VOICE OF EX-SERVICEMEN PUNJAB

Integrated complex for veterans comes up at Western Command

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 24

Lt Gen KJ Singh, GOC-in-Chief, Western Command, Chandimandir today dedicated the Integrated Veterans Complex to the ex-servicemen of triservices settled in the tricity.

The complex will provide a range of care and support services, as also a single point of contact for grievance redressal to veterans, widows and their wards.

Integrated Veterans Complex comprises of Army Placement Node, Directorate Regional Centre Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Veterans Sahayata Regional Centre, Directorate of Resettlement Western Zone, Station ECHS Cell, e-lobby and Canteen Stores Department, thereby bringing all essential services under one roof which otherwise were located at various places in Chandimandir.

On the occasion, Lt Gen KJ Singh stressed on the need to strengthen the institutional framework for veterans’ care and promised all support to them.

The inauguration of the complex was undertaken by a veteran, Naik Saroop Singh (retd), who is 105 years old and settled in Kalka. Hon Sub Maj TD Piplani, a nonagenarian, inaugurated a multi-banking complex.

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Posted On June - 24 - 2016

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ਪੰਜਾਬ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਕਾਂਗਰਸ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਕੈਪਟਨ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਦੋਸ਼ ਲਾਇਆ  ਹੈ ਕਿ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ 12000 ਕਰੋਡ਼ ਰੁਪਏ ਦੇ ਖਰੀਦ ਫੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੇਨਿਯਮੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਦਬਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਵਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਬਾਦਲ ਨੇ ਖਰੀਦ ਫੰਡਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਰਵਰਤੋਂ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ 1997 ਤੋਂ 2002 ਦੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਕਾਰਜਕਾਲ ਦੌਰਾਨ 4700 ਕਰੋਡ਼ ਰੁਪਏ ਦੇ ਫੰਡਾਂ ’ਚ ਬੇਨਿਯਮੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ। ਸਾਬਕਾ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨੇ ਖ਼ੁਲਾਸਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿ ਜਦੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ 2002 ’ਚ ਕਾਰਜਭਾਰ ਸੰਭਾਲਿਆ ਸੀ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਸੀ.ਸੀ.ਐਲ ’ਚ 4700 ਕਰੋਡ਼ ਰੁਪਏ ਦਾ ਘਾਟਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸੀ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਤਤਕਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਅਟਲ ਬਿਹਾਰੀ ਵਾਜਪਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਗਤ ਤੌਰ ’ਤੇ ਗਰੰਟੀ ਦੇਣੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਸੀ.ਸੀ.ਐਲ ਦੇ ਰਿਲੀਜ਼ ਹੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇਸ ਘਾਟੇ ਨੂੰ ਕਲੀਅਰ ਕਰ ਦੇਣਗੇ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ 2007 ’ਚ ਕਾਰਜਕਾਲ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਘਾਟਾ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ ਪਰ ਨਵੀਂ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਫਿਰ ਤੋਂ 12000 ਕਰੋਡ਼ ਰੁਪਏ ਦਾ ਘਾਟਾ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ’ਚ ਮਿਲੇਗਾ।
ਕੈਪਟਨ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ‘ਆਪ’ ਆਗੂਆਂ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਮਾਨ ਤੇ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਘੁੱਗੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਪਮਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੰਗ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਆਗੂ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਆਫੀ ਮੰਗਣ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਵਿੰਦ ਕੇਜਰੀਵਾਲ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ  ਮੁੱਦੇ ’ਤੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ ਕਰਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਆਗੂਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਪਮਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਦੋਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੈਰ-ਜ਼ਿੰਮੇਵਾਰਾਨਾ ਵਤੀਰੇ ਨੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਰ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਆਗੂ ਬਣਨ ਦੇ ਲਾਇਕ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ।

CM trying to hush up foodgrain scam: Capt

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 24

Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was trying to hush up the matter of “misappropriation” of Rs 12,000 crore meant for foodgrain procurement.

In a statement issued here today, Amarinder alleged that during his (Badal’s) previous tenure between 1997 and 2002, he had a misappropriated Rs 4,700 crore in a similar manner.

The former CM said when he took over in 2002, his government inherited a CCL deficit of Rs 4,700 crore from the Akali government.

He said he had to give personal guarantee to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he would ensure that the deficit was cleared before further CCL was released. “And when we demitted the office in 2007, there was no deficit,” he claimed.

Amarinder also said Badal had no moral authority to blame the Congress for the SYL row as it was he (Badal) who had accepted Rs 2 crore from his Haryana counterpart Devi Lal in 1978 for the construction of the canal by giving precedence to personal relations over Punjab’s interests.

LLEGAL OCCUPATION OF LAND

NRI couple blames policeman for supporting accused

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 23

An NRI couple from the United Kingdom today accused the Shankar police post in-charge of supporting persons who allegedly wanted to occupy their farming land at Dhariwal village.

Addressing mediapersons here today, Surjit Singh (60), who is physically challenged, and his wife Manjit Kaur (62) said they bought 17 kanals and 18 marlas at Dhariwal.

Talwinder Singh and Manjinder Singh want to illegally occupy their land, the couple alleged.

Complaints were sent to the NRI police station, SSP, DIG and other officials from England via e-mail, but to no avail, the couple added.

“Under political pressure, the police have failed to take any action against the accused. Instead, a false case has been registered against me,” alleged Surjit Singh. The couple said they managed to get a stay from a civil court at Nakodar on June 21 when they were stopped from irrigating their land by Talwinder Singh and Manjinder Singh.

Surjit Singh, who has already suffered three heart attacks, said the police had been threatening them of registering a false case against their relative, who had been helping the couple.

“The police are pressurising us to reach a compromise with the other party. False FIR was registered against me on June 15 when I was still in England,” he alleged. When contacted, Shankar police post in-charge Loveleen Singh denied all the allegations.

He said the NRI couple bought the land from another NRI and got possession of 2 kanals more than what they bought. The seller, meanwhile, has given the power of attorney to Talwinder Singh, who wants the 2 kanals, which is the root cause of the dispute, he added. He said the case that was registered against Surjit Singh was not false.

Captain to hear grievances in Khamano today

Our Correspondent

Khamano, June 24

Captain Amarinder Singh, the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, will address residents of Khamano at Maya Palace near Khamano under ‘Halke vich Captain’ campaign at 3 pm tomorrow.

Senior Congress leaders Harnek Singh Diwana and Harbans Singh Pandher said there was great enthusiasm among party workers, who would gather at the venue to hear the Captain and other party leaders.

Meanwhile, a number of area residents today received messages of Captain Amarinder Singh about his visit in which he appealed to the people to reach in large numbers for the welfare of the state.

Diwana and Pandher said before coming to Khamano, Captain Amarinder would address a gathering at Bassi Pathana at 11 am.

CM pats his own back for holding sangat darshans THE CM SAYS STATE

GOVT HAS STARTED A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SCHEME TO PROVIDE INTEREST-FREE CROP LOANS WORTH `50,000 TO THE FARMERS

NAKODAR: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Friday, made a veiled attack on a late Congress chief minister, who represented Nakodar constituency, saying he never visited any village whereas he visits every village to redress grievances of people even during scorching heat after becoming chief minister for the fifth time. He claimed that this is because he was fully committed to the welfare of the people of the state.

Presiding over a sangat darshan at Kang Sahibu village, Badal said, he has met people of nearly 157 villages of the Nakodar constituency during his four-day sangat darshan. He claimed that people are happy with his government as benefits of social security schemes and other welfare schemes have reached them.

He said that under various pro-poor and pro-people social security schemes, the alliance government has decided to double the pension given to people.Badal said that the state government has started a firstof-its-kind scheme to provide interest-free crop loans worth `50,000 to the farmers.

The CM said that it has been decided that all the farmers would be provided a health insurance cover of `50,000 and an insurance of `5 lakh in case of accidental death or incapacitation of head of family.

He claimed that Punjab has become the only power-surplus state in the country.

The chief minister said that the drainage of dirty water in villages across the state is a big problem as our own people are encroaching upon village ponds.

Badal announced up gradation of Government High School (girls) to the senior secondary level at Boparai Kalan village.

The chief minister held sangat darshans in Kang Sahibu, Boparai Kalan, Bath Kalan and Kot Badal Khan villages. He inaugurated a 66 KV grid substation at Shamsha Bad village at a cost of ` 4 crore.