Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced to transform the Sangrur as a ‘Model district’ of the state by bringing industries, smart educational institutes and hospitals with top-class facilities.
“Sangrur was dubbed to be a backward district but now it will be transformed as a model district of Punjab. We will develop smart schools, multi-specialist hospitals and boost industrialization to generate employment,” Mann said while addressing a gathering of traders and businessmen here.
Mann along with Sisodia and AAP workers held meeting with Sangrur, Barnala and Sunam segment here.
Mann said that the state government would launch ‘E-government’ a single-window portal to eliminate inordinate delays and corrupt practices in the process for getting approvals to set up a business. He said that this single window portal will hugely benefit the traders and businessmen to avail all government services including getting NOCs, approvals and paying taxes smoothly and transparently. Stating that 6,000 acres of panchayat land were freed from encroachment in three months, he said that a special crackdown against influential people will be launched soon to remove 60, 000 acres of encroachment from government lands across the state.
Lambasting opposition leaders for creating uproar over the alleged deterioration of the law and order situation, the CM said that Congress and SAD-BJP leaders are bewildered with the functioning of the AAP government and they are trying to malign the clean image of the party with their scurrilous remarks. He appealed to people to ensure the victory of AAP candidate Gurmail Singh in the bypolls.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia lauded the working style of Mann and said AAP eradicated corruption in Punjab within three months. He said that corruption has been eliminated from Punjab by AAP to facilitate people and businessmen within three months of governance. Attacking opposition parties of Punjab, Sisodia said that earlier, leaders were focused to fill their coffers and did scams in various schemes but the AAP government under the leadership of Mann is working painstakingly to bring back the lost glory of the state. He said that new schools, colleges and hospitals would be built across the state and unemployed youths will get jobs. The Mann government has already approved giving over 25, 000 jobs in the state.
“I asked Dhaliwal if he is scared for working squarely against mafia to get rid of the encroachment from government lands but Dhaliwal answered that he was made minister by people to clean the mess created by previous venal leaders,” this is the spirit of AAP leaders to make Punjab progressive again, Sisodia said while praising Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal.
SAD DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST DHALIWAL FOR SEEKING VOTES IN COLLEGE
The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday urged the Election Commission to take action against Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal for allegedly seeking votes for the June 23 Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls in a Dhuri college. In a representation to the Election Commission of India, SAD spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler said Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Dhaliwal violated the poll code by soliciting votes for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in classrooms of Desh Bhagat Government Aided College at Bardwal in Dhuri on Friday. Kler said the minister misused his position by seeking votes for AAP candidate Gurmail Singh in an academic institute. He said this was not only a clear violation of the model code but also a violation of the instructions issued by the poll panel. The SAD spokesman, while demanding action against the minister, also requested the poll panel to issue a directive to the state government in this regard so that such violations do not occur in the future.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira also sought action against the minister. ''I urge @ECISVEEP & @ceopb1 to take appropriate action against Kuldip Dhaliwal Panchayat Minister for canvassing in Desh Bhagat Govt aided college Bardwal (Dhuri) thereby blatantly violating code of conduct of ECI during Lok Sabha election of Sangrur,'' said Khaira in a tweet.
