Congress election panel takes along all
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 4
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today approved a 34-member Punjab Election Committee (PEC) to look at candidatures for 117 segments for 2017 state elections and forward panels to the state election screening committee announced a few days ago.
Akali leader rejoins Cong
Chandigarh: Ranjit Singh Rana, an Akali leader from Kapurthala, on Friday rejoined the Congress. Rana, who had joined the SAD in 2004, quit the party after being "completely disillusioned with its brand of criminal politics". A press statement issued by the PPCC said Rana, senior vice-president and press secretary of the Punjab Truck Operators' Union, felt the Congress was "the only viable alternative to the ruling party." — TNSBhattal heads manifesto committee
- Former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal will head the Punjab Congress manifesto committee which party president Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi approved on Friday. The committee will be co-chaired by former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal and will have OP Soni, Amar Singh, Rana Kanwar Pal Singh, Sunder Sham Arora, Sangat Singh Gilzian,
- Dilbar Khan, Rajnish Sahota, Malkiat Singh Dhaka, Mohinder Rinwa, Arun Wadhawan, Ashok Gupta, Emanual Nahar, Bishop Karamchand, Gurjit Singh Jawanda and Gurpartap Mann as members.
Manpreet is drafting panel chief
- Former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal will head the Punjab Congress manifesto drafting committee, which will also consist of Amar Singh, Ashok Gupta and Dilbar Khan as members.
Congress, BJP in war of words over fund ‘embezzlement’
College under lens for alleged bungling of scholarship fund for SC students
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service
Batala, November 4
Even as the Punjab Vigilance Bureau has begun a probe against the local VMS College for alleged misappropriation of post-matric scholarship funds meant for Scheduled Caste (SC) students, institute owner Ashwani Sekhri, who is the Congress MLA from Batala, has claimed that that his political opponents are raking up a controversy where none exists.Refund fee collected for police job: Cong
Chandigarh: The youth wing of the state Congress on Friday announced to launch a major offensive against the state government, especially Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, to force them to refund Rs 25 crore collected as application money from 6.5 lakh job seekers during the recruitment drive in the police department. Punjab Congress chief spokesman Sunil Jakhar termed the police recruitment as a “sham”, alleging that many eligible and genuine candidates had been left out. He said the party would run a helpline number on which the affected youths would be asked to make a missed call and the complaint and details of the caller would be registered. TNS
Atta-Dal Scheme: Villagers complain of rotten wheat supply
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, November 3
Congress protests against Rahul’s arrest
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, November 3
Cong leaders protest against Rahul Gandhi’s detention
Nikhila Pant Dhawan
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, November 4
GMADA floats scheme sans forms!
27 days on, applicants a harassed lot
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service
Mohali, November 4
Twenty-seven days have passed since GMADA floated an affordable housing scheme for Punjab Government employees, but not a single person has applied for the flats so far!Officialspeak
- Some amendments are being made to the policy in the larger interests of employees. The brochures/application forms will be released soon. In all probability, the scheme will be extended.— Sukhjit Pal Singh, GMADA additional chief administrator
Age ceiling: Ministers Chunni Lal, Mittal set to pass baton to sons
CHANDIGARH: Two ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state cabinet–Bhagat Chunni Lal (83) and Madan Mohan Mittal (77)— will not contest the forthcoming assembly polls due in February next year, it is learnt.
Sources said both the leaders were projecting their sons as the party had set 75 years as the maximum age for fighting elections. Industries minister Mittal comparatively is still agile, but Bhagat, who holds forests and wildlife portfolio, appears physically weak and his mental faculties have also slowed down. Though he remained BJP’s legislature party leader, but he played a negligible role.
“This principle laid down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is for every state. I am sure all will abide by it,” said state BJP president Vijay Sampla.
“I am ready to move on,” said Mittal, a MLA from Anandpur Sahib, who has decided to hand over the baton to his elder son Arvind Mittal (48), a lawyer. “My son has risen through the ranks in the party, he has worked in the party’s student wing and had also attended shakhas of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for many years. My party has also made him in-charge of Anandpur Sahib halqa,” the minister said.These days, Mittal is camping in Nangal, garnering support for his son and Arvind has opened an office in Anandpur Sahib.
Jalandhar-west MLA Bhagat Chunni Lal’s son Mahinder Bhagat (59), who has been functioning as the de facto minister for five years, is active in the constituency. “I am working hard in the constituency by meeting people door to door and am pollready,” Mahinder said.
However, the decision on their political aspirations will be decided by the party high command.
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