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Ferozepur, December 28Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has called upon the union government to evolve a consensus against terrorism in the country and avoid walking into Pakistan’s trap of creating war hysteria.
Badal today addressed a series of public gatherings as part of his development tour at Talwandi Bhai, Ferozepur cantonment and Ferozepur city in this border district.
Badal said: “Punjabis will fully support the nation to foil the nefarious designs of enemies engaged in disturbing our unity and integrity, but we must not allow Pakistan to paint us as the aggressors, especially when the whole world knows that the Mumbai terror strikes were a planned act of aggression against our country. Therefore, winning on diplomatic fronts is as important as winning on the war front”.
Adding that the union government should give a special package for the border areas of the state to compensate the people who had been affected due to Indo-Pak wars since 1947. Grants for the cities and towns of the state under the Border Area Development Project needed to be enhanced, he added.
Badal said the objective of his development tour was to disburse grants in a transparent manner.
He gave a cheque for Rs 2 crore each to the Talwandi Bhai Municipal Council and Ferozepur Cantonment Board, Rs 3 crore to the local body of Ferozepur city. He announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the Mudki MC, Rs 25 lakh for construction of a sub-tehsil complex at Talwandi Bhai and Rs 3 crore for various development projects and schemes in the villages of Talwandi Bhai.
Besides, he announced a grant of Rs 42.05 crore for the construction of 21 km of new roads and repair of 139 km of roads in the Ferozepur cantonment assembly constituency. He announced upgrade of the mini-primary health centre to 25-bedded hospital at Mudki. He gave a cheque for Rs 1 crore to the Commissioner, Ferozepur, division-cum-chairman of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Committee, Hussainiwala, for the beautification of the memorial site.
He conceded to extending the facility of bestowing property ownership rights to Talwandi Bhai residents, who had earlier been left out under this scheme, and a government college in the Ferozepur cantonment area. Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon urged the Chief Minister to allow the process of registration of immovable property transacted within the jurisdiction of Ferozepur cantonment and to do away with the practice of seeking no-objection certificate from board for registration purposes.
Badal today addressed a series of public gatherings as part of his development tour at Talwandi Bhai, Ferozepur cantonment and Ferozepur city in this border district.
Badal said: “Punjabis will fully support the nation to foil the nefarious designs of enemies engaged in disturbing our unity and integrity, but we must not allow Pakistan to paint us as the aggressors, especially when the whole world knows that the Mumbai terror strikes were a planned act of aggression against our country. Therefore, winning on diplomatic fronts is as important as winning on the war front”.
Adding that the union government should give a special package for the border areas of the state to compensate the people who had been affected due to Indo-Pak wars since 1947. Grants for the cities and towns of the state under the Border Area Development Project needed to be enhanced, he added.
Badal said the objective of his development tour was to disburse grants in a transparent manner.
He gave a cheque for Rs 2 crore each to the Talwandi Bhai Municipal Council and Ferozepur Cantonment Board, Rs 3 crore to the local body of Ferozepur city. He announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the Mudki MC, Rs 25 lakh for construction of a sub-tehsil complex at Talwandi Bhai and Rs 3 crore for various development projects and schemes in the villages of Talwandi Bhai.
Besides, he announced a grant of Rs 42.05 crore for the construction of 21 km of new roads and repair of 139 km of roads in the Ferozepur cantonment assembly constituency. He announced upgrade of the mini-primary health centre to 25-bedded hospital at Mudki. He gave a cheque for Rs 1 crore to the Commissioner, Ferozepur, division-cum-chairman of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Committee, Hussainiwala, for the beautification of the memorial site.
He conceded to extending the facility of bestowing property ownership rights to Talwandi Bhai residents, who had earlier been left out under this scheme, and a government college in the Ferozepur cantonment area. Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon urged the Chief Minister to allow the process of registration of immovable property transacted within the jurisdiction of Ferozepur cantonment and to do away with the practice of seeking no-objection certificate from board for registration purposes.
Sidelights
- Three times sitting Akali Member of Parliament from Ferozpur, Zora Singh Mann, was conspicuous by his absence during the party rallies.
- CM Parkash Singh Badal remained evasive when asked about the list of likely candidate for this constituency.
- CM said that neither he nor his brother Gurdas Badal wanted their sons, Sukhbir and Manpreet respectively, to join mainstream politics.
- In a nostalgic vein, CM Badal remembered his school days when he used to study at a private school in Ferozepur
