BADAL SEEKS INTERVENTION OF PRESIDENT AND PM FOR CONSTITUTING SPECIAL COURTS TO ENSURE SPEEDY JUSTICE FOR 1984 RIOT VICTIMS

Chandigarh, November 2:

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today sought personal intervention of President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to set up special courts to provide speedier justice to the victims of 1984 genocide of the Sikhs, describing it as, “a slur on the fair name of world’s largest democracy and mockery of the human rights even after 25 years of Sikh carnage.’’

In a statement Mr. Badal said that the perpetrators of the worst ever pre-meditated crime against the Sikhs allegedly encouraged and abetted by the then ruling Congress, were still moving scot free which had not only demoralized the entire Sikh community in general but the riots affected families in particular who had been running from pillar to post over past 25 years to seek justice but of no avail. Mr Badal said, “ Justice delayed was justice denied.”

The Chief Minister assailed that the centre had been apathetic and insensitive towards the victims of the Sikh carnage and had miserably failed to assuage their hurt feelings. The Chief Minister ridiculed the Centre for making tall claims and false promises for rehabilitation of such families, in reality it had done far less than what was actually needed.

Making a dig at the Indian democratic system, Mr Badal said that Constitution of India guaranteed justice to the people whereas victims of the genocide of the Sikhs had been eluded from the very justice, which did not reflect well its functioning. Mr. Badal said, “It is a high time to take stock of the entire situation to initiate remedial steps to mitigate the sufferings of the victims which had undergone a long ordeal of 25 years facing trauma and fear psychosis still now. He called upon the rulers of the centre to take hard decisions with political will for quick dispensation of justice to the hapless victims for restoring their faith in the judiciary as well as the democratic values. Without mincing the words, Mr Badal asked the centre to act swiftly to heal the wounds which had not yet even after 25 years because nearly lip service would not help them any way in winning over their hearts.

26 MEMBERS NOMINATED IN 17 IMPROVEMENT TRUST OF PUNJAB

Chandigarh, November 2:

Punjab Chief Minster Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today nominated twenty Six members in 17 improvement trust of the State.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Chief Minister's office said that the Chief Minister cleared the file to this effect and asked the local government department to immediately issue the formal orders in this regard. Mr. Suriender Gupta and Joginder Kaur had been nominated as members in the improvement trust, Bathinda. Like wise, Mr. Buta Singh Sachdeva and Mahinder Singh Gole (Jalandhar), Naresh Dhigan and Gurinder pal Singh Pappu (Ludhiana), Paramjit Singh (Gurdaspur) Jathedar Sewa Singh (Pathankot) Paramjit Sing Sohal (Batala), Naresh Satia, Gurpreet Singh Lovely and Maman Chand (Fazilka), Gurmeet Singh Matharoo and Manjit Singh (Kartar Pur), Mahinder Singh Bajaj (Shaheed-Bhagat Singh Nagar), Nardev Singh Aakri (RajPura), Manjinder Singh Sekhon and Avinash Rai ( Samana) Ram Singh and Tarsem preet (Taran Taran), Inder jit Singh Sachdeva (Hoshiarpur), Jaswinder Singh Batra, variender Guliani (Kapurthala), Baljinder Singh (Fagwara), Mahinder Singh (Ropar) and Charanjit Singh (Moga) .

SUKHBIR GREETS PEOPLE ON THE EVE OF PARKASH UTSAV OF SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI

Chandigarh, November 1: Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Punjab today extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the eve of Parkash Utsav (Birthday) of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Congratulating people on this occasion, the Deputy Chief Minister said that Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji showed us the path to spiritual salvation and his teachings continue to inspire us to embrace equality, compassion and humanism. He said that this day gives us an opportunity to deeply introspect Guru Ji's message of meditation and remembering God, honestly earning through ones physical and mental effort while accepting God's gifts and blessings and to share within society.
He said that Sri Guru Nanak's profound message of leading an honest, truthful and virtuous life would continue to guide and inspire humanity in times to come.

PUNJAB TO TRAIN PUNJABI YOUTH FOR EMPLOYMENT AS ARMED GUARD IN WESTERN COUNTRIES – SUKHBIR
• One Lakh Youth to be employed every year

Chandigarh, November 1
The Punjab Police has chalked out an ambitious programme to train youth in security training and English speaking to make them employable in western countries as security guards.

Presiding over the meeting of National Security Agencies under the umbrella association Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) at New Delhi, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that Punjab police has created state of art training facilities in the Punjab Security Training Institute located at Jahankhelan in Hoshiarpur to train youth and organize their employment as security guards in western countries. He said that Punjabi’s basically were marshal race and they love to opt for security related jobs weather in army, police, armed forces or private security agencies. He said that the scope for well trained guards was immense all over the world and Punjab wanted to capitalize on this by training youth professionally in the institute.

Aiming to train and organize employment of One Lac youth every year, Mr. Badal said that Rs. 9.2 crores would be spent to expand and modernize training facilities in the institute.

Mr. Badal said that presently 5.5 million people were working as security guards in the country with 25% growth per annum witnessed by this sector. Keeping this in view, the Punjab Government was starting short term courses for the youth and would offer a pool of talented and well trained youth to the security agencies.
The representatives of CAPSI requested Deputy Chief Minister to expand the training network Institute located to meet the increasing demand of security agencies for trained Punjabi youths.

The CAPSI delegation also demanded certain changes in training programme, increasing new courses for middle management level security supervisor, implementation of the Private Security Agencies Rules, 2007. Mr. Badal informed them that in view of their suggestions, PSTI was introducing new 6 months Diploma Course for employment as Security Supervisors from December this year.

Mr. Badal said that quality youth was not getting attracted towards the job of security guards in the agencies as their wages were too low being treated equivalent to unskilled labour. Mr. Badal said that he has requested the labour department to consider them as a special category while fixing their minimum wages as physical hazards of this job should also be taken into account.

Stressing on increasing employability of youth trained by PSTI, Mr. Badal said that the state PSUs were being asked to give preference in hiring private security guards trained by Institute.

To meet the increasing requirement of women guards especially by malls, Multiplexes, Health Institutes, Airports, Mr. Badal informed that PSTI would start a special course for women candidates and institute has already completed the construction of 120 bedded women hostel at Jahankhelan

Speaking about good placement record of Jahankhelan Institute, Mr. Badal said that the institute successfully arranged placement of all the trained youths in good reputed companies i.e. Group-4 Security Services(India) Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, Terra Force Security Services Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Checkmate Industrial Services Pvt.Ltd. Pune, Pyrex Integrated Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mohali, Sledge Hammer Security Agency, Mohali, Walsons Building Faith Securities, Gurgaon, Lion Detective & Security (P) Ltd., Checkmate Security Services (Broda), 24 Secure Security Services, Group 7 Securities, D Security & Detective Pvt. Ltd., Rajindra Security Services (Regd.), A.P. Security Services (P) Ltd., and Group One Five Security Services.

Mr. Badal said that training schedule of PSTI was prepared in consultation with CAPSI and it consisted of Access control/frisking, Anti sabotage checking, Cordoning and sealing, Evacuation, Surveillance, Chasing, overpowering and immobilization of mobster/suspect, Identification of I.E.Ds. and explosive/narcotic material, Body search, premises search and area search, Defensive driving, Working of anti sabotage checking gadgetry, Role of sniffer dogs in security operations, First aid, Type and techniques of patrolling, Handling a mob-attack, Handling and operation of Wireless, Musketry handling and firing of personal weapon.

Earlier Mr. Kuwar Vikram Singh, Chairman CAPSI spoke about the activities of the organization. 33 Security Agencies from Punjab , Haryana, Himachal, NCR, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerla, Uttrakhand, UP , Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan came to attend this meeting.