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...
Punjab govt trying to wriggle out of providing flood relief : Warring
Says, ‘token resolution’ in assembly won’t fill people’s stomachs
Chandigarh 30 September ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today said that the Aam Aadmi Party government was trying to pass on the entire responsibility for the flood relief and rehabilitation to the centre, in an attempt to wriggle out of the situation. Reacting to the conclusion of the special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly and the passage of a resolution, Warring noted that it was the primary responsibility of the state government to provide relief and rehabilitation to the flood-hit people of the state. “We all know that the BJP government at the centre is completely hostile towards Punjab and we don’t expect it to provide any substantial relief to us”, he observed, while asking, “what is the Punjab government doing on its own?” “Token resolution of seeking relief and criticizing the centre are not going to fill the empty stomachs of those who have been devastated by floods”, he said, while asking, what is the plan-B of the state government if centre refuses proper relief, which in all likelihood it will. The PCC president asked the state government if it can arrange thousands of crores of rupees through debt, for extravagantly splurging on advertisements, why can’t it arrange money for the flood hit people of Punjab. Warring said, Punjab has a long drawn battle to fight with the BJP government at the centre, but that does not mean people should be forced to wait and denied immediate relief and assistance, which they need urgently. The PCC president also took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party for organizing a “mock” assembly session outside the Vidhan Sabha. “Better spend this energy and time on reaching out to your government in Delhi and get some relief package for our flood hit people”, he told them.
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