Border fund financing sangat darshan: Jakhar

Gill Saab

Yaar Malang
The Congress alleged that the state government in Punjab was diverting money released under central schemes to finance the Sangat Darshan programmes of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
“The backwardness of the border areas of Punjab is being used by the SAD-BJP government to finance its Sangat Darshans,” Sunil Jakhar, Congress MLA, has written in a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. He alleged that Badal was highlighting the lack of basic amenities in the border areas to seek more funds from the Centre.
This when the Centre has already released Rs 84.37 crore to the state under the Border Area Development programme for the current financial year. “Hundreds of crores of rupees have been received by the Punjab government in the last four years under this scheme. For want of any proper planning, these funds are used to finance sangat darshans,” Jakhar claimed.
 
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