He should go to a gurdwara and do service”, he quipped. ‘’It is time Mr Parkash Singh Badal retires from politics. Only cry for a repoll and level allegations. As the Akalis had been defeated, including on their home turf, Lambi, Malout, etc, they could He rejected the Akali allegation of foul play during the elections. The Congress won 79 per cent of the zila parishad posts and 64 per cent of the samiti posts. In his presentation, the Chief Minister had impressed upon the commission that the much-hyped ‘’food surplus’’ was only ‘’illusory’’ because while on the one hand, millions were living below the poverty line, who must be provided with food as per their requirements, on the other hand, much of the stocks lying in the available storage might, in fact, turn out to be ‘’unfit’’ for human consumption.Ĭapt Amarinder Singh, who was flanked by Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, thanked the people for endorsing the Congress policies pursued in the past 100 days, by overwhelmingly voting in favour of the party in the panchayat samiti and zila parishad elections. ‘’As money becomes available, I would certainly like to improve the housing facility of the police and the paramilitary forces all over the state’’, he remarked.Ĭapt Amarinder Singh, who returned from New Delhi after a meeting with the Planning Commission, disclosed that he had been assured by the Member, Agriculture, Mr Som Pal, that there would be neither decentralisation of the procurement of foodgrains nor dismantling of the minimum support price system. He personally took mediapersons to the place to show the stinking toilets and what renovation was under way. Giving an example of the living quarters of his own securitymen, he said he was appalled to see that they were virtually living in a slum. Already a litigation cell, headed by an Inspector-General of Police, was functioning.Īddressing a news conference at his residence, Capt Amarinder Singh expressed his concern at the ‘’inhuman’’ living conditions of security personnel, who had long duty hours and yet did not have even basic facilities like proper kitchens, cooking gas (firewood was used), water coolers, toilets and barracks. All monetary and legal assistance would be provided to the policemen and regretted that just because some of them could not afford litigation, they were in prison at present. The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said that the government would do everything possible to ‘’defend’’ policemen, who had done a commendable job in fighting terrorism. Punjab to defend cops who fought terrorism
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