All conspiracies to weaken Congress will be defeated : Warring Reaffirms, party united; only alternative to incompetent AAP Says, AAP using people to divert attention from brutal abuse of power Chandigarh 9 December ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today asserted that all conspiracies aimed at weakening the Congress in Punjab will be defeated. “Current controversy has been created to divert the public attention and shift the discourse from the AAP’s brutal abuse of police force in the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections”, he noted while pointing out, the AAP was on defensive and such sensational but baseless claims may provide them a breather from public scrutiny. “When everyone was talking about the abuse of police force and the AAP was not having any answers, the attention was instantly diverted with sensational claims which have no base or truth in them”, he noted, while adding, “both the BJP and the AAP are masters ...
Rajinder Gupta, Member of Parliament, Raises Urgent Demand for Operationalisation of Ludhiana Airport During Zero Hour
Rajinder Gupta, Member of Parliament, Raises Urgent Demand for Operationalisation of Ludhiana Airport During Zero Hour
Chandigarh 1 December ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Rajinder Gupta, Member of Parliament from Punjab, today raised a significant matter of public importance in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, drawing national attention to the long-pending operationalisation of the Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha Airport at Halwara, Ludhiana. Speaking on the matter, he highlighted the airport’s critical role in unlocking economic growth for Punjab’s industrial heartland and the broader Malwa region. Highlighting Ludhiana’s economic stature, he noted that the city contributes over ₹72,000 crore to India’s industrial output and houses more than 1.5 lakh MSMEs - one of the highest concentrations in the country. Despite this enormous economic footprint, the region continues to remain without a functional commercial airport, placing it at a competitive disadvantage compared with rapidly growing hubs such as Jaipur, Indore, Surat, Rajkot, and Coimbatore. The MP emphasised that Punjab, home to nearly 22-25 lakh NRIs, faces an urgent need for improved air connectivity for families, students, business travellers, and medical emergencies. He stated that the new airport has the capacity to handle more than 2,500 passengers per day and operate 10-12 flights daily from the very first day, connecting Ludhiana directly to major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Gupta stressed that operationalising the Halwara airport would significantly reduce travel time and costs for MSME owners, decongest Delhi and Chandigarh airports, cut fuel expenditure, reduce carbon emissions, and create thousands of direct and indirect jobs across aviation, logistics, warehousing, hospitality, and retail. He referred to airports as “economic multipliers” and reiterated that districts with airports record GDP growth up to three times faster than those without such connectivity. He also aligned the demand with the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, acknowledging the Government of India’s push for expanding regional air connectivity under the UDAN scheme, and the unique civil–military synergy possible at Halwara, one of the country’s largest Air Force stations.
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