Congress demands Rs 51,000 for women instead of Rs 3000 Warring jabs Kejriwal over claims of world’s largest women empowerment scheme Cites Congress ruled Karnataka, Telangana where women are getting more cash assistance Chandigarh 22 June ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today demanded that the Aam Aadmi Party government must pay Rs 51,000 to each and every woman in Punjab as it had promised before the 2022 elections. He accused the AAP government of cheating the women of Punjab by denying them the cash assistance for four and a half years and paying them peanuts at the end of the term. He said, people of Punjab, women in particular understand the AAP’s designs that the cash assistance was started just ahead of elections. Warring also ridiculed the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s claims that the Punjab government scheme was “world’s largest women empowerment” scheme. “This is a characteristic and classic lie by Kejriwal”, he remark...
Warring joins protesting cab drivers; supports their demands
Promises, Congress will concede all demands after forming govt
Chandigarh 22 June ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today joined the protest by the cab drivers of various app based transport companies. The protesting drivers staged a massive protest here in support of their various demands. The main demands included increasing the fair and reducing the exorbitant commission charged by the app based companies.
Addressing the protesting drivers, Warring said that the Congress party supported their demands. He agreed with the drivers with a substantial hike in the prices of fuel, operating the cabs has not remained financially viable. The PCC president noted that it was not only the problem of the cab drivers, but also the daily commuters who will bear the brunt of the protests. He said the private cab operators have been providing immense services to the public and it was the duty of the government to concede their demands.
Warring said that the Congress had included the welfare of the gig workers including the cab drivers in its manifesto also. He promised that once the Congress forms government in the state, it will ensure that all the demands of the drivers of the app based transport companies will be met.
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