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...
Congress holds mega rally in Barnala against Indo-US trade deal As long as Punjab is safe, country is safe : Kharge Modi was forced to sign death warrant of farmers : Rahul Says, Modi was pressurized by US to sign deal using Epstein files, Adani case Agriculture is our foundation, farmers our saviours Assures workers that they are real strength of the party Barnala 28 February ( PDL ) : Tens of thousands of people attended the Congress mega-rally held here today to protest against the Indo-US trade deal and for restoring the MGNREGA in its original form. The rally was attended by the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in charge of organization KC Venugopal, general secretary in charge Punjab and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, CLP Leader Partap Singh Bajwa, former Chief Ministers Ms Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Charanjit Singh Channi, fo...