SAD-BJP would score one sided victory in elections-CM Badal

2016-08-17 17:56 GMT+05:30

Chief Minister holds Sangat Darshan in Khanna constituency

Congress had backstabbed Sant Longowal 

People would teach beffitting lesson to "Anti-Punjab" Congress and "AAP

Harion (Ludhiana): 17 August 2016:

While claiming one sided victory for Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party coalition in the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that people would teach befitting lesson to both Congress and Aam Aadmi Party. He said that the people have already seen the anti-Punjab approach of the Congress party and now the Aam Aadmi Party's stand against Punjab over the river waters issue has unmasked their real face.

While speaking to media persons on the second day of his Sangat Darshan programme in Khanna constituency, the Chief Minister, while replying to a question as to which political party would pose real threat to the SAD-BJP in the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, said that their coalition would have a one sided clean sweep as people have already seen the Anti-Punjab face of both Congress and Aam Aadmi Party and that is why people have rejected them completely.

On a question related to distribution of tickets to youth for upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal said that their party has promoted many youngsters and the candidates would be chosen amongst those who could score a victory.

While replying to another question related to the Congress party claim that they would waive off debt of farmers after coming to power, Mr Badal said that the Congress party did not do anything for the welfare of farmers during their more than 50 years of rule and so the Congress leaders should not make such false claims. While terming the Congress claims as pure lies, Mr Badal said that Capt Amarinder had stopped free electricity to farmers that was given at the time of SAD-BJP government, immediately after coming back to power. While taking of steps taken by the state government for the benefit of farmers, Mr Parkash Singh Badal said that the government is currently giving a subsidy worth Rs 5000 crore for tube wells of farmers. He said that now the government is providing interest free loan up to Rs 50,000, besides free health treatment of up to Rs 50,000 to farmers. He said that there is also a provision of an insurance of Rs 5 lakh in case the head of family dies in an accident or incapacitation.

While addressing the people of different villages, Mr Parkash Singh Badal appealed them to take any political decision carefully. He appealed that they should choose only those parties which have stood by them during their testing times as one wrong decision can prove fatal for them as well as for the state.

The Chief Minister said that the Congress party has damaged the state politically, religiously as well as economically. He said that first the party ordered army attack on Shri Harimandir Sahib, which directly hit the Sikhs and later, ordered killing of innocent Sikhs in Delhi. He said that Congress even backstabbed our great leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal. He said that it was the Congress which made the Rajiv-Longowal pact, and later, did not stand by it. He said that the Congress is still dilly-dallying the decision of transferring Chandigarh as well as Punjabi speaking areas to Punjab.

In his attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, Mr Parkash Singh Badal said that they are constantly trying to divide the society, but people would not fall prey to the evil motives. He said that the Sangat Darshan programmes are organised so that we can save both time and energy and increase people participation in development works. He said that Punjab is the only state in the country where Sangat Darshan Programmes are organised and they are organised only when people choose him to serve the state. He said that the Sangat Darshan programmes are organised so that people's grievances are redressed on the spot and the accountability of officers can be fixed.

The Chief Minister's Sangat Darshan programmes were today organised in villages Alipur, Gohn, Harion Kalan, Khatra and Majri, where he listened to grievances of more than two dozen panchayats and distributed cheques for various development works. Prominent among those present on the occasion included Chief Minister's Special Principle Secretary Dr S Karuna Raju, senior Akali leader of the area Mr Ranjit Singh Talwandi, DIG Mr S K Kalia, Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana Mr Ravi Bhagat, SSP Khanna Mr Satinder Singh, Senior Akali leader Mr Iqbal Singh Channi, Mr Inderpal Singh, besides several others.

Congress and AAP two sides of same coin- C M Badal

Date: 2016-08-15 16:51 GMT+05:30

Don't justify anti-Punjab and  anti Sikh stance by supporting them

CM pays floral tribute to Karnail Singh Issru

Issru (Ludhiana), August 15, 2016: (Punjab Screen Bureau):

Slamming the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for their anti-Punjab stance, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the people of state not to blindly justify the sinister moves of these parties as both these parties were inimical to interests of state and were constantly working against interests of its people.

Addressing an impressive gathering during the state level function to mark the observance of martyrdom day of great revolutionary Shaheed Karnail Singh Issru, who laid down his life during the liberation of Goa from Portuguese regime here today at his native village, the Chief Minister said that Congress and AAP were two sides of a coin that were suffering from same anti-Punjab syndrome. He said that Punjabis must remain vigilant of the nefarious designs of both these parties to ruin the state. Mr. Badal said that both these parties have proven track record of anti-Punjab and anti-Sikhism. 

Taking the Congress party to cudgels, the Chief Minister said that Congress has irrelevantly meddled in the social, political, economic and even religious affairs of the state. He further bemoaned that the Congress governments at the centre had deliberately denied the state of Punjabi speaking areas, its capital Chandigarh and even its legitimate share in river waters. “How can any true Punjabi forget and forgive Operation Blue Star and the killing of innocents in 1984 anti-Sikh carnage” questioned Mr. Badal.

The Chief Minister said that Congress party was the perpetrator of a deep rooted conspiracy to deprive the state of its waters by constructing the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. He said that Congress government had planned SYL to rob the waters of state, Congress Prime Minister had performed its ground breaking ceremony and the then state Congress government had approved it but on the contrary Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had opposed it tooth and nail. “Congress leaders are now ‘shedding crocodile tears on issue while forgetting that incumbent state Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh had welcomed Indira Gandhi to lay foundation of this canal in 1980s”, added Mr. Badal.

Making a scathing attack on AAP, the Chief Minister said that in the garb of Aam Aadmi this party was infact a band of fugitives and opportunists who were vying to attain political power at every cost. He said that this new party which was now ‘mushrooming up’ in the state has no sympathy with people of state. Citing an example, Mr. Badal said that the AAP government in Delhi has taken stand contrary to the interests of Punjab on the issue of SYL in Apex court.   

The Chief Minister said that only Shiromani Akali Dal was the true custodian of the interests of Punjab and its people. He said that the last around ten years of rule of SAD-BJP alliance was testimony to the fact that the state government has delivered every promise made to people. “The alliance delivers whereas the other political parties just mislead the people by unleashing malicious propaganda”, added Mr. Badal.

 The Chief Minister called upon the people to hand over the control of their destiny in right hands by forming SAD-BJP alliance government for third consecutive term. He said that every vote for alliance in coming poll would be a vote for stability, development, peace and right governance in the state. “Secure the future of your younger generations by supporting alliance government in coming polls so that further fillip can be given to ongoing development of state”, added Mr. Badal.

Listing the major initiatives taken by the state government, the Chief Minister said that the alliance government has supplied free power to the farmers of the state at a cost of Rs 50000 crore in last ten years to bail them out from agrarian crisis. He further said that under various pro-poor and pro-people social security schemes the alliance government has decided to double the pensions given to people. Mr. Badal said that the state government has started first of its kind scheme to provide interest free crop loans worth Rs 50000 to the farmers. He further said that in another historic decision it has been decided that all the farmers would be provided a health insurance cover of Rs.50,000 and an insurance of Rs.5 lac in case of accidental death or incapacitation of head of family.

The Chief Minister also expressed satisfaction over the overwhelming success of Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra scheme. He said that people were availing benefits of this first of its kind scheme in the country enthusiastically and with full religious fervor. Mr. Badal said that under this scheme free pilgrimage was being provided to devotees to sacred cities of Sri Nanded Sahib, Varanasi, Katra (Mata Vaishno Devi), Ajmer Sharif and other holy places. He said that state government was organizing free trains/ bus service to these cities for the pilgrims along with other logistic facilities.

Earlier, the Chief Minister paid floral tributes to Shaheed Karnail Singh Issru in the village. 

The Chief Minister was accompanied by former MLAs Mr Ranjit Singh Talwandi and Mr Jagjiwan Singh Khirnia, Chairman Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board Jathedar Santa Singh Umedpuri, SGPC Members Jathedar Jagjit Singh Talwandi and Bhai Gurcharan Singh Grewal, his Special Principal Secretary Dr S Karunaraju, Inspector General of Police Mr Lok Nath Aangra, Deputy Commissioner Mr Ravi Bhagat and Senior Superintendent of Police Mr Satinder Singh.

Skill Development meeting

25-August-2015 15:27 IST
CM Badal Charing the meeting

New Delhi: 25 August 2015: (PIB)
Final meeting of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development held on 25th August, 2015 at NITI Aayog 

The final meeting of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development was held at NITI Aayog in New Delhi today. The meeting was presided by the Convenor of the Subgroup and the Chief Minister of Punjab, Shri Parkash Singh Badal. The Chief Ministers of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya Tripura and Goa attended the meeting. The Minister for Employment, Technical Education & Training from Odisha was also present at the meeting. The rest of the member States namely Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry were represented by their senior officer. Member of NITI Aayog Dr.V.K.Saraswat and other senior officials were also present at the meeting. The CEO of NITI AAYOG Smt. Sindhushree Khullar, presented the recommendations of the Draft Report before the Members for their views. 

The deliberations focused on empowering and strengthening the State Skill Development Missions to address the challenge of skill development at the State level in a decentralized manner so as to improve the outreach of skill development. The emphasis was also laid on increasing participation by women and other socio economic groups. It was suggested that appropriate credit and market linkages be provided for entrepreneurial development which can act as force multiplier for employment generation. The Sub-Group focused on need for overcoming the shortage of trainers by involving the industry and national level institutions such as IIT, IIM and universities. It was decided that after incorporating the additional views shared by the member States today the final Report would be submitted to the PM within a fortnight. 

The NITI Aayog Sub-Group on Skill Development was constituted as per the decision taken in the first meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog chaired by the Prime Minister on 8th February, 2015. The Sub-Group consists of Chief Ministers of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. (PIB)
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CM dedicates Maharaja Dalip Singh Memorial to Nation

Announced skill development training centre at Bassian

Bassian (Ludhiana): May 24, 2015: (PRD//Punjab Screen Bureau):

Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today said that a skill development training centre would be developed on land located adjoining the Maharaja Dalip Singh Memorial at village Bassian so that the youth of area could be trained and made self dependent. The Chief Minister said this after inaugurating the memorial constructed in the memory of last Sikh Emperor, Maharaja Dalip Singh, at Bassian Kothi near Raikot, here today.

While addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said that making today’s youth self employed is need of the hour and setting up of skill development training centres in different parts of the state is the first step into this direction. Mr Badal said that the setting up of Skill Development Training Centre at Bassian village would help the youth of Raikot and its adjoining areas. The Chief Minister said that he has also asked the representatives of Maharaja Dalip Singh Trust to give their suggestions also so that this project could be conceptualised at the earliest.

While speaking about the historical significance of Bassian Kothi, Chief Minister said that it was here that the last Sikh ruler, Maharaja Dalip Singh, son of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, spent his last night (on December 31, 1849) as a sovereign king in Punjab, the state ruled by him. At that time Maharaja Dalip Singh (6 September 1838 – 22 October 1893), was less than 12 years in age. He said that Bassian Kothi was basically an advance supply depot of the British military division based at Ferozepur.

While recalling his first visit at Bassian Kothi on April 20, 2011, the Chief Minister said that when he first visited the place, Bassian Kothi was literally in shambles. On that day, he was holding Sangat Darshan programme at a marriage palace in village Bassian (near Raikot, Ludhiana).

The Chief Minister said that due to the rich historical significance of this place, the state government decided to construct a memorial here and an amount of Rs 5.29 crore was sanctioned for this purpose. He said that Delhi-based Indian National Trust and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) was roped in for this purpose.

Mr Parkash Singh Badal said that the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was based on secularism and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party alliance government was following his footsteps to propagate the rich legacy of Maharaja’s golden era of rule with service. The Chief Minister said that for preserving our rich history, the SAD-BJP has been constructing several memorials in different parts of the state. He said that the memorials are constructed to perpetuate the glorious legacy of the state for our coming generations. The Punjab government has constructed Virasat-e-Khalsa at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Wadda Ghallughara, Chhotan Ghallughara, besides several other such monuments. Another Jang-e-Azadi Memorial is also under construction at Kartarpur (district Jalandhar). The CM said that the Namdhari sect also has a deep connection with Bassian Kothi.

Retired Justice Mr Avtar Singh Gill was also honoured by the Chief Minister for writing four books on Maharaja Dalip Singh.

Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Dr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Tourism Minister Mr Sohan Singh Thandal, , former MLA Mr Ranjit Singh Talwandi, Akali leader Mr Bikramjit Singh Khalsa and Maharaja Dalip Singh Trust chairman Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill also addressed the gathering.

Prominent among those who were present on the occasion included Irrigation Minister Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sant Balbir Singh Ghunas, MLA’s Mr Manpreet Singh Ayali and Mr SR Kler, Advisor to CM Mr Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Mayor Mr Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria, Punjab S S Board chairman Jathedar Santa Singh Umedpuri, Verka Milk Plant chairman Mr Ajmer Singh Bhagpur, Principal Secretary Cultural Affairs Mrs Anjali Bhawra, Special Principal Secretary to CM Mr KJS Cheema and Dr S K Raju, SGPC member Mr Jagjit Singh Talwandi, Deputy Commissioner Mr Rajat Agarwal, Mr Amandeep Singh Gill, Mr Parminder Singh Jatpuri, besides several others.

Sins of Congress Govt. at center could not be washed overnight-CM

Sun, May 17, 2015 at 3:12 PM

Lauds NDA Govt for exemplary work in short span of one year

Hails Modi for Launching pro-poor schemes 

Punjab immensely benefited from NDA rule

Ludhiana, May 17 2015- (PRD//Punjab Screen Bureau)

Terming that the ‘sins’ of successive Congress governments at center in more than six decades could not be washed overnight, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that despite of all odds the NDA government has done exemplary work in its short span of one year for ensuring the progress of country and prosperity of its people.

Interacting with the media persons after laying the foundation stone of several development projects here today, the Chief Minister, while congratulating the Prime Minister for successful completion of one year in office, lauded him for launching several pro-poor schemes within a short span of about one year.  He said that under Mr. Modi’s dynamic and visionary leadership the NDA government has launched major pro-poor schemes like Jan Dhan Yojna, Swachh Bharat, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, Prime Minister’s Bima Suraksha, Atal Pension and Pradhan Mantri Jeewan Jyoti Bima Yojna, which were aimed at ensuring the welfare of common man. He said that none of other government at the centre has ever initiated such pro-people schemes in a short span of one year.

The Chief Minister further said that in a short span of NDA’s rule, Punjab has been immensely benefitted from it. He said that the Union government has given several key projects to the state, which would be instrumental in putting the state further on high growth trajectory. He hailed the NDA government for allocating prestigious projects like All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Post Graduate Horticulture Research and Educational Institute.

Replying to another query, the Chief Minister reiterated the firm commitment of the state government to maintain law and order in the state at every cost. He said that sporadic incidents of law and order problem were persistent in every state and even the advanced countries like USA were also not aloof from it. However, Mr. Badal said that the state government was making every effort to ensure that law and order was not disturbed in the state.

The Chief Minister further said that the state government was committed for ensuring speedy payments of the VAT refund to the traders and industrialists. He said that the matter was under due consideration of the state government and the payments of the traders/ entrepreneurs would be made very soon.

On another query, the Chief Minister said that farmers of the state had been immensely benefitted from NDA government as accepting the demand of the state government the Government of India (GoI) has now revised the relief norms to the distressed farmers for the crop damage due to natural calamities across the country adding that now the farmers would be eligible for input subsidy if 33% of their crop has been damaged instead of earlier norms of 50% or more. Likewise, he said that in a big relief to the farmers affected by the unseasonal rains and hailstorm in the region the NDA government has decided to bear the value cut on their harvest. However, Mr. Badal said that it was not enough as the compensation of the crop loss must be rationalized and brought at par with the amount of loss. “Above all introduction of crop insurance scheme is the need of the hour to save farmers from the current agrarian crisis” he added.

Earlier addressing a massive gathering here at a public rally, the Chief Minister termed the SAD-BJP alliance government as the most secular government in the country. He said that the state government has taken path breaking initiatives for the welfare of each and every strata of society adding that it was a fact that the SAD-BJP alliance government was following the footsteps of the great Sikh Gurus who have taught them the message of communal harmony, love, brotherhood, peace and above all of egalitarian society with pure secular character. Mr. Badal said that was why that the state government have always taken adequate steps to ensure the all-round development of every section of the society.

The Chief Minister further said that strenuous efforts have been made by the state government to preserve the rich cultural legacy of the state by building world class monuments at a cost of nearly Rs 1000 crore to immortalize the memory of the great and unparalleled role played by our great heroes and martyrs in shaping the course of human history. He said these include the state-of-the-art Virasat-e-Khalsa memorial at Sri Anandpur Sahib, memorials of Vadda and Chhota Ghallughara , Baba Banda Singh Bahadur War memorial at Chappar Chiri, Bhagwan Valmiki ( Bhagwan Valmik Tirath Sthal Amritsar ) and  Guru Ravidass (at Khuralgarh in Hoshiarpur). Mr. Badal said that apart from these, memorials of Swami Vivekananda at Kapurthala, Baba Jiwan Singh (Bhai Jaita Ji) at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Baba Moti Ram Mehra at Fatehgarh Sahib and Bhai Mati Dass, Bhai Sati Dass and Bhai Dayala Ji at Sri Anandpur Sahib were also at various stages of planning and execution.

The Chief Minister further said that in a major step aimed at providing world class civic amenities to residents of the cities across the state, the Punjab government has embarked a major scheme providing the facility of water supply, sewerage, Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs), Streetlights, Roads and parks in all the  towns of the state. He said that the focus of the state government was to refurbish the cities with the state-of-the art facilities so that the residents could be benefitted from it on one hand and giving impetus to the overall development of the state on the other.

The Chief Minister was accompanied by Cabinet Minister Mr. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, his Advisor Mr. Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Nand Lal Gujjar, MLAs Mr. Ranjit Singh Dhillon and Mr. Manpreet Singh Aiyali, former Minister Jathedar Hira Singh Gabria, Chairman Punjab State Subordinate Services Selection Board Jathedar Santa Singh Umedpuri, District BJP President Mr. Praveen Bansal, his Special Principal Secretary Dr. S Karunaraju and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Rajat Aggarwal.

PHD Chamber- PITEX- Punjab-

Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 10:58 PM
International Trade- Expo- Amritsar- Valedictory
CM For Further Broadening The Reach To World Level

Amritsar: 8 December 2013:(Gajinder Singh King//Punjab Screen):

Calling upon PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry for further broadening of PHD- Punjab International Trade Expo from regional level to international level, Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab said, “I have myself seen PITEX grow in size and exposure than each previous year. I wish that PITEX is organized at the world level.”
Chief Minister was addressing the visitors during the ValedictoryCeremony of PHD-Punjab International Trade Expo, 2013, PITEX, 2013. He graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
Praising PHD Chamber’s efforts, Chief Minister said that PHD Chamber has been playing a great role to align the state and central government policies regarding trade and investment. Further he appreciated the dedicated endeavors of the Chamber to normalize trade and peace between India and Pakistan.
Badal said that PITEX has become phenomenal and both traders and visitors look forward to this expo each year.
Rajiv Bali, Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber said PHD Chamber’s focus is on socio-economic development of all the states with the main focus being on education, health, housing and infrastructure. PITEX, he said, is the annual flagship event which aims at making Amritsar a hub of international economic activity.  
Dalip Sharma, Regional Director, PHD Chamber said that during the five day mega event, industry associations from Punjab had one to one B2B meetings with the representatives of visiting 7 Chambers of Commerce and Industry from Pakistan. Business communities on both the sides showed keen interest in business opportunities available in respective countries. Trade Counselors from Poland, British Columbia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, and American Business Center, America participated.
Awards were also distributed by the Chief Minister during the valedictory ceremony of PHD-PITEX, 2013. The award for Highest Footfall category went to Chevrolet and International Tractors Ltd. While the award for Best Display went to Kajaria Ceramics, and Interwoods Mobel Pvt. Ltd., Master Group of Industries, Pakistan and Kamal Fabrics was given the award for Best International exhibitor.

Anil Joshi, Industry Minister, Punjab, S K Sandhu, IAS, Principal Secretary, Industry, Ravi Bhagat, IAS Deputy Commissioner,  Ishwar Chander, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Er. D P S Kharbanda, IAS Municipal Commissioner and R S Sachdeva, Co-Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber among others were also present on the occasion.

PHD Chamber- PITEX- Punjab-International Trade-Expo