Mann government embroiled in Mid-Day Meal and panjiri scam: Tina Chaudhary Playing with the health of children and pregnant women by awarding contracts to private companies: Tina Chaudhary Demand for a high-level probe and strict action against the guilty Chandigarh 5 May ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress spokesperson Tina Chaudhary today levelled serious allegations against the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during a press conference. She said that despite the Chief Minister holding charge of Markfed, the government deliberately awarded contracts for the Mid-Day Meal, panjiri, and other food supplies to private companies. Tina Chaudhary alleged that these private companies supplied substandard food, directly endangering the health of poor children and pregnant women. She said that low-quality food items were procured at inflated prices, causing a loss to the state exchequer. She further stated that the companies awarded the tenders had identical addre...
AAP Government’s ‘Sikhya Model’ Has Collapsed the Education System in Punjab : Balbir Singh Sidhu
Chandigarh 29 May ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Senior Congress leader and former Health Minister of Punjab, Balbir Singh Sidhu, launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, accusing it of “hollow governance and failed promises in the education sector.” Sidhu said the much-hyped Sikhya model promoted by the AAP government is far removed from the ground reality. “The AAP government is functioning only through advertisements and posters. The truth is that the education sector in Punjab is stagnating,” he said. Citing an example from his tenure, Sidhu highlighted that during his government, just one government high school in Launders (Mohali constituency) was transformed with an allocation of ₹35 lakh. “We constructed six new state-of-the-art classrooms and purchased furniture worth ₹1 lakh. Similar upgrades were carried out in multiple schools across the constituency,” he stated. “Compare that to today, where the AAP government is inaugurating toilet repairs and calling it an education revolution,” he added mockingly. Sidhu further pointed out that his government had opened six government schools in the constituency and issued official notifications for upgrading them. The schools in Launderon, Mauli Baidwan, and Saneta were notified for upgradation to higher secondary; Nagari to middle school; and Siyao and Ballomajra to matriculation level. “Despite tall claims, the AAP government has failed to operationalize these upgrades. The buildings stand ready, but no classes have been started,” he remarked. “Teacher shortages and lack of proper infrastructure still persist. Whatever improvements are visible today are the result of the work done by previous governments—not AAP,” Sidhu asserted. He demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the AAP leadership move beyond “publicity stunts” and “meaningless slogans” and immediately focus on completing long-pending educational projects in the Mohali region. “The people of Punjab deserve substance over show. The time has come to shift from posters to actual work,” he concluded
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