of Punjab will stop. Government money will be spent on the people of Punjab. We will fulfill all our promises, some will take time, some will be done immediately," said Kejriwal.

The AAP national convenor further asked the people of Punjab to join Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann during the oath ceremony in Khatkar Kalan.

"Mann will take oath as Chief Minister on March 16, not only he, each and every Punjabi would be the Chief Minister. Everyone has to come to Khatkar Kalan and have to take the oath with him. Now, only development will happen in Punjab and will make "Rangla" (vibrant or prosperous) and happy Punjab," added Kejriwal.

Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann hold a roadshow on Sunday in Amritsar to thank the people of the state for entrusting AAP with a sweeping majority.

Ahead of the roadshow, the two leaders visited Golden Temple, Durgiana Temple and Jallianwala Bagh memorial.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new government will be held on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the native village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a landslide victory in the Punjab polls with 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly. (ANI)

Hands over a letter of support from all the newly-elected MLAs of AAP to the Governor
Swearing-in ceremony will be held at the native place of Bhagat Singh, Khatkar Kalan on March 16
On March 16, not only us, all the people of Punjab will take an oath to make Punjab Prosperous again: Bhagwant Mann

Chandigarh March 12, After the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a landslide victory in Punjab, the CM-designate Bhagwant Mann met Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan on Saturday to stake claim to form the government in Punjab. Mann, including his, handed over the letter of support of all the 91 newly-elected MLAs to the Governor. After being unanimously elected as AAP legislature leader at a meeting of the party MLAs on Friday, Bhagwant Mann had decided to meet the Governor.

Addressing the media outside the Raj Bhavan after meeting the Governor, Bhagwant Mann said that 'we have handed over the letter of support of all the newly-elected MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party to the Governor and staked claim to form the next government of Punjab, which he accepted'. We also informed the Governor about the place and time of the swearing-in ceremony.  The swearing-in ceremony will be held on March 16 at 12.30 pm in Khatkar Kalan, the native village of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh.
 
Mann said that “I have invited all the people of Punjab to come to Khatkar kalan for this historic occasion. On March 16, not only us and our ministers, all the people of Punjab will take an oath to make Punjab prosperous again.  We all together make Punjab Prosperous”.

Bhagwant Mann to take oath on March 16th at Khatkar Kalan

On March 13th Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann to pay obeisance in ‘Guru ki Nagri’, and a victory roadshow in Amritsar  

Chandigarh/Delhi, March 11,  After stellar show of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab Assembly Elections, the CM-elect Bhagwant Mann reached Delhi to meet AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In a meeting at the residence of Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, Bhagwant Mann was joined by Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha.

AAP leaders shared their rejoice over their party’s historic huge triumph in Punjab where they bagged 92 seats out of 117 to form the government in the state. In the meeting it was decided that Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal will reach ‘Guru ki Nagri’ Amritsar on March 13th to pay their obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, Durgiana Mandir and Sri Ram Tirath Mandir and to thank Waheguru for this success. Bhagwant Mann will seek blessings of God before taking his responsibility as the Chief Minister of Punjab. After that AAP national convener and Punjab President will conduct a road show in Amritsar to celebrate their victory among people and to thank the voters.

Bhagwant Mann will take oath as the Chief Minister of the state on March 16th at Khatkar Kalan, ancestral village of freedom fighter Shaheed-e-Azam S. Bhagat Singh. Mann registered victory with a huge margin of 58,206 votes from Dhuri and announced from the terrace of house that the oath-swearing ceremony will be held in Khatkar Kalan of Nawanshahr district. Bhagwant Mann invited national convener Arvind Kejriwal for his swearing-in ceremony on March 16th as Aam Aadmi Party’s first Chief Minister of Punjab.

Chandigarh / Sangrur, March 10, After the historic victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann along with his mother Harpal Kaur and sister Manpreet Kaur addressed the people outside his house in Sangrur. Just after the early trends in the election results, thousands of people started gathering outside Mann's house to celebrate the victory. Addressing the people, Mann thanked all the Punjabis and said, “You have fulfilled your responsibility very well, now it is my turn to fulfil the responsibility.”
Mann assured, “We have good intentions, that is why the people of Punjab have trusted us. Trust me, change will be visible in a month. Now you will not have to go to offices of government employees. Government officers won’t hinder your works by making excuses. Now the public servants will come to your houses and localities to do their job.”

Taking a jibe at the opposition parties, Mann said that they abused us, tried to defame us. But we have forgiven everyone, provided they start respecting the three and a half crore Punjabis now. Mann said that during the Congress-Akali governments, decisions regarding Punjab used to be taken in Moti Mahal, Siswan Farm House and big havelis. Now the government of Punjab will run from villages and Mohallas.

Mann said that those who did not vote for us need not have any kind of doubt or fear. I am their chief minister too. I have the same love and empathy towards everyone. We will work for the betterment of all the three and a half crore people of Punjab and will make Punjab Prosperous again.

Mann said that I am most worried about unemployment. Unemployed youth are forced to go abroad or struck in the quagmire of drugs. Punjab keep losing money and talent due to expensive higher education and lack of employment. After assuming the responsibility of Chief Minister, on the very first day itself, I will my position to eradicate unemployment from Punjab. We are committed to provide adequate opportunities and employment in Punjab.

Mann reiterated that the pictures of the Chief Minister and leaders will not be in the government offices of Punjab. Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s pictures will be displayed in government offices. Bhagat Singh fought for our freedom and sacrificed his life and after independence, Baba Saheb gave us the right to freedom and equality by writing the constitution of the country. It is our duty to follow their values and fulfil their dreams.

Mann concluded that he is proud of Punjabis who are keeping alive the revolution of Bhagat Singh. As a Punjabi, it is our duty to follow the path of Bhagat Singh and give him respect. Earlier chief ministers of Punjab used to take oath at the Raj Bhavan. I will take oath as Chief Minister at the village of Bhagat Singh, Khatkar Kalan. 

Bhagwant Mann's mother Harpal Kaur got emotional

Before Bhagwant Mann, his younger sister Manpreet Kaur and his mother Harpal Kaur addressed the gathering and thanked the people for electing Mann as the Chief Minister. Addressing the people, Bhagwant Mann's mother Harpal Kaur hugged Mann and got very emotional.

Naresh Kataria AAP candidate from Zira inches towards victory with 18,338 votes

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022:  The polled votes in  just two rounds yet to be counted, Naresh Kataria AAP candiate from Zira is heading towards victory with 18,338 votes. 

ZIRA –

Avtar Singh Zira                                 BJP                         1717 votes

Kulbir Singh Zira                                Congress             34212

Janmeja Singh Sekhon                    SAD                        35791

Naresh Kataria                                  AAP                       54029

CM Charanjit Channi loses from Bhadaur 

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Aam Aadmi Party candidate Labh Singh from Bhadaur constituency has defeated Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. 

Ranbir Singh AAP candidate wins from Ferozepur Urban

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022:  Ranbir Singh, AAP candidate from Ferozepur Urban has won with margin of 19212 votes. 

FEROZEPUR URBAN- 

Gurmit Singh Sodhi                          BJP                         24476

Paminder Singh Pinki                       Congress                28785

Ranbir Singh                                     AAP                      47997

Rohit Vohra                                        SAD                        17896

Total votes counted                                                        123927

I accept verdict of people with all humility, says Capt Amarinder 

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that he accept the verdict of the people with all humility. 

He took to Twitter to congratulate AAP and Bhagwant Maan. 

AAP's Harjot Singh Bains won from Sri Anandpur Sahib 

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Harjot Singh Bains from Sri Anandpur Sahib constituency defeated Rana KP Singh of Congress

Bhagwant Mann wins from Dhuri

Dhuri, March 10, 2022: AAP CM  candidate Bhagwant Mann has won from Dhuri. He has defeated Dalbir Goldie of Shiromani Akali Dal.

AAP candidate Rajneesh Dhaiya wins from Ferozepur Rural

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: AAP candidate Rajneesh Dhaiya has won the seat from Ferozepur Rural.  In all the 14 rounds, out of 1,24,473 votes counting, Dhaiya got 62,498 votes while Ashu Bangar Congress candidae got 16,339, Joginder Singh Jindu SAD candidage got 38,663 votes.

AAP candidate Rajneesh Dhaiya wins from Ferozepur Rural

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: AAP candidate Rajneesh Dhaiya has won the seat from Ferozepur Rural.  In all the 14 rounds, out of 1,24,473 votes counting, Dhaiya got 62,498 votes while Ashu Bangar Congress candidae got 16,339, Joginder Singh Jindu SAD candidage got 38,663 votes.

• AAP continues to lead at all 4 constituencies ( 12.38 pm)

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: AAP candidates continued to lead at all four constituencies in Ferozepur district.

FEROZEPUR URBAN- Round Number 8

Gurmit Singh Sodhi         BJP                          15760

Paminder Singh Pinki       Congress            14617

Ranbir Singh                     AAP                       24476

Rohit Vohra                        SAD                        8869

FEROZEPUR RURAL – Round Number

Ashu Banger                                  Congress                             10901

Joginder Singh Jindu                       SAD                                        26666

Rajneesh Kumar Dhaiya               AAP                                       46186 votes

GURUHARSAHAI – Round Number 12

Gurpervez Singh               BJP                         3013 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                       537531

Vardev Singh                     SAD                        44432

Vijay Kumar                        Congress             4195

ZIRA

Avtar Singh Zira                                                                          918 votes

Kulbir Singh Zira                                Congress                             12007

Janmeja Singh Sekhon                    SAD                                    10818

Naresh Kataria                                  AAP                                   20259

Humbly accepts the mandate of people of Punjab, says Sidhu congratulating AAP

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu took to Twitter to congratulate AAP for leading in Punjab as the voting is underway. 

"The voice of the people is the voice of God …. Humbly accept the mandate of the people of Punjab …. Congratulations to Aap !!!," tweeted Sidhu. 

Check out Kejriwal's tweet on AAP leading in Punjab

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: As AAP continues to lead in Punjab amid the ongoing voting, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal posted a picture along with AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Maan. 

He also congratulated Punjab for bringing a 'revolution' in the state. 

Check out his Tweet: 

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Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma wins from Pathankot

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Pathankot, March 10, 2022: BJP candidate from constituency Pathankot and BJP Punjab President Ashwani Sharma have emerged victorious.

Watch: Raghav Chadha on AAP leading in Punjab

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022:AAP leader Raghav Chadha said that the results were an indication that the people of the state had accepted the duo of Kejriwal-Bhagwant Mann. '

"In future, Arvind Kejriwal will be the principal challenger of BJP and AAP will be Congress' national and natural replacement."

Watch: 

AAP leading in Tarn Taran 

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Tarn Taran, March 10, 2022: As per the 8th round tally, AAP is leading Tarn Taran Assembly Segment. 

View tally: 

AAP: 21379

SAD: 16477

Congress: 13675

Zira 75 Trend : Naresh Kataria, AAP Candidate continues to lead

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Zira seat, AAP candidate Naresh Kataria is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

There are 15 candidates contesting from this constituency and so far counting of 37995 have been completed.

Avtar Singh Zira                                                                            918 votes

Kulbir Singh Zira                                Congress                             12007

Janmeja Singh Sekhon                    SAD                                        10818

Naresh Kataria                                  AAP                                       20259

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Huge crowd gathers outside Bhagwant Maan's residence (View Pics)

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Sangrur, March 10, 2022: Crowd has started gathering outside AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Maan's residence at AAP continues to leads in 90 seats in Punjab. 

78-Guruharsahai trends : AAP candidate leading  in Round No.7

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Guruharsahai-78, Fauja Singh AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurpervez Singh               BJP                         1144 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                        30061

Vardev Singh                     SAD                        25523

Vijay Kumar                       Congress             2507

78-Guruharsahai trends : Fouja Singh AAP candidate leading  in Round No.5

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Guruharsahai-78, Fauja Singh AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurpervez Singh               BJP                         840 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                       20304

Vardev Singh                      SAD                        18306

Vijay Kumar                        Congress              1857

Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) Trend: Rajneesh Dahiya, AAP candidate continues to lead in Round Number 7Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) seat, Rajnesh Kumar Dahiya AAP continued to lead in round number 7.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.Rajneesh Kumar Dhaiya                              AAP                                    35216 votes

Joginder Singh Jindu          SAD                                    18284

Ashu Banger                     Congress                             7311

Ashwani Sharma of BJP is leading from Pathankot 

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Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: BJP Punjab president Ashwani Sharma is leading from the Pathankot Assembly segment. 

Ferozepur Urban: Ranbir Singh AAP candidate continues to lead in Round 4  

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurmit Singh Sodhi         BJP                         7267

Paminder Singh Pinki      Congress                8299

Ranbir Singh                       AAP                     12011

Rohit Vohra                        SAD                      5010

Sidhu Moosewala of Congress trailing 

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Mansa, March 10, 2022 - Congress candidate from Mansa and Punjabi singer Sidhu Musewala is trailing.

 He has so far received 6793 votes while his opponent AAP candidate Dr. Vijay Singla has got 21137 votes

Former CMs & present CM of Punjab trailing behindBabushahi Breau Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Former Chief Ministers of Punjab  Capt Amarinder Singh Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal also the current CM Charanjit Singh Channi are trailing behind in their respective segment. 
 

Ferozepur Urban 076 : Ranbir Singh AAP candidate leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurmit Singh Sodhi         BJP                          4564

Paminder Singh Pinki      Congress               7229

Ranbir Singh                       AAP                      9233

Rohit Vohra                        SAD                        4285

Majority of ministers of Punjab including CM trailing behind 

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Majority of Ministers including Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi are trailing behind in their respective segment. 

Following Ministers are trailing behind: 

Manpreet Singh Badal

Amarinder Singh Raja Waring

Raj Kumar Verka

Kaka Randeep Singh

Gurkirat Singh Kotli

Bharat Bhushan Ashu

Vijay Inder Singla

Razia Sultana

AAP leads on 90 seats in Punjab, View latest trends

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Aam Aadmi Party continue to leads in 90 seats in Punjab with traditional parties trailing behind. 

Ferozepur: AAP leading in all four Assembly constituencies

78-Guruharsahai trends : AAP candidate leading  (10.18 am)

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Guruharsahai-78, Fauja Singh AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurpervez Singh              BJP                         651 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                       16743

Vardev Singh                      SAD                        14314

Vijay Kumar                        Congress              1600

Ferozepur Urban 076 : AAP candidate leading in Round Number 2

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurmit Singh Sodhi         BJP                         2806

Paminder Singh Pinki       Congress              4770

Ranbir Singh                      AAP                        6631

Rohit Vohra                        SAD                        2669

Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) Trend: AAP candidate leading in Round Number 3

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) seat, Rajessh Kumar Dahiya AAP candidate is leading in Round third.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Rajneesh Kumar Dhaiya                 AAP                                       24712 votes

Joginder Singh Jindu                       SAD                                        13791

Ashu Banger                                      Congress                             5203

Zira 75 Trends : Now, AAP Candidate leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Zira seat, AAP candidate Naresh Kataria is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Avtar Singh Zira                                                                                 279 votes

Kulbir Singh Zira                                Congress                              4945

Janmeja Singh Sekhon                    SAD                                         3855

Naresh Kataria                                  AAP                                        8587

Navjot Sidhu & Bikram Majithia are both behind from Amritsar East

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Navjot Sidhu and Bikram Majithia were both behind. From here the Aam Aadmi Party is leading from Amritsar East segment. 

Fazilka, Punjab Assembly Election 2022 Results Live: Stay with India Today as we bring you the latest news and live election result updates on Fazilka assembly seat. Get the latest information on who is leading and trailing from the Fazilka vidhan sabha seat.

Guruharsahai trends : AAP candidate leading in Round number 2 (10:16 am)

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Guruharsahai-78, Fauja Singh AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurpervez Singh              BJP                         167 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                       9321

Vardev Singh                     SAD                        6646

Vijay Kumar                        Congress             717

Ferozepur Urban 076 : AAP candidate leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurmit Singh Sodhi         BJP                         1697

Paminder Singh Pinki      Congress                2150

Ranbir Singh                       AAP                     3231

Rohit Vohra                        SAD                      1143

Mohali: AAP leading in all 3 seats

Babushahi Bureau

Mohali, March 10, 2022: Aam Aadmi Party leading at all three seats - SAS Nagar, Dera Bassi and Kharar

Kulwant Singh from SAS Nagar, Anmol Gagan Maan from Kharar, and Kuljit Singh Randhawa from Dera Bassi are AAP candidates. 

Updates at 9:52 AM

AAP crosses majority mark in Punjab; View latest trend at 9:48 AM

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022:AAP crosses majority mark in Punjab, in early trends; CM Channi, Captain Amarinder Singh, Navjot Sidhu trailing

As per the latest trend as of 9: 38 am, AAP continues to lead in Punjab. 

As per Punjab Election Commission: 

AAP: 73

Congress: 11

SAD: 7

BJP: 3

Other: 2

Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) Trend: AAP candidate leading in Round Number 3

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) seat, Rajessh Kumar Dahiya AAP candidate is leading in Round third.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Rajneesh Kumar Dhaiya                                AAP                                       15563 votes

Joginder Singh Jindu                                    SAD                                        8631

Ashu Banger                                             Congress                               3032

78-Guruharsahai trends : AAP candidate leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Guruharsahai-78, Fauja Singh AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Gurpervez Singh              BJP                         157 votes

Fauja Singh                         AAP                       4776

Vardev Singh                     SAD                        3411

Vijay Kumar                        Congress              482

Malvika Sood behind in Moga

Babushahi Burea

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Congress candidate Malivka Sood trailing behind in Moga segment. Updates as per 9:35 am 

AAP leading in Punjab (9:27 am) 

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leading on 54 seats, closer to the magic number 59, as per EC as counting for #PunjabElections continues.

Charanjit Channi behind in both seats

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi is trailing behind both segments Badaur and Chamkaur Sahib. Update as per 9:17 am. 

Zira 75 Trend : Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Zira seat, Kulbir Singh Zira Congress candidate is leading 2432 votes.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Rana Gurjeet Singh of Congress leading from Kapurthala (9:15 am) 

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Rana Gurjeet Singh of Congress is leading from Kapurthala constituency.

Babushahi Bureau

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: In Tarn Taran, Akali Dal is leading with 2322 votes. 

Congress and AAP is second and third place. 

Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) Trend: AAP candidate leading

Ferozepur, March 10, 2022: The Punjab Assembly election results have started coming and in Ferozepur Rural 77(SC) seat, Rajessh Kumar Dahiya AAP candidate is leading.  The counting at 14 tables is going on.

Rajneesh Kumar Dhaiya                  AAP                                       6561 votes

Joginder Singh Jindu                       SAD                                        2922

Ashu Banger                                 congress                                920

Babushahi Burau

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: As per the latest trend as of 9: 10, AAP is leading in state. The voting has begun in state at 8 AM. 

AAP 14

SAD 2

BJP 1

BSP 1

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is leading in Patiala Urban as per the trend at 9 am. The voting in the state has begun at 8 am. 

Akali Dal leading in Mukerian: EC

Babushahi Bureau 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: In early trends, Shiromani Akali Dal leads in Mukerian Assembly constituency in Punjab, as per the Election Commission.

Punjab Polls : See trends (at 8.33 AM)Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Counting of votes begin at 8.00 in different counting centre of Punjab this morning and in initial trends Congress was leading in 3, AAP in 4 and Akali Dal in 2 and BJP in 3 seats .Bhagwant Mann, Navjot Sidhu and Sukhbir Badal are leading in their respective seats.

AAP is leading in Jaito 

Babushahi Bureau 

Faridkot, March 10 - The counting of Assembly elections has begun. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Amolak Singh from Jaito seat of Faridkot district.is leading. 

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Counting of votes begin at 8.00 in different counting centre of Punjab this morning and in initial trends Congress was leading in 5, AAP in 3 and Akali Dal at 1 seat.

Initial Trends : Congress and Akali Dal leading

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Sangrur (Punjab) [India], March 10, 2022 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann visited Gurdwara Gursagar Mastuana Sahib in Sangrur on Thursday morning to offer prayers ahead of the counting of votes for the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.

"We are hopeful that the people of Punjab have voted for change (AAP)," said Mann to reporters.

Counting of votes for 117 Assembly constituencies in Punjab will begin at 8am.

Jalebis with the hope of victory are being prepared at the residence of Mann in Sangrur.

Also, his residence has been decorated with flowers as he hopes to the oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab as predicted by Exit polls.

Mann is contesting from the Dhuri constituency in the Sangrur district.

Exit polls on Monday predicted a clear victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab with the scale of the party's victory varying across various surveys.

The surveys also predicted that the ruling Congress will finish a distant second in the state followed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which had allied with Bahujan Samaj Party. The BJP and its allies are not predicted to do well, according to the surveys.

If the results come as per the prediction of exit polls, it will be the first time that AAP will come to power in Punjab.

Polling was held in the state on February 20. (ANI)

Chandigarh, March 10, 2022: Counting of votes begin at 8.00 in different counting centres of Punjab this morning. Votes were polled on February 20.

Before beginning of counting of votes AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann, BSP Punjab President Jasvir Singh Garhi, Akali leader Virsa Singh Valtoha and other leaders paid obeisance at Gurudwara Sahibs.

Babushahi Bureau

Chandigarh, March 9, 2022:  Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today requested the Punjab government to lift the ban on jail meetings in State prisons for both convicts and undertrials keeping in view the end of Covid restrictions in all other spheres of public life.

The former minister has written a letter in this connection to the State chief secretary, the principal secretary, jails as well as the ADGP, Prisons.

In his letter, the senior SAD leader has pointed out that while in judicial custody in Patiala jail on account of a false and politically motivated FIR by the Congress government, it had come to his notice that convicts, as well as under-trials, had been denied visitation rights since the start of the Covid pandemic for two years now. 

He said this was bring done despite the fact that all Covid restrictions had been done away with in Punjab and even leisure activities like gyms, theatres and restaurants had been allowed to resume.

Asserting that this issue concerned the fundamental rights of prisoners, Bikram Majithia said even other States, including those like Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh which had a higher incidence of Covid than Punjab, had resumed regular prison meetings. 

He said in Punjab even now no physical meeting was being allowed with prisoners were forced to hold online meetings or allowed to meet their family members from a distance.

Calling for an immediate restart of normal visitation rights, Majithia said the prisons should not be subject to a separate set of rules. He said denial of visitation rights to prisoners amounted to adopting double-standards and was leading to an adverse effect on their mental health and emotional well-being. 

He said it was also depriving prisoners of the right to meet their families, manage their affairs and follow up their cases in earnest.

Asserting that as an elected representative he could not keep his eyes and ears shut to the discrimination being meted out to jail inmates, the SAD leader said many of the inmates were women with small children. 

“Some inmates have not seen their newborn babies, others are aged and suffering from chronic diseases while others have old parents who wish to meet them”.

 Majithia also brought it to the notice of the Punjab government officials that the Supreme Court had made it clear in the Sunil Batra versus Delhi Administration case that “visits to prisoners by family and friends are a solace in insulation, and only a dehumanized system can deprive vicarious delight in depriving prison inmates of this humane amenity”. 

He said Rule 549, Chapter XV, Punjab Jail Manual also provided for prison visits by family members and friends of the prisoners. 

He said further, the Model Prison Act 2016 provided for reasonable facilities for visiting or communicating with family members, relatives, friends, and legal advisors.

 Majithia said social interaction was a basic human need and depriving one of the same violated Article 21 of the Constitution and was a gross infringement of human rights. 

“Family visits are a right and not a privilege and depriving them of the little rights that are guaranteed under the constitution and jails rules lead to enormous unjustified suffering”, he told the top State functionaries while calling for an immediate course correction. 

Meets with AAP leaders-workers, inquires about the arrangements of administration for the security of EVMs and counting of votes

Patiala / Chandigarh, March 9, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Minister candidate and MP Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday visited the strong room located at Mahindra College, Patiala and inquired about the arrangements made by the administration for the security of EVMs and counting of votes.

Bhagwant Mann discussed the security arrangements and administrative activities of the strong room with the Aam Aadmi Party workers supervising the strong room and appealed to them to stay strong and vigilant for the next 24 hours. Addressing the AAP workers, Mann said that their years of hard work is going to be paid off tomorrow as Aam Aadmi Party government is set to be formed in Punjab.

AAP MP releases a WhatsApp number to help Punjabis

Modi govt should ensures safe repatriation of all stranded Indians: Bhagwant Mann

Chandigarh, February 25, Member of Parliament from Sangrur and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab President Bhagwant Mann today released a WhatsApp number 9877847778 for Punjabis stranded in Ukraine and their relatives so that people can contact him to seek help. Bhagwant Mann has assured them of all possible help. Bhagwant Mann said that students from different districts of Punjab were studying in Ukraine and their parents were concerned about the safety of their children.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has left more than 18,000 Indians stranded, and most of them are students. Bhagwant Mann had earlier demanded from the Modi government to bring back all the students stranded in Ukraine free and safe. Bhagwant Mann said that the attitude of the central government towards this issue was disappointing, first there were complaints from parents about non-cooperation of the Indian Embassy in Ukraine and then triple air tickets prices by private airlines and now so many Indians were stranded there amid war.

Election Commission should deploy paramilitary forces outside the strong room, adequate number of CCTV cameras should be installed and online link should be provided to all the candidates - Raghav Chadha

Chandigarh, February 23, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded the Election Commission to strengthen and upgrade the security system of EVMs. On Wednesday, AAP Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha has written a letter to the Chief Election Officer Punjab, demanding that EVMs should be monitored under a three-layer security system to remove the possibility of EVM tampering.

Raghav Chadha, in his letter, demanded from the Election Commission that the voting process for the Punjab Assembly elections has been completed peacefully, but various candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party have expressed concern over the lack of adequate security arrangements in the buildings where EVMs are kept. The reports are coming that buildings don’t have proper lighting and security. 

Raghav Chadha made four demands from the Chief Election Officer, monitoring of EVMs with triple-layered security for the strong room and the deployment of paramilitary forces outside the strong room including the current police security. Adequate number of CCTV cameras should be installed inside and outside the strong room. The movement of people inside the strong room should be recorded on CCTV and online link of live feed should be provided to all the candidates to clear their doubts.

Chadha said that to strengthen democracy, it is the duty of the Election Commission to ensure free, fair and transparent elections, which is one of the bases of the Constitution of India. Free and transparent elections can be held only when the EVMs in which the sentiments of 2 crore people of Punjab are stored are completely safe. Many other parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party, fear that EVMs may not be completely secure in the present security system. Therefore, the Election Commission should seriously consider AAP’s demands to ensure the safety of EVMs and remove the apprehensions of all the candidates immediately.

In AAP government, public money will be spent on the people of Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal campaigns for AAP candidates in Abohar and Jalalabad, urged people to vote for ‘Jharro’ to clean corrupt system

Jalalabad / Abohar (Fazilka), February 18, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured the people of Fazilka district that AAP government will solve their water problem. There is dire shortage of water in many villages, but the previous governments did not pay any attention to it. The Aam Aadmi Party government will provide clean drinkable water to every village and every house. Now the loot of resources of Punjab is about to end. Punjab's money will now be spent on the people of Punjab.

Arvind Kejriwal promised the above while addressing the people during the campaign, on Friday, for Jagdeep Singh Goldie Kamboj, the candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Jalalabad assembly constituency of Fazilka. After Jalalabad, Kejriwal reached Abohar and campaigned for AAP candidate Deep Kamboj and appealed to the people to make Bhagwant Mann the Chief Minister of Punjab by winning all the 'AAP' candidates.

Addressing the people, Kejriwal said that all the corrupt parties have gathered to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party. The way they have been looting Punjab for the last 70 years, they want to continue their loot. These people are afraid that when the Aam Aadmi Party government is formed in Punjab, then their government loot business will stop forever. That's why all of them together are targeting me and Bhagwant Mann. Channi does not speak against Sukhbir Badal. Sukhbir Badal does not attack Channi and BJP. Prime Minister Modi and Priyanka Gandhi are also attacking me and Bhagwant Mann. Corrupt politicians want to stop Bhagwant Mann from becoming the Chief Minister of Punjab at any cost, because Bhagwant Mann is an honest man.

Kejriwal said that our aim is to build good schools and good hospitals, to provide free electricity and water to the common people, to get the youth out of the clutches of drugs, good education and provide employment and to eliminate corruption and mafia from Punjab. On the other hand, the aim of our opponents is only to defeat us.

Appealing to the people to support the Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal said that just as all the corrupt parties have gathered to loot Punjab; you (people of Punjab) should unite to save Punjab. Get together and put an end to their politics of loot and corruption. This time the corrupt system of Congress-SAD-BJP will be defeated and an honest government of Aam Aadmi Party will be formed. This time we have to vote to save Punjab. Vote for the better future of your children. Vote to end corruption and mafia from Punjab.

Raghav Chadha campaigns for AAP candidate Kuljeet Randhawa in Dera Bassi

Mohali / Chandigarh, February 17, Raghav Chadha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab affairs co-in-charge, campaigned in favour of the party's candidate Kuljeet Randhawa in the constituency of Dera Bassi. Chadha appealed to the people to form an honest and stable government in Punjab by winning the Aam Aadmi Party candidate with a huge margin.

Raghav Chadha, while campaigning for AAP candidate in different areas of the constituency, said that vote for Aam Aadmi Party so that political dirt in Punjab can be cleaned. Today the people of Punjab have two options. On one side there is sand mafia, cable mafia, chitta mafia, transport mafia and on the other side there is a pair of two honest leaders, Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal. Chadha said that this time for the bright future of Punjab, an honest government of Aam Aadmi Party has to be formed by pressing the ‘Jharoo’ button. 

Addressing the people of Dera Bassi, Chadha said "Seeing your zeal and love, I can say with certainty that Aam Aadmi Party will win here with huge margin and AAP government will be formed in Punjab." To built good hospitals and schools in Punjab, for the bright future of the youth, to make Punjab corruption-free, on February 20th, press the button of 'Jharoo', and form the Aam Aadmi Party government by making AAP candidates win

We have worked in Delhi, will do well in Punjab too: Manish Sisodia

Tarn Taran / Amritsar, February 17, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia on Thursday campaigned in favour of AAP candidate Dr. Kashmir Singh Sohal from Tarn Taran assembly constituency and Harbhajan Singh ETO, AAP candidate from Jandiala and urged the people to vote for AAP candidates to form the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab with an overwhelming majority.

Addressing the people, Sisodia said that this time the people of Punjab will end the politics of loot and corruption. People have made up their minds to vote for an honest and pro-development party. He said that Akali Dal ruled Punjab for 24 years and Congress for 26 years. Both the parties took turns looting the resources of Punjab and emptying the government treasury. The people of Punjab are fed up with the loot of the corrupt parties. Now they want to give chance to honest politics. When the people of Delhi gave us a chance, we repaired the government schools in Delhi, improved the condition of government hospitals and provided free health facilities to the people. Electricity bills of common people were reduced to zero. Now it is Punjab's turn. We will also build good schools and hospitals in Punjab.

Feb 20th is an opportunity to change the fortunes of Punjab and your children: Bhagwant Mann

Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann campaigned for AAP candidates in Jalandhar, appealed to people to form an honest government

Jalandhar/Chandigarh, February 16, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal and AAP's Punjab chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann reached Jalandhar on Wednesday. The two leaders first paid obeisance at the famous Sant Sri Ravidas temple. Then they campaigned in favour of AAP candidates in various assembly constituencies of Jalandhar.

During election campaign in Jalandhar, Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann appealed people to vote for AAP candidate Sheetal Angural from Jalandhar West assembly constituency, Surinder Singh Sodhi, candidate from Jalandhar Cantt and former international player, Raman Arora from Jalndhar Central and Dinesh Dhal, AAP candidate from Jalandhar North. AAP leaders asked people to elect AAP candidates to form an honest government in Punjab in the leadership of Bhagwant Mann.

Appealing to the people, Kejriwal said that this time vote to change Punjab. If you want corruption, mafia and bureaucracy to end, then form the government of Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal said that the future of Punjab and the people of Punjab will be decided on February 20th, so this time you have to vote very carefully. Not a single vote is to be wasted; every single precious vote has to be cast to the Aam Aadmi Party.

Kejriwal said that earlier the people of Punjab did not have a good and honest option. This time we have a very honest leader Bhagwant Mann as the chief ministerial candidate for the bright future of Punjab. This time we don't want to be deceived. Only honest chose honest leader and Punjab will be prosperous. Appealing to the people, Kejriwal said that all media surveys are showing that Aam Aadmi Party is forming in Punjab. But they are showing only 60-65 seats. To strengthen the hands of Bhagwant Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party has to win more than 80 seats.

Addressing the people, AAP's Punjab Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann said that on February 20th, you have a chance to change the fortunes of your children and Punjab, to improve the education and medical system, to end mafia and corruption, to solve the problem of electricity and water, to provide employment to the youth and to save the farmers from debt. So this time press the button of ‘Jharoo’ for the good future of yourself, your children and Punjab. You support us till February 20th, after that we will support you in every happiness and sorrow.

Appealing to vote for AAP candidate and former international player Surinder Singh Sodhi in Jalandhar Cantt constituency, Mann told the people that the land of Jalandhar has given many big players to the country. All the great players raised the pride of Punjab and the country due to the talent of their sports and honoured the tricolour abroad. AAP candidate Surinder Singh Sodhi also played for the country for a long time and made Punjab and the country proud by winning many medals. Elect Mr. Sodhi with a huge margin and send him to the assembly. I am sure that the way he has brought honour to the country as a sportsperson, in the same way he will represent the people of Jalandhar in the assembly.

Raghav Chadha campaigns for AAP candidate Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra in Amargarh

Amargarh (Malerkotla)/Chandigarh, February 14, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Delhi and AAP Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha addressing a public meeting in Amargarh in favour of party candidate Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra claimed, "We are good people, we will do good job. We are honest, will stay honest.” Chadha appealed to the people to come together to teach a lesson to those corrupt politicians who have looted Punjab.

Addressing the Jan Sabha in favour of AAP candidate Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra at Amargarh on Monday, Raghav Chadha slammed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and questioned his claim that Chief Minister Channi was poor. Chadha said the state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi claims to be a poor man but his relative Bhupinder Singh Honey was raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Rs. 10 crore in cash and Rs 54 crore bank entries, a watch worth Rs. 16 lakh, a luxury car and property worth crores of rupees ware seized. He asked Channi where all this wealth came from.

Raghav Chadha claimed that Honey had admitted to the ED that he had collected Rs. 325 crore during Channi's 111-day tenure. So, they amassed at the rate of Rs. 3 crore per day. Even Badals can match this strike rate. He said that Chief Minister Channi used to say that he was an auto driver, tent wala and cycle mechanic. But no auto driver has crores of rupees. No tent owner has a luxury car. No cycle mechanic has assets worth crores.

Chadha appealed to the people that the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders are honest and will remain honest even when the government is formed. Therefore, the people should press the button of ‘Jharoo’ to make the Aam Aadmi Party's Gurdev Singh Mann victorious. On the occasion candidate Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra thanked Raghav Chadha and other party leaders for campaigning in his favour.

Arvind Kejriwal campaigns for AAP candidate Joginder Singh Maan in Phagwara

Phagwara (Kapurthala)/Chandigarh, February 14, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday campaigned for the party's candidate Joginder Singh Maan in Phagwara Assembly constituency. Addressing the election march here, Kejriwal appealed to the people to form an honest Aam Aadmi Party government for the bright future of Punjab and Punjab’s children.

Arvind Kejriwal campaigns for Joginder Singh Maan in Phagwara. Addressing the people at Gandhi Chowk, he appealed to them to cast their every vote to 'Jharoo' (AAP symbol Broom) and said that every vote cast by them for Joginder Singh Maan would go to the Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann and help them to form a pro-people government in Punjab with huge majority.

Kejriwal promised that with the formation of AAP government in Punjab, every household would save Rs 7 lakh. The AAP government will make schools better in Punjab like Delhi, make electricity cheaper, will provide free treatment and water. Corruption and mafia will be eradicated. He said that people of Punjab were wise and when they realized that they could save Rs.7 lakh, they would refuse to accept Rs. 2000-2000 from other parties.

Kejriwal said he had asked a young voter who he would vote for if other parties would give him money, to which the voter replied that he would take the money from others but his vote would go to the ‘Jharoo’.

Kejriwal claimed that Aam Aadmi Party government will be formed in Punjab for sure. Even the news channel poll surveys say that the Aam Aadmi Party will win 65 seats. He appealed to the people to form a strong and honest government in Punjab and asked for 80 seats to form a strong government. Therefore, every voter should cast their vote for 'Jharoo' and also appeal to their relatives and friends to vote for Aam Aadmi Party.
 
On this occasion the candidate from Phagwara Joginder Singh Maan demanded Kejriwal to make Phagwara a district in the Aam Aadmi Party government. He thanked Arvind Kejriwal for campaigning in Phagwara.

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• People see as a glimmer of hope in the duo of 'Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann: Manpreet Kaur

Dhuri (Sangrur)/Chandigarh, February 11,  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal campaigned in Dhuri constituency to victory AAP's Punjab chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann. Sunita Kejriwal appealed to the people of Dhuri town to hit the broom ‘Jharoo’ button on February 20 and make Bhagwant Mann win for the prosperity of Punjab and the development of their town. She was accompanied by her daughter Harshita Kejriwal, Bhagwant Manns’ mother Harpal Kaur, and Sister Manpreet kaur, who also sought votes for Mann.

While addressing the people of Dhuri here on Friday, Sunita Kejriwal said, "Aam Aadmi Party is the only party that dreams for the progress of every family. She said every person should have access to free clean drinking water, electricity, education, and better health facilities that the AAP government can only fulfill. She said that Kejriwal does not only promise to provide free education, better treatment and other essential facilities but gives a guarantee. The way Arvind Kejriwal implemented guarantees in Delhi, similarly, all guarantees will be implemented in Punjab.
She further said that Kejriwal has given a guarantee of 1000 rupees per month to every woman in Punjab, and they will receive that money if the Aam Aadmi Party government is formed. The money can be spent by women anywhere they wish, girl students can spend on their education and mothers can also give to their daughters as a token of love.
Lauding Bhagwant Mann, Sunita Kejriwal said, "Bhagwant is the only MP who has been raising the issue of farmers of Punjab in Parliament for a long time. He loves Punjab and knows how to take Punjab towards progress. That's why she has come to seek votes for Bhagwant Mann."

Arvind Kejriwal's daughter Harshita Kejriwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party is concerned about children's future and thinks about how to give every child a chance to study and grow. Today the children of Punjab need good schools, colleges, and hospitals. Harshita said that she wants every daughter of Punjab to be educated and bring laurels to the country.

In her address, Bhagwant Mann’s sister Manpreet Kaur said, ‘Punjab’s women have always been kept away from political responsibility by the traditional parties like Akali Dal Badal, BJP and Congress. She said Why can't women run the government if women can manage their families? Mothers are being forced to send their children abroad. However, now people see a glimmer of hope in the duo of 'Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann'. While concluding, Manpreet Kaur said that this time, we must clean the political mess of 70 years together with a broom and make the state corruption and mafia free.

AAP gives another jolt to SAD, Jarnail Singh welcomes Sohan Singh Khokhar to AAP

Disappointed by Congress's decision to make Channi the chief ministerial candidate, Congress leaders conceded defeat even before elections: Jarnail Singh

Chandigarh, February 7, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab has once again given a big blow to the Akali Dal. On Monday, Sohan Singh Khokhar, former district vice president of Shiromani Akali Dal in Ludhiana, joined the Aam Aadmi Party, in the presence of AAP's Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh and spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang.

Sohan Singh Khokhar has been the district president of Akali Dal from Ludhiana and has also contested the election of Shiromani Committee for SAD. Apart from this, he has also been a member of the State Level Working Committee of the party. Khokhar is presently the President of Ludhiana District Court Welfare Association and Numberdar Union Ludhiana. Along with him, Advocate Amarjit Singh Longia, former president of the Bar Association of Mohali district court, also joined AAP. Longia has been the President of Bar Association for 7 times. With Advocate Amarjit Singh Longia, "Know the Neighbor Association" Mohali Phase-4 President Advocate Preetpal Singh Bassi, Advocate Jarnail Singh, Advocate Gurpreet Singh, Advocate Rohit Garg, Advocate Ranjot Singh Sandhu, Advocate Reet Kamal Handa, Advocate Rohit Kumar, Advocate Parminder Singh and Advocate Jasmeet Sarwara joined AAP.

After joining Aam Aadmi Party, Sohan Singh Khokhar said that the people of Punjab are fed up with the corrupt policies of Akali Dal. In the party, its own people and workers are being ignored and outsiders are being given importance.

Targeting the Congress, Jarnail Singh said that the Congress's decision to make Channi as CM candidate is not being liked by their own leaders. The people of Punjab already want to get rid of the Congress, but since the Congress has declared Channi as the CM candidate, the party leaders are also disappointed and they have already accepted their defeat before the elections.

Reacting to the statement of CM Channi of not taking property in his and wife's name, Jarnail Singh said that in 4 months, the Chief Minister who collected crores of rupees with the help of his relatives, is saying this. Crores of rupees, luxury vehicles and land property papers worth billions of rupees found in the ED raid on Channi's nephew's house are proof of loot of tax money of the people of Punjab. The AAP leader said that the people of Punjab want change this time. People have made up their mind to form the Aam Aadmi Party government by pressing the ‘Jharoo’ button.

Hit the button of ‘Jharro’ to end the regime of corruption and mafia: Bhagwant Mann

Mann’s Mission Punjab 2022, campaigns in Mohali and Dera Bassi and urged people to support Aam Aadmi Party 

ChandigarhMohali, January 6, February 20 will prove to be a historic day for Punjab. It will be a day of change. This time the people of Punjab will write a new history and a new story. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann expressed these thoughts while addressing the people during his election campaign under 'Mission Punjab 2022'.

On Sunday, Bhagwant Mann campaigned in favour of AAP candidates in Mohali (SAS Nagar) and Dera Bassi assembly constituencies. Mann reached Balongi Market, 3B2 Market, Sector 79, Phase 11 Market and Airport Road of Mohali constituency and urged the people to cast their vote in favour of AAP candidate Kulwant Singh. In Dera Bassi assembly seat Mann visited Dussehra Ground in Lohgarh Zirakpur, Dera Bassi Ramleela Ground and Lalru Mandi, and appealed the people there to Support AAP candidate Kuljeet Singh Randhawa.       

On this occasion, along with Mann, AAP candidate Kulwant Singh from SAS Nagar and Kuljit Singh Randhawa, AAP candidate from Dera Bassi, many state level and local leaders of the party and a large number of AAP workers were present. People welcomed Mann enthusiastically with flowers and garlands and Bhagwant Mann thanked them for their love and support. 

Addressing the people, Mann said, “This fight is a fight to save Punjab, to eliminate corruption and mafia spread in Punjab politics, to get the youth out of the clutches of drugs and to give them good education and employment. This fight is a fight to save the farmers of Punjab and make them prosperous. For the betterment of Punjab, we have to win this battle at any cost. The responsibility of this historic battle of Punjab is in your hands till February 20. After that all the responsibility of Punjab and the people of Punjab will be ours.”

Mann said that today corruption and mafia have taken roots in the governance system of Punjab. The leaders of traditional parties have looted Punjab and are responsible for its current poor condition. The nexus between drug mafia and politicians has trapped and destroyed the youth. Due to corruption and mafia, the treasury of Punjab is empty and the state government has a debt of more than three lakh crores, but mafia was flourishing and getting richer. We will stop the leakage in government and public money to use this money for the public. We will fill the treasury of Punjab by eliminating corruption and mafia and make Punjab government debt-free. To end dirty politics, corruption and mafia, this time give chance to Aam Aadmi Party and press the ‘Jharoo’ button on 20th.

People of Punjab have two options now; one is sand mafia and on the other side honest leader Bhagwant Mann: Raghav Chadha

Congress’s CM face announcement does not matter as Aam Aadmi Party government will be formed and Bhagwant Mann will be the Chief Minister of Punjab: Raghav Chadha

Chandigarh, February 6, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha on Congress declaring Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial face said that Channi's name will not make any difference to the people of Punjab as the people are not going to vote for him or the Congress party. The people of Punjab have made up their mind to give a chance to the Aam Aadmi Party this time. People of every section want change and will vote for Aam Aadmi Party to bring that change. On February 20th, three crore people of Punjab will hit ‘Jharoo’ button to form AAP government.

Chadha said that it is a matter of great sadness Congress got only sand thief for their chief minister face. The Congress has chosen such a person who has sold the soil of Punjab by running a sand mafia. The Congress has utterly betrayed the people of Punjab by making a leader, who is facing serious allegations like sand mafia and transfer-posting scam, as the chief ministerial face.

He asked that a person, who could not live without corruption and mafia even for 111 days, how would he manage full 5 years? The nephew of Chief Minister Channi himself has admitted before the ED that 10 crore cash and 54 crore property papers found in the raid from his house, belonged to the sand mafia and transfer-posting. Chadha said that now the people of Punjab have two options. On the one hand dishonest man Charanjit Singh Channi, who has been accused of sand theft and transfer-posting scam. On the other hand there is Bhagwant Mann, an honest man who left his profession while he was earning crores of rupees and fought for the people of Punjab and always raised the voice in favour of Punjabis in the Parliament.

Chadha appealed to the people to support the Aam Aadmi Party and said that Badals and Congress got opportunities for 50 years, but instead of working for the people, they only filled their pockets. This time give a chance to the honest leaders Bhagwant Mann, Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. All Punjab needs is an honest and good government. Only honest government can make Punjab happy and prosperous again. If this time the power of Punjab is lost in the hands of such sand thieves, cable and transport mafia, then nothing will be left.

Congress is conduction a survey for chief ministerial candidates, giving two options- ‘Mafia or Manmatia’: Harpal Cheema  

The people of Punjab want mafia as well as corruption free government and Chief Minister

Bhagwant Mann’s unblemished and honest personality is in front of the people 

Chandigarh, February 5, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Senior Leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema said, “Now we’ll know the stand of Congress party, whether they will choose a mafia or a self-willed/ self-centred leader to be their chief ministerial candidate, because it is pointless to expect an honest and pro-Punjab CM from Congress.” Cheema made this remark while reacting to Congress’s CM face announcement and said that Congress party has been pretending to be honest, patriotic and philanthropic. But now the selection of the Chief Ministerial candidate is a litmus test for the Congress and the Gandhi family.

In a statement issued from the party headquarters on Saturday, Harpal Cheema said, “Congress is giving two options in their survey for choosing CM face, and one option is being associated to mafia and the other is fickle.” He said that Congress leaders are facing allegations of running or patronizing the sand, liquor and transport mafia. And time to time Congressmen have alleged each other of corruption too. Cheema said that choosing CM candidate is an internal matter of Congress party but the people of Punjab want to get rid of corruption, mafia and instability in government system of Punjab. 

He said that Congress leaders are questioning the high command about their choice of CM face as Navjot Sidhu has said that a person who is alleged of sand and liquor mafia or has been related to it can never take tough decisions. And on the other hand rest of the people don’t want someone who is garrulous but has nothing to say on the matter of mafia, corruption and hooliganism. 

Cheema also questioned the inaction of Congress high command and Gandhi family against the mafia alleged leaders. He said that maybe that’s because Gandhi family is taking share in mafia money. He added that the people of Punjab will get rid of mafia, corruption and selfless leaders soon and will elect someone. He said that people are aware of the works of Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi and Bhagwant Mann’s unblemished and honest personality. So they will neither choose mafia nor a self-centred person. He claimed that on March 10th a corruption and mafia free government will be formed in Punjab.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal welcomed him to the party

AAP gives another blow to Congress, many Congress leaders have joined AAP after election code of conduct came into force

Chandigarh, February 5, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has once again dealt a major blow to the Punjab Congress.  Following the implementation of the Electoral Code, veteran Punjab Congress leaders continue to leave the Congress and join the Aam Aadmi Party. The Congress suffered a major setback on Saturday when former MLA and senior Congress leader Jasbir Singh 'Jassi' Khangura, in the presence of AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, joined the Aam Aadmi Party.

Jasbir Singh 'Jassi' Khangura renounced his British citizenship and returned home from the UK and became active in Punjab politics.  He won the Qila Raipur seat of Punjab in 2007 by a margin of 10,876 votes.  The Qila Raipur seat was previously dominated by Shiromani Akali Dal Patron Parkash Singh Badal and was the only seat in Punjab which the Congress had never won. Then in 2012 Jassi contested from Dakha as the Qila Raipur seat was abolished.  Jassi lost here, but he got a record 55,820 votes, and no Congress candidate has been able to reach that figure in the next two subsequent elections.  Jasbir Singh 'Jassi' Khangura has a medical degree from Oxford and he is a businessman in Ludhiana.  His wife is the granddaughter of former Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Partap Singh Kairon.

After joining the Aam Aadmi Party, Jasbir Singh 'Jassi' Khangura said that the people of Punjab were fed up with the Congress.  The Congress has now become a party of opportunists and power-hungry people.  The poor and common people of Punjab are paying the price for the Congress leaders' fight for the power.

If I am not safe in Punjab, then who is? Bhagwant Mann

Anandpur Sahib (Ropar), February 5, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann campaigned in different villages of Anandpur Sahib Assembly Constituency under 'Mission Punjab 2022'. The people of Anandpur Sahib welcomed Mann enthusiastically with flowers and garlands and wished him success. AAP supporters were walking with Mann's convoy in large numbers and raised the slogans of Zindabad. Bhagwant Mann addressed the gatherings and urged people to support Aam Aadmi Party. 

On Saturday, Mann visited Bharatgarh, Nangal Truck Union Chawnk and Gohalani village of Anandpur Sahib Assembly constituency and interacted with the people there. Mann appealed to the people to support Aam Aadmi Party to bring political change in Punjab and promised that with AAP government’s formation in Punjab the problems of common people will be solved.

Talking to the reporters during his election campaign, Mann reacted on his refusal to extra security offered to him by the government and said that I am not worried about my security. We have to protect Punjab and the people of Punjab. I will not take any special protection until three crore people of Punjab and holy books of all religions are protected. I am common man. I have no need for high profile security. That's why I refused the added security. Mann said that today the people of Punjab are not feeling safe. Our priority is to make people feel safe by improving the condition of the security system. We have to secure Punjab and Punjabis.  

In his address to the gathered public, Mann said that today there is a huge shortage of police personnel at the police stations and check points, but there is heavy deployment of police to protect the leaders and ministers. Police personnel are engaged in the protection of MLAs-Ministers, their houses, children and families. The leaders of the previous governments of Punjab have deployed a large number of police personnel for their own security by keeping the safety of the people at bay. In AAP government Police will do the police work only. They will be removed from the security of the leaders and deployed in the security of the people. AAP government will give freedom to the police to maintain law and order and unnecessary and political interference in the work of police administration will be stopped.

Speaking on the sacrilege issue, Mann said that due to the weak and incompetent Congress government, many incidents of sacrilege took place in Punjab in the past. The law and order situation in Punjab has completely collapsed due to the tussle among the Congress leaders for the power and the people of Punjab have to bear the brunt of it. Instead of working for the people, Congress leaders and ministers fought among themselves for power for five years. If the culprits had been given strict punishment in the previous sacrilege cases, then today no one would have dared to commit sacrilege again. But like the Badal-BJP government, the Congress government used the issue for their political gains instead of punishing the culprits. Mann promised that the Aam Aadmi Party government will give strictest punishment to all the culprits and masterminds by conducting a fair investigation into all sacrilege, shooting and bomb blast cases and will maintain peace and harmony in Punjab.

Mann said that today the people of Punjab are most troubled by corruption and mafia. The sand mafia, drugs mafia and cable mafia, patronized by the government, have ruined the lives of the people. In Badal and Congress governments, the mafia dominated and the mafia-leaders ran illegal businesses together. Leaders facing mafia allegations were part of cabinets. The government of Aam Aadmi Party will completely eliminate corruption and all kinds of mafia in the governance system, save the people from mafia and corruption and will take Punjab on the path of development.

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Money seized from CM’s Channi nephew, belongs to sand mafia and transfer-posting: Raghav Chadha

Chief Minister Channi’s family and relatives are involved in sand mafia, Channi insulted Darbar Sahib by swearing false oath: Raghav Chadha

Chandigarh, February 4, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, on the arrest of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew, said that his nephew himself has admitted that the money seized during the raids was for related to sand mafia and transfer-posting. This proves that Channi and his nephew were very close. Addressing the media during a press conference held at the party headquarters on Friday, Chadha said the VIP security provided to Channi's nephew is proof of the close proximity between the two. If Channi wasn’t close with his nephew, why was he (Honey) provided with VIP security?

 Chadha said that Chief Minister Channi had sworn on the Darbar Sahib and said that no member of his family has anything to do with the sand mafia. But the statements given by Channi's nephew to ED have proved that Channi and his family are not only involved in sand mafia but in many other illegal businesses. Chadha said that Channi had insulted the Darbar Sahib by swearing a false oath. The people of Punjab will never forgive him.

Chadha, citing the income tax return of Channi's nephew, said that from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, the annual turnover of his nephew was only Rs 1877000. After Channi became the Chief Minister, suddenly within a few days, there was crores of rupees in cash and billions worth money traila and property papers. The AAP leader asked Channi that if he earned crores of rupees from sand mafia, then how much did he collect from transfer-posting? How much money did Chief Minister Channi earn in 111 days and from which business?

Chadha said that even if we assume that the ED raids at the house of Channi's relative were politically influenced. But the question arises about the sourses of Rs 10 crore cash, luxury vehicles, land property worth billions of rupees. Chaddha said in 111 days, Channi and his relatives earned crores of rupees, how much wealth he would have accumulated if he had been chief minister for five years. Chadha warned the opposition parties and said that after the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab, action will be taken against all the culprits involved in the sand mafia.

On the Congress’s complaint  to EC against him, Chadha said that if the FIR is to be lodged then the Congress high command and Sunil Jakhar should be named in it, because Jakhar himself is saying that even after getting the support of 42 MLAs, the Congress did not appoint him Chief Minister because he is Hindus. Chadha said that it is the nature of Congress to do divisive politics in the name of religion. Congress has been following the policy of divide and rule since the beginning. The Aam Aadmi Party has always adhered to the policy of taking everyone along.

Chadha said that the Aam Aadmi Party will never allow Congress's plans of dividing Punjab succeed. Many political parties tried to divide Punjab in the name of religion. The people of Punjab love peace and want to live happily. Chadha said that this time the people of Punjab have made up their mind to uproot all the parties seeking votes in the name of religion and caste from the state. That's why people will win the Aam Aadmi Party by pressing the button of ‘jharoo’.

(Demands dismissal of CM Channi after his nephew Honey purportedly admitted that Rs 11 crore recovered from him was part of cache received by sand mafia and bribe for doing postings and transfers)

(Three time MLA Gurtej Ghuriana returns to SAD fold)

Fazilka, February 4 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said today the next SAD-BSP government would establish a Commission to probe all cases of political vendetta registered by former Pradesh Congress President Sunil Jakhar against his political opponents and would take action against all those responsible for booking innocents in false cases.

Talking to Media persons  at Abohar, the SAD President also demanded the immediate dismissal of chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. He said the chief minister’s nephew Honey had purportedly admitted that the Rs eleven crore recovered from him was part of a cache received from the sand mafia as well as bribe for doing postings and transfers. He said a chief minister who took money for posting and transfers did not have any right to remain in office. “He is likely to be arrested post elections”.

The visit also witnessed the return of former three time legislator Gurtej Singh Ghuriana into the SAD. Mr Badal said the party had received a massive boost in Balluana constituency with Mr Ghuriana’s return to the party fold. Earlier he also announced the formation of a Khateek and Regar Bhaichara Welfare Board to work for the welfare of both communities once the SAD-BSP government is formed in the State.

The SAD President was here to campaign in favour of party candidate Dr Mohinder Kumar Rinwa at Abohar, Pirthi Ram Meghwal at Balluana and Hansraj Josan at Fazilka.

Addressing the gathering at Abohar, Mr Badal said the Jakhar family had kept Abohar undeveloped during the last thirty years. He said even development works initiated by the previous SAD government including a sewerage project, had been stalled. “Roads are in shambles and even RO plants which were installed at various places have been closed down”.

Mr Badal said this was not all. “Sunil Jakhar also indulged in political vendetta after losing the last assembly elections from this constituency”. He assured that all such cases would be probed by a commission and that no one, including officers who had registered false cases against innocents, would be spared.

Addressing the gathering at Fazilka, the SAD President also assured that the next SAD-BSP government would ensure water reached the tail end of canals by establishing new distributaries besides going in for under-ground water supply through pipes. “We are committed to removing the irrigation water shortage in this area”, he added.

Mr Badal while speaking at Balluana said the Congress government had discriminated against the scheduled castes and under-privileged sections of society by scrapping lakhs of blue cards and severely curtailing all social welfare schemes. He said all ‘aata-daal’ cards which had been scrapped would be revived. He also announced that all those who did not have a home of their own would be given five marla plots by the next SAD-BSP government. He also announced that women heads of families would get a monthly allowance of Rs 2,000 and that all domestic power consumers would receive 400 units per month free of cost. EOM

The marital rape application, which is pending at Delhi High Court, makes every effort to term the sexual intercourse between husband and wife illegal.

The context is the matter of transformation in the society, and the rigid roles of husband and wife have to make a move, and criminalizing will destroy the marriage tradition. We are in 2022, and the socio-economic setup has changed. 

Various rights like the right to (life and dignity, privacy, freedom), the right against discrimination in the Marital Rape petition seems that these all are property of women.

If a man is slapped with rape-like heinous cases, he would never get a job due to societal mindset. Considering the highest rate of misuse of process of law in a family dispute, the law will become Men Destroying opportunity.

It is an erroneous belief justifying rape in marriage based on a misconception that the institution of marriage is founded on male supremacy over a woman’s body, which gives a man the right to assault his wife as a practice.

The truth is that by abusing the patriarchy, the demand tries to destroy the family unit.

If the law has to come under the pressure of feminist arguments, then there should be provisions of automatic divorce and end the ways of mediation.

What if the law comes?

For the women’s rights parse, if the lawmaker agrees, then it should come with the provision of automatic divorce with no mediation.

This will be unlawful for a woman to live in a lawful relationship with a “rapist.” And if the relationship is or was unlawful, then the provision of reconciliation will be unlawful.

Pushing Individual Family Tradition:

Through the marital rape laws, it is to bring the idea, conceptualization of a wife as a distinct, autonomous being, while the truth is the husband-wife is “single soul with 2 bodies”, most of the CUSTOMARY laws treat them as one entity.

The myth of Patriarchy and Disregard of Human rights with Men:

It is argued for forced sex with the wife that man owns the woman as his property in a patriarchal society, and marital rape exemption is patriarchal.

In the so-called patriarchy, men have nothing to get protected from violence by women. The men’s human rights continued to be violated in the name of women empowerment, which isn’t seen as a human rights violation—men acquittal in most cases stating lack of evidence. So justice is not binary for men.

Marriage a life-destroying opportunity for men- Striking marriage:

The marriage system would come at stake after criminalizing the sex between husband-wife. The law is a blatant try to criminalize the sanctity of marriage in which a woman’s (wife) testimony is enough to destroy the family (should be read with criminal procedure and Indian Evidence Act).

Chances of the re-union end – more broken families:

In a situation when the husband may get arrested, he will lose love and confidence for his wife, due to which the chances of re-union will be lost.

Sexual violence has already been covered in DV Act 2005. 

Social Sensitization and Transformation:

If any such incident has been reported, then more work is to be done by awaring/ sensitizing members of society. But the petitioner opted to bring harsh laws against husband and family. 

Women to enjoy Womanhood:

As the law has been demanded only against men, which looks like “women never commit a crime.” We have to see beyond the said notion. 

The motive of the application is in question; they want to bring one-sided laws. 

Patriarchy means no laws to protect the rights of men:

• Have men been left to their own in the name of patriarchy? 
• What is the responsibility of a wife in the family?
• Not focusing on Family empowerment?
• The togetherness of husband-wife and children makes a family; why does only the wife needs to be empowered?
• When a man marries, he allows the woman to access everything which he owns, is it not recognized?

Consent in Family:

What are all the purposes the consents are required and how it will be treated as evidence in the eye of laws, in a situation when husband-wife has made physical relationship on mutual consent and one fine day she denies?

Feminist Cry:

The feminist organization makes a huge cry for even a single crime incidence against women, even if the incident is in question. They have never condemned any women for their doing. 

The Right Way:

This need to take care of in various phases as:

• Social Sensitization
• Transformation in the marriage system
• Reform in consensual sex (Awakening the respect of consent in couples)

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Jarnail Singh and Malwinder Singh Kang welcome new members of AAP

Chandigarh, February 2, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab got a major boost when party leaders and workers of Bhartiya Jan Jagriti Party, including their youth-wing president Sandeep Dhawan, joined AAP. These leaders were formally inducted into the party by AAP MLA and in-charge of Punjab and Chandigarh affairs Jarnail Singh and party spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang.

Welcoming the leaders and workers of Bhartiya Jan Jagriti Party to AAP at the party headquarters on Wednesday, Jarnail Singh said that the convoy of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab was increasing day by day. Senior leaders and workers of other parties are joining AAP in large numbers. He said that under the leadership of State President of Youth Wing of Bhartiya Jan Jagriti Party Sandeep Dhawan, Gagandeep Singh Mohali, Kunal Handa Kharar, Kisan Mahasangh Chandigarh President Preeti Anand along with Sukh Sandhu Barnala, Sukhjinder Singh and Mankaran Sandhu have joined Aam Aadmi Party.

MLA Jarnail Singh said that the Aam Aadmi Party would form the government in Punjab as the people of Punjab love the duo of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann and believed in them to save Punjab.

SAYS MODI & SHAH WILL VISIT PUNJAB SOON TO CAMPAIGN FOR BJP-PLC-SAD SANYUKT ALLIANCETERMS CENTRE-STATE COLLABORATION NECESSARY FOR DEBT-RIDDEN PUNJAB

Patiala, February 1Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed strong anger over Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging the Pakistan army chief who was ordering his soldiers every day to kill Indians, and said the state’s governance could not be handed over to people who were willing to compromise national security to further their personal and political ambitions.“Who do you hate more? The soldiers who fire or the one who gives the order?,” the former chief minister asked the people of Patiala at a public meeting at Ramalila Maidan, adding that Sidhu hugging General Bajwa and then his reinduction into the state cabinet being recommended by the prime minister of Pakistan clearly showed he could not be relied upon to keep Punjab and India safe from the enemy across the border.“We want peace with Pakistan but will not bow to them. We are prepared to fight, ourarmy is ready to take them head on,” Captain Amarinder asserted.Citing the need for the highest levels of security in the border state of Punjab, the former chief minister said the state’s and country’s safety was of paramount importance, which only the PLC alliance, with the support of the BJP-led government at the Centre, could ensure. While there was no conflict between the people of the two countries, the hostile regime in Pakistan posed a serious danger which could not be undermined, he said. He pointed out that since March 2017, as many as 83 Punjabi soldiers had been killed by Pakistan on border, and his government had given compensation of Rs 50 lakh and a job to the kin of the deceased soldiers.Announcing that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be coming to Punjab soon to campaign for the PLC-BJP-SAD Sanyukt coalition, Captain Amarinder said the alliance had been crafted in the interest of Punjab and the country. The state, with its economy in total shambles, was at a crossroads and needed the Centre’s support to go ahead, he stressed, adding that Punjab was reeling under a debt of Rs 70000 crores, with Charanjit Singh Channi adding Rs 33000 crore in just 111 days.For Punjab’s survival, it is necessary that the state and the Centre work together, said Captain Amarinder, adding that he personally has had cordial relations with Modi since the latter was the chief minister of Gujarat and the RSS prabhari for Punjab.The PLC chief unveiled his ambitious plans for the development and security of the state, which the Congress had scuttled by the sudden and uncalled for change at the helm of the government less than 6 months before the Assembly polls. He pointed out that even the various development projects he had launched in the Patiala region had been stalled by the Channi government.Listing his priorities for the state, the PLC leader said while he had ensured 22 lakh new jobs and investment worth Rs 1 lakh crore on the ground during his tenure, much more was needed to be done to ensure the state’s progress. “I want to ensure that Punjab’s children do not go abroad for higher education and jobs,” he added.The former chief minister further identified improving the state’s water situation and agriculture as key priorities for his party. He pointed out that he had conceived surface river water supply for 5 major cities, including Patiala, and had given jobs and Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of each of the 460 farmers who died in the recent agitation.Sanjeev Sharma Bittu, the PLC candidate from Patiala Rural, stressed that a double engine regime will transform both Patiala and Punjab. For 10 years under the Akali regime, Patiala had received stepmotherly treatment, he recalled, adding that the development work done here under Captain Amarinder government was just the beginning of what the region could achieve.Captain Amarinder was joined by local BJP leaders who extended their full support to ensure his party’s victory from Patiala Urban and Rural.

Number of Aam Aadmi Party candidates increased to 58 with the third list

The list was signed and released by Bhagwant Mann and Jarnail Singh

Chandigarh, December 24, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released the third list with the names of 18 candidates for the 2022 Assembly elections. This brings the total number of candidates announced by AAP to 58.

According to the list signed by party’s State President and MP Bhagwant Mann and In-charge of Punjab affairs Jarnail Singh (MLA), released from the party headquarters on Friday, Sajjan Singh Cheema from Sultanpur Lodhi, Principal Prem Kumar from Phillaur, Pandit Brahm Shankar Jimpa from Hoshiarpur, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, A.D.C. Jaswinder Singh from Attari, Dalbir Singh Tong from Baba Bakala, Harjot Singh Bains from Sri Anandpur Sahib, Jagdeep ‘Goldy’ Kamboj from Jalalabad, Sarwan Singh Dhun from Khemkaran, Ashok ‘Pappi’ Prashar from Ludhiana Central, Gurpreet Banwali from Sardulgarh, Kulwant Singh Bazigar from Shutrana, Harminder Singh Sandhu from Chabbewal, Santosh Kataria from Balachaur, Amritpal Singh Sukhanand from Bagha Purana, Master Jagsir Singh from Bhucho Mandi, Amolak Singh from Jaito and Dr. Balbir Singh from Patiala Rural, will be fielding for AAP.

The life of Jesus Christ teaches us to serve the poor selflessly - Arvind Kejriwal

The AAP government of Delhi is serving the poor by taking inspiration from Jesus Christ - Kejriwal

Sri Guru Granth Sahib is revered by people of all religions - Kejriwal

Said, to serve the destitute and the poor, I left my job and worked with Mother Teresa

Dhariwal (Gurdaspur), December 24, AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who is on a two-day visit to Punjab, attended various programs in Gurdaspur, on Friday. Addressing a gathering organized by the Christian brotherhood in Dhariwal, Kejriwal said, "All religions teach us to live together. Living together and strong brotherhood is the beauty of Punjab.”

Addressing the public meeting, Kejriwal said that the life of Jesus Christ teaches us to serve the poor and destitute people selflessly. Jesus Christ spent his whole life in the service of the poor. There was only a sense of service and compassion in his heart towards the people. Even when nails were being hammered into his body, he was praying to God to forgive those who hammered the nails. Kejriwal said, “I am deeply influenced by the life of Jesus Christ. Leaving my job as an engineer in Tata Steel, I went to Kolkata to work with Mother Teresa, the messiah of the poor. With her I served the poor and destitute people of Kolkata for a long time.”

Kejriwal said that the basic principle of any religion is 'service and harmony'. The Aam Aadmi Party government of Delhi is working according to the basic policies (policy of service) of all religions. Following the path shown by Jesus Christ, we (Delhi government) improved the condition of government schools to serve the poor because only the children of the poor study in government schools. The poor go to government hospitals for treatment. That's why we improved the government hospitals and provided free all types of treatment, tests and operation to the people of Delhi under the 'Suraksha Chakra'.

Speaking on the incidents of sacrilege, Kejriwal said that Sri Guru Granth Sahib is revered by people of all religions. People of all religions visit Gurdwara Sahib and bow their heads before Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji and get His blessings. Incidents of sacrilege have hurt all Punjabis living in the country and abroad. God and the people of Punjab will never forgive the people responsible for the sacrilege and hurting the sentiments or lives of people.

Questioned Cong govt. on the situation of Law and Order in Punjab

People of Punjab will never allow such anti-social elements to succeed – Arvind Kejriwal

Such incidents seem to be part of a deep conspiracy to break our communal peace – Bhagwant Mann

Chandigarh, December 23, Aam Aadmi Party strongly condemned the blast in Ludhiana Court Complex and questioned the Congress government of Punjab about the declining Law and order situation in the state. AAP Punjab President and Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann castigated the incident through a video released from the party headquarters and said, “Such incidents seem to be part of a deep conspiracy, to break our communal peace. There should be an investigation to catch mastermind behind these attempts of sacrilege and blast.” He expressed his condolences to the families of deceased and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. He also urged the people of Punjab to maintain communal spirit and harmony. 

AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed his condolences to the families of deceased and said in a tweet, “First sacrilege, now blast. Some people want to disturb the peace in Punjab. 3 crore people of Punjab will not allow their plans to succeed. We have to hold each other’s hands.” Reacting to same Raghav Chadha, co-in-charge Punjab affairs, questioned the law and order situation in Punjab. He said, “Incidents of sacrilege and now a bomb blast indicates to a deep rooted conspiracy to disturb poll bound Punjab. Also complete failure of state's law & order under CM Channi. Praying for peace & harmony of Punjab.” He said that Punjab is peace loving state but Channi government is an incompetent government which first failed to insure the justice in the issues of sacrilege and now new incidents are hitting state to disturb the atmosphere here.
  
AAP leader and MLA Aman Arora said that such incidents are unfortunate and situation is turning out to be same as five years ago. He said that the government has a responsibility to protect lives and property of the people but, Congress government is completely failing at it.

Will participate in various programs of AAP in Gurdaspur and Amritsar 

Chandigarh, 23 December, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be on a two-day visit to Punjab from December 24 (Friday). Disclosing this here today, Harpal Singh Cheema, Senior Leader of AAP and Leader of Opposition said that during his two day visit, Arvind Kejriwal would attend party programs in Gurdaspur on the first day and on the second day of his visit he will in Amritsar.

Harpal Singh Cheema said that party Supremo Arvind Kejriwal would land at Amritsar airport on the morning of December 24 and leave for Gurdaspur on the same day. On the first day, Arvind Kejriwal will attend the party's Jan Sabha and Christmas related functions, while the next day, on December 25, Arvind Kejriwal will join the party's Trianga Yatra (Tricolor Procession) in Amritsar.

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Being the Head of The Department of Physical education, he plays an increasingly important role in helping the youth fight against obesity by promoting a healthy lifestyle and active participation in sports. He is actively involved in the decision making of various important college committees. He is also working as the Member of the Advisory Council of Mass Awareness on Water Conservation. Here he plays the principal role of advising the Ministry towards Water Resources, Government of India on Mass Awareness on Water Conservation and ways to conserve water. He has worked as an Advisor to the Chief Minister, Government of Uttarakhand. Therein, he worked as a bridge between all important government bodies and organisations and guided them for better implementation of policies from time to time. He worked as an OSD at Uttarakhand Residential University, Almora, Uttarakhand. He previously worked in the Department of Physical Education, Government of NCT of Delhi. At the mere age of 40 years, he has extensive and versatile work experience of more than 18 years. He has also associated himself with various renowned organisations and professional bodies. He was the Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee; JOINT SECRETARY of Delhi University Student Union; Member of Advisory Committee of Water Resources, Executive Counsellor and JOINT SECRETARY of DUSU as NSUI candidate; General Secretary at N.S.U.I, Delhi Pardesh; Vice President at Delhi State Youth Congress; President, Vice President and Joint Secretary at Indira Gandhi College (Delhi University); Chairperson at Jeewan Jyoti Sr Sec School; Manager at Jeewan Jyoti Public School.

Since 1994, from his college days, he has actively involved himself in the activities of the Congress Party at the grass-root level. He has always emphasised professing the thoughts and ideas of the Congress party to common people in a very simplified way by organising meetings from time to time at different levels throughout India. He has taught several students and tried spreading his light of education. Several of his students have attained many achievements and have made him prouder as a leader and teacher.

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• Give us a chance in Punjab too: Arvind Kejriwal
• Delhi Chief Minister addresses in Jalandhar under ‘Kejriwal's talk with traders’ programme
• Seeks support of businessmen, traders and industrialists for AAP government in Punjab
• Corrupt ‘inspector raj’, red-tapism and unnecessary laws will be eradicated
• Traders, businessmen and industrialists will have full participation in AAP government, announces formation of a joint body
• Said, have done miracle in Delhi for business and trade, will do it in Punjab too
• Bhagwant Mann, Jarnail Singh, Raghav Chadha, Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora were present on stage

Jalandhar, October 13

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made 10 promises to the traders and businessmen of Jalandhar for the development and upliftment of industry, trade and commerce and appealed to them to be part of the AAP government to be formed in 2022. Seeking the support of traders, businessmen and industrialists, Kejriwal said, “You have tried the Congress-Captain and the Badals, now give us a chance. We don't need funds from businessmen, we just need support.”

Arvind Kejriwal was addressing a programme titled ‘Kejriwal's talk with traders and businessmen’ held in Jalandhar on Wednesday for the purpose of soliciting suggestions to the problems and difficulties faced by the traders and businessmen of Jalandhar along with Punjab; which was organized by AAP Punjab. He appealed to the industrialists and businessmen of Punjab that give the AAP a chance too and you will forget everyone else, the example of which has been given to the people by the Delhi government of AAP. He said the AAP has done a miracle in Delhi for business and trade and will do it in Punjab too. Bhagwant Mann, Jarnail Singh, Raghav Chadha, Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora were also present on the stage.

After listening to the problems and solutions of the traders and businessmen, Arvind Kejriwal first announced 24-hour uninterrupted power supply for the industry. Kejriwal said at present there are long power-cuts in Punjab and without electricity; neither industry nor trade could run smoothly. He said on formation of the AAP government, 24-hour power supply would be provided; as done by the AAP in Delhi.

Second, Arvind Kejriwal announced that red-tapism and ‘inspector raj’ will be ended. He said corruption runs in the system because the intentions of the governments were bad. “If there is an honest CM and cabinet at the top then I can challenge that the entire structure below will be alright. We did this in Delhi,” he said. Kejriwal said, “Old laws will be rectified and unnecessary laws will be scrapped. A system will be built wherein existing industries need not waste time over government and will be able to invest their time in business.”

Third, on the problem of VAT refund, Arvind Kejriwal said that on formation of the AAP government in Punjab, a certainty will be there and the VAT will be refunded to the businessmen between 3 to 6 months and an installment system will be made for big refunds. Fourth, he announced that infrastructure will be strengthened. He said 80 percent of industries were located outside the focal point and there were many problems including roads, water and sewerage; which the AAP government will solve by bringing a budgetary provision.

Fifth, Kejriwal announced that the enhancement process will be ended on the formation of the AAP government in Punjab. He said that first the Badal government and then the Captain Amarinder Singh-led government talked of resolving the issue of enhancement, but nothing was done. Kejriwal requested the traders, businessmen and industrialists to give the AAP a chance so that the enhancement charge can be completely ended.

Sixth, he said that CLU (Change of land use) and other types of hassles will also be ended at the areas which have been declared as industrial zones with an automatic intimidation only. Seventh, the AAP national convener said that extortion in the form of ‘monthly’ and ‘weekly’ will also be eradicated along with ‘goonda tax’ which continues unabated. He said ‘goonda tax’ was collected from every truck as the system had been occupied by the ministers. “It is my guarantee to end this system and it will be our responsibility to let the traders work smoothly,” he added.

In his eighth announcement, Arvind Kejriwal said that he has come to invite the traders and businessmen to become partners in the future AAP government. He said on the formation of the AAP government in Punjab, a joint body of businessmen-traders will be formed, which will be headed by a minister. The joint body will have representatives from each business sector so that it could get geographically and sector-wise representation; and will meet every month. “Decisions will be taken during the same meeting and the government will implement them immediately,” he said.

Ninth, he said that peace, law and order will be strengthened in the state. Kejriwal said that Punjab is a border state and the law and order with its secular structure should be maintained here. With the formation of the AAP government, such an atmosphere will be created in Punjab that everyone can live together in harmony.

In his tenth announcement, Arvind Kejriwal said that more emphasis will be given to small traders and MSMEs so that unemployment will be generated. Taking a promise from the industrialists, businessmen and traders, Kejriwal assured that he will ensure employment to the unemployed and the AAP government will resolve all their problems. He claimed that such development will be done so that no one will remain unemployed in Punjab. Kejriwal urged the industrialists, businessmen and traders to make the AAP win all nine seats of Jalandhar.

Earlier, AAP Punjab president and MP Bhagwant Mann, while welcoming party chief Arvind Kejriwal and industrialists, said, “The direction and state of politics is changing. The big parties are looking at the AAP and setting political agendas.” He alleged that the industries were going out of Punjab under the rule of the ruling party. Industries and trade from Mandi Gobindgarh to Dhariwal Gurdaspur have shifted to other states as there is no industrial policy, he added.

At the programme, the leaders of traders and business associations of Jalandhar shared their problems and suggestions with Kejriwal. The role of stage secretary was played by AAP MLA Aman Arora and he said, “The Rs 400 crore tax refunds of the industrialists and traders is due with the government, but the government has issued notices to further harass 2.5 lakh traders.” On the occasion, MLAs Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Master Baldev Singh, Prof Baljinder Kaur, Kulwant Singh Pandori, Principal Budh Ram, state treasurer Neena Mittal, Rajwinder Kaur Thiara, Surinder Singh Sodhi, Dr Shiv Dayal Mali, Dr Sanjeev Sharma, Harvinder Bakhshi, Kultar Singh Pehlwan, Harjot Singh Bains, Ratan Singh Kakar Kalan, Balkar Singh and other leaders were also present.
 
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AAP gives jolt to Congress and Akali Dal Badal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gave a jolt to the ruling Congress and the Akali Dal Badal on Wednesday. In the presence of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and state president Bhagwant Mann in Jalandhar, five-time councilor of the ruling Congress from Pathankot and chairman of the Pathankot Improvement Trust, Vibhuti Sharma and Shiromani Akali Dal Women Wing’s general secretary, three-time sarpanch from Bir village, best Panchayat award and former chairman of Nakodar Block Committee, Inderjit Kaur Mann, joined the Aam Aadmi Party.

• Kejriwal announces 6 major health facilities in second guarantee
• Punjab's government hospitals will surpass private hospitals, 16,000 Mohalla Clinics to be opened in villages and wards
• Everyone will be issued a digital health card with full health information: Arvind Kejriwal
• Big announcement on free treatment of road accident victims
• Said, Chief Minister’s face will be announced in due course

Ludhiana, September 30, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced better public healthcare services with free and best treatment facilities under the ‘6-point benefits’ of his second guarantee, to be provided to the people of Punjab on formation of the AAP government. Kejriwal, who was on a two-day Punjab visit, made these announcements during a press conference held here. On the occasion, he was accompanied by AAP Punjab president and Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema and Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh. Earlier, under his first guarantee, Arvind Kejriwal had announced 300 free units of electricity and 24-hours power supply for the people of Punjab.

Addressing the media on Thursday, Arvind Kejriwal said today the condition of health infrastructure in Punjab was in a bad condition. “Either you go to a government hospital, primary health centre or a community health centre in Punjab; you will not get any treatment. No doctor is there, there are no medicines and even machines are not working. In compulsion, one has to go to a private hospital; which exorbitantly loots the people. In Delhi too, when we took over seven years ago, the condition was severely bad; but we changed the condition and will do it in Punjab also,” he said.

Under the ‘6-point’ second guarantee, Kejrwial first announced free and best treatment facilities at government hospitals in Punjab; better than the private hospitals. Second, he guaranteed medicines, tests, treatment and surgeries; free of cost. “We have done this in Delhi and will do it in Punjab too. In Delhi, one gets costlier medicines or injections, free of cost at government hospitals. But in Punjab, even medicines are not available in the hospitals,” he said, assuring that on the formation of the AAP government, all facilities will be provided to the people and they do not have to worry about better treatment.

Third, Kejriwal announced that the people of Punjab will be issued a digital health card, which will comprise of all the details of the person concerned and his medical record. He said all the systems related to it will be computerized.

Under the fourth benefit of his second guarantee, the AAP National Convener announced ‘pind clinics’ to be opened in Punjab on the lines of Delhi’s mohalla clinics. “Our mohalla clinics in Delhi have been famous all around the world. On the same lines, we will open 16,000 ‘Pind Clinics’ in all villages, wards and cities of Punjab.

Under the fifth benefit, Arvind Kejriwal vowed to revamp the infrastructure of the existing government hospitals with setting up of new government hospitals at grand scale. Lastly, Kejriwal announced a scheme for road accident cases similar to that in Delhi; in which victims will be provided free treatment. “In this ongoing political instability in Punjab, a ray of hope appears in the form of AAP; which thinks about the people of the state, about issues related to electricity, health and other issues,” he added. He also announced that on the demand of mediapersons, the AAP will set up press clubs for the welfare of journalists in all districts of the state.

Meanwhile, slamming the Congress over the recent happenings in the state, Arvind Kejriwal said, “Punjab had formed the Congress government with great hopes. But today, they’ve made a mockery of it. A dirty fight for power is going on. All their leaders want to become CM. There’s so much infighting that the government has disappeared. On the other hand, there is the AAP, which is planning for development and progress of Punjab.”

Responding to a query related to the funds for the free healthcare facilities in Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal gave an example of how the Delhi government saved money in the Wazirpur flyover which was estimated to be built at a cost of Rs 350 crore; but required Rs 150 crore only. “We turned a deficit budget into one of profit within four years in Delhi. Money is wasted when there is corruption and loot. All we did was wipe out corruption and everything else followed,” he said.

On the party’s CM face in Punjab, Kejriwal said he would declare the CM candidate in the due course. “The candidate will be a person all Punjab will be proud of,” he said. On the question of Navjot Sidhu joining the AAP, Arvind Kejriwal said, “It is a hypothetical question. Whenever anything like this happens, we will tell you first.”

On another question regarding newly appointed Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi pretending to be an ‘Aam Aadmi’, Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe stating, “It is easy to copy Kejriwal, but hard to implement. When our first government of 49 days was formed, I had sent 32 tainted officers to jail. Channi sahab should also get the courage and confidence and should send the tainted ministers in his cabinet and corrupt officers behind bars.”

On stubble burning issue, he said the AAP government in Delhi has made a bio-decomposer through which the stubble will be changed into fertilizer in 15 days. “The farmers in Punjab are forced to burn stubble because the state governments till date have not come up with any solutions to it. The Delhi government is getting the decomposer sprayed on farmers' stubble and the same will be done in Punjab,” he added.

AAP furious over Navjot Sidhu's resignation

- Said, necessary to overthrow Congress for glory of Punjab

Chandigarh, September 28

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab reacted sharply to the sudden resignation of Punjab Pradesh Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, stating that the Congress leaders were insulting Punjab and the people in their fight for the chair. In a statement issued from the party headquarters here on Tuesday, AAP Punjab president and Member of Parliament, Bhagwant Mann said the Congress had crossed all limits in the battle for chair and pride.

Bhagwant Mann said, “Punjab has never been so disgraced. Punjab and the people have been made miserable by injecting stigma every morning and evening. The appetite for their chair can embarrass anyone. I pray to God to rid Punjab and Punjabis of these chair-hungry Congressmen.”

He further said that today the restoration of Punjab's honor and dignity is in the hands of the people of Punjab. “Like the Badals, the Congress has no right to stay in power even for a minute. The time has come to uproot them. The only party left in Punjab politics today is the Aam Aadmi Party that the people can trust; as it has proved its credibility for the third time in a row in Delhi,” said Mann.

Bhagwant Mann said the Congress has no hope for the betterment of Punjab, because it has a Congress culture where the Congressmen fight not for the people but for their chair. “The ruling Congress in Punjab is the latest example,” he added. The AAP leader remarked that if even today the Congress gives a separate chair of 'Super CM' to Navjot Singh Sidhu, then Navjot Singh Sidhu will calm down immediately. He said if Sidhu had really been a Punjab benevolent, he would have resigned when the list of tainted ministers like Rana Gurjit Singh, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Gurkirat Singh Kotli and Raja Warring was being prepared for the new cabinet.

Chandigarh: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, however, said he will continue to serve the party.

Sidhu had taken over as the state party chief in July this year.

"The collapse of a man's character stems from the compromise corner, I can never compromise on Punjab's future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab," he wrote in the letter.

"Therefore, I hereby resign as the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Will continue to serve the Congress," he further wrote.

It is immediately not known what prompted Sidhu to leave the post of the Punjab Congress chief.

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