Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal will contest the Bathinda Lok Sabha Seat as party's candidate.

Shiromani Akali Dal

Chandigarh: 26 Macrh.

Shiromani Akali Dal, Pattern in Chief and Punjab Chief Minister, Mr.Parkash Singh Badal today declared that Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal will contest the Bathinda Lok Sabha Seat as party's candidate. ....Read

SUKHBIR LASHES AT CONGRESS FOR SLASHING RATION WHEAT
FROM 35 KG TO 12 KG PER MONTH

Chandigarh, March 27, 2009

Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, President Shiromani Akali Dal today made a frontal attack on Congress led UPA Government for slashing the monthly ration quota of wheat/rice for Above Poverty Line (APL) families under Public Distribution System from 35 kg per month to 12 kg per month, just before announcement of Lok Sabha elections.

Addressing party workers and voters in different workers meetings and rallies held in his whirlwind tour to Ferozepur Lok Sabha Constituency at Ferozepur, Guruharsahai, Zira and Fazilka today, Mr. Badal said that sincerity to implement their much touted promise in Congress manifesto to provide 25 kg rice and wheat to BPL families at Rs. 3 per kg gets exposed from this very decision in which they had already secretly cut the quota from 35 kg to 12 kg per month. He said that Congress has promised subsidized wheat and rice to only BPL families whereas according to Union Government norms, there was hardly any BPL family in Punjab. He said that if they are sincere, they should provide subsidized wheat and rice to all poor families as per norms of blue card of Punjab Government. He wondered that how families with more than average 6 members were expected to fill their bellies with 12 kg wheat provided as ration for one month.

Mr. Badal said that Congress has tried to unsuccessfully emulate the Atta-Dal programme of Shiromani Akali Dal but Congress party of self seekers lacks commitment to implement any public welfare scheme. He said that successful implementation of Atta-Dal Scheme during two last year benefited over 12.95 lac families despite opposition by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and then Finance Minister P. Chidabram has not only silenced them but forced them to copy this welfare programme in their manifesto. Mr. Badal said that Dr. Manmohan Singh owes an explanation to the country that after terming Atta-Dal Scheme in Punjab as ‘unviable, populist and unrealistic’, how proposed scheme of Congress to provide wheat/rice at Rs. 3 per Kg. could be viable.

Shiromani Akali Dal President said that this ‘Aam Aadami Congress Sarkar’ was making all efforts to snatch two square meal from the poor families by slashing the ration quota to 12 Kg, what to talk of providing 25 Kg subsidised ration to them. He said that a well oiled network of 13,989 ration depot spread all over Punjab in more than 12600 villages were supplying 35 Kg. Wheat (Rs. 4 per Kg.) and 4 Kg. Dal (Rs. 20 per Kg.) by seventh of each month without any complaint.
Terming Congress candidate Mr. Jagmeet Singh Brar as a paper tiger, Mr. Badal said that Brar has done nothing in his career except sloganeering to get media space. He said that Akali candidate S. Sher Singh Ghubaya was man of masses who has risen from the grass root and knows the difficulties of people.

Giving a detailed account of development projects initiated by the SAD-BJP government during last two years, Mr. Badal said that government was spending more than four thousand Crores on upgrading water supply and sewerage network in the towns. He said that SAD-BJP government was committed to restore the old glory of Frozepore town and if NDA comes to power, it would impress upon government to start trade though border by opening Hussainiwala Border.
On these occasions, among others Mr. Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Minister Irrigation, SAD-BJP candidate from Ferozepur Lok Sabha Constituency Mr. Sher Singh Ghubaya and Mr. Sukhpal Singh Nannu, Chief Parliamentary Secretary also addressed massive gatherings.

BADAL ASKS PUNJAB CONG SIKHS TO CLARIFY STAND ON TICKETS TO SAJJAN, TYTLER ETC

Chandigarh March 26, 2009

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal said here today by nominating such “known killers of Sikhs” as Sajjan Kumar, Pal Jagdish Tytler, as its official candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll, the Congress party had not only rubbed salt into the wounds of the Sikh community but had also humiliated all civilized values. “Even an open admission and criticism of the Congress guilt in this regard by no less a person than the senior Congress leader and former Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha had not forced others like Captain Amarinder Singh to search their conscience and have the courage to oppose their party’s decision to insult the Sikh community by honouring the killers of innocent Sikhs,” said Mr. Badal in a statement here.

Mr. Badal said that he was really shocked at the total absence of any conscience in such Congress leaders who never gathered courage to oppose their party’s brazen anti-Sikh stance. “If the Congress believes that it can cheat the world at large merely by putting some Sikh poster-boys as dummies in places of power, then this party was living in a fools paradise,” he said.

The Chief Minister declared that tickets to those guilty of 1984 crimes against humanity would be very much an issue in the forthcoming elections and Punjabis in general and our party workers in particualar would confront the local Congress leaders, especially those belonging to the Sikh community as to what were these leaders doing in a party which was showering honour and power on the known killers of the community. “The elections would be as much a mandate on the poor performance of the Congress led government at the centre as it would be on issues of moral and emotive nature, such as the 1984 events which were still a blot on the conscience of the nation,” said the Chief Minister. Mr. Badal said that those who stuck to a party of looters, killers and rapists for the sake of crumbs of office had no moral right to speak on any issue concerning the community.

The SAD supremo further asked Punjab Congress leaders like Captain Amarinder Singh to clarify their stand on the perpetrators of massacre and mass loot against thousands of innocent Sikhs in 1984. “Captain Amarinder Singh had hypocritically held the Congress leadership, the central government and the Nehru-Gandhi family squarely responsible for the Operation Blue Star and for the killing of innocent Sikh families and dis-honouring their women folk. He had resigned on the ground that his conscience did not allow him to be a member a party which was dominated by those guilty of such beastly crimes. But it is clear now that he had resigned from the Congress and joined the Akalis only as a part of a cold-blooded conspiracy. He came to us with an ambition to become a Chief Minster and when he found that that ambition was not getting fulfilled and that the Congress was offering that post to him, he forgot all about the tragic assault assault on the holiest of holy Sikh shrines, the Harmandar Sahib, and also the brutal killing of thousands of Sikh men, women and children by the Congress goons.”

IN RECESSION TIMES, COMPANIES INVESTING MORE ON ENERGY CONSERVATION- DR.AJAY MATHUR

Chandigarh, March 26, 2008

Corporate India is spending more on energy conservation, to cut the cost of production and to meet the challenge of competitiveness in the post meltdown era of economic recession.

This was disclosed by Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), while delivering keynote address at a 'Conference of Designated Consumers, Energy Auditors and Energy Managers' organized here by Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). Mr. Mathur said that energy conserved by each Industry was acting as a revenue multiplier and in times to come cost of energy saved could also exceed the cost of energy consumed. This can lead to a surprising phenomenon when energy cost instead of being reflected in expenditure side of balance sheet would be projected on income and revenue side.

Urging the public to use certified energy efficient electrical gadgets and equipments with five stars BEE ranking, Mr. Mathur said that world was heading towards unprecedented energy crises if we continue to consume energy at present rate. He said that keeping in view present energy requirement; India would require 2.5 times more power after 20 years. He said that as generation of more power would lead to more pollution and resultant problems of global warming, it was imperative for all of us to make concerted efforts to conserve energy for the future generations. Dr. Mathur said that there was a potential of saving 20000 MW of electricity that could help to reduce the peak load demand which was presently over 15%.He also mentioned about the various other schemes of the BEE namely Bachat Lamp Yojna, Energy Conservation Building Code and Agriculture and Municipal DSM.

Speaking on the occasion Mr.Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment expressed concern over fast depleting fossil fuel resources in the world. He said that it was surprising that 60 % of fossil fuels generated by the earth during last 2 billion years have already been consumed by us in last 200 years. Projecting a grim scenario of the dark future, Mr. Khanna said that with present rate of consumption, we have petrol left for coming 43 years and coal reserves for 407 years. He said that with 20 billions tonnes of Carbon Dioxide being generated in the air, our future generation was heading towards difficult times.

Mr. T.P.S.Sidhu, Chief Executive, PEDA, gave over view about the PEDA’s activities in the energy conservation sector and welcomed the participants. He mentioned about the various demonstration projects initiated by PEDA in the municipal street lighting, PWD buildings, water pumping etc.

Other speakers presented paper on various policy and regulatory measures regarding energy conservation. The other speakers were Commodore Narindera Singh, former Advisor, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt.of India, Sh.Dalip Singh, President, SEEM, Delhi, Sh.Pradeep Dhingra, General Secretary, SEEM, Punjab Chappter and Sh. Balour Singh, Director, PEDA.

Interview RIMC Entrance Examination for July 2009 Term.

Chandigarh, March 27:

A spokesman of Directorate of Sainik Welfare Punjab informed that the list of successful candidates from Punjab State released by Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun on their website for which the written examination for admission to the Rashtriya Indian Military College Dehradun was conducted on 1st & 2nd December,2008 at Chandigarh. As per the list Mr. Hasanpreet Chahal S/o Sh. Balkar Chahal of Mohali and Mr. Sachinpreet Singh S/o Sh. Balwindner Singh Village Raichak of District Gurdaspur has cleared the written examination, the spokesman disclosed.

The Spokesman further said that successful candidates were asked to appear before the State Selection Board for the interview on 03 April,2009(Friday) at 11.00 AM at Directorate Sainik Welfare, Punjab, Sainik Bhawan, Sector 21-D, Chandigarh.

Sukhbir blames UPA for loss of 5 lakh jobs during last two months

Chandigarh, March 24

Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal President Shiromani Akali Dal and Deputy Chief minister today blamed ‘economist duo’ run UPA government for mishandling economy in post meltdown era resulting in loss of jobs to 5 lakh persons during last two months alone.

Addressing various industrial associations on his visit to Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency at Khanna today, Mr. Badal wondered that what kind of economists were running the government that could not foresee the crash of stock market from 22, 000 to 7, 000 level resulting in loss of crores of rupees to small investors. He said that short term economic policies of UPA have resulted in mass retrenchment of five lakh employees during last two months. He said that Dr. Manmohan Singh and Ms. Sonia Gandhi owe an explanation to the people for missing 50, 000 crores from the exchequer of government of India as submitted by CAG in their affidavit to Supreme Court.

Shiromani Akali Dal today got a big boost with various entrepreneur industrialists and traders associations today decided to work collectively for the victory of SAD-BJP candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal. . Blasting congress for ruining industry in the state Mr. Badal said that deliberately granted incentives to hill states to crush small scale industry of Punjab. He said that it was Shiromani Akali Dal that has given long pending industrial subsidy running into hundreds of crore. He said that NDA after assuming power at centre would ensure same incentive package for Punjab as available to hill states presently. He said that time has come that people of Punjab should collectively bring NDA to power so that Punjab industry could get its legitimate share in the industrial development.

A series of rally and meetings of SAD president and Deputy Chief minister in Khanna, Mandi Gobingarh and Fatehgarh sahib Also evoked massive response from grassroots SAD workers who promised to teach ‘chameleon defector’ a lesson for life that he would remember after forfeiting his security in this election. Mr. Badal said that people of this constituency fully recognize the fact that defectors who could not remain loyal to their party would also ditch them after winning elections.

Among others SAD-BJP candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal, Mr. Didar Singh Bhatti, MLA, Mr. Bikramjit Singh Khalsa, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Mr. Balbir Singh and Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhatti were also present on the occasion.