WITH CULPRITS OF BLASPHEMOUS ACT AGAINST LORD JESUS IN NET SPECIAL SECURITY GROUP TO INVESTIGATE MOTIVE- SUKHBIR

WORLD CUP KABADDI WITH RECORD RS 1 CRORE PRIZES IN MARCH END PLAYERS FROM TEN COUNTRIES TO VIE FOR PRESTIGIOUS TITLE.

CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 21,2010: 

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that the culprits behind blasphemous act of showing disrespect to the image of Lord Jesus had already been arrested by the special team of Punjab Police.

Speaking to the media persons after distributing prizes to the winners of Rural Olympic in Kila Raipur, Mr. Badal appealing to the people of Punjab for maintaining peace and harmony in the state said that a Special Security Group was interrogating the culprits and would also investigate the hidden motive, if any, in the patron of fomenting violence and communal hatred in Punjab. He said that Punjab has a long tradition of maintaining communal harmony and religious coexistence and people of Punjab are wise enough to foil any nefarious design to destabilize the hard won peace in the state.

Appealing to the youth of Punjab to participate actively in the sports and become a partner in state government's war against drug paddling and addiction, Mr. Badal said that due to his commitment to free Punjabi youth from tentacles of drug addiction, the Punjab police has made record seizure of drugs and narcotics from the state. He said that it was due to the determined and focused fight of Punjab police, out of total seizure of drugs worth Rs 1500 crores in the country, 65% of it was seized from the Punjab only. He said that this figure alone shows the alarming size of problem being faced by the border state and also depict the efforts of Punjab police.

Announcing a 15 day long sports mega event Kabaddi World Cup, Mr. Badal said that this would begin in the end of March and continue up to first week of April. He said that to encourage this traditional game of Punjab, the state Government has announced a record prize of Rs 1 crore for the winner of world cup with Rs 51 lakh and Rs 25 lakh respectively for the teams scoring second and third position. He said that it was our government that has given gradation to Kabaddi that was denied to it since last 62 years. He said that Punjab Government given final touches to the sports policy that would be announced in next fortnight. He said that Punjab Government has already given instructions to all the departments to fill the back log of sports quota in recruitment and every department has been launched special recruitment drive to fill this quota. He said that this quota would be applicable in all class I , II and III posts. He said that Punjab Government has already taken up with Union Sports Minister to categorize Kila Raipur rural spots as National festival and state government was awaiting the nod of Union Government.

Giving the details of initiative taken by the state for promoting sprts, mr. Badal said that a hockey league on the pattern of IPL would be soon organize to hunt the hockey talent from the rural areas of Punjab. He said that 1100 villages every year are being provided sports infrastructure worth rs 1 lakh. Regarding the problems being faced in JNURM, Mr. Badal said that certain pre conditions of Union Government have already been accepted by the state government and Union Government has finalized the list of 48 towns to be covered under this scheme.

GAccepting the demand of the organizers, Mr. Badal announced that state government will put up RO system in the Kila Raipur Village and also announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for this prestigious rural games.

Prominent amongst those were present on the occasion included Darshan Singh Shivalik MLA, S S Dhillon Chairman Punjab Agro Industries Corporation, Gurcharan Singh Galib former MP, Jagdish Singh Garcha former Minister and Gurpinder Grewal organizer.

Earlier Mr. Badal also went around an exhibition educating the youth against the menace of drug addiction.

Mr. Ramesh Vinayak Resident Editor Hindustan Times, Dr Sarabjit Singh Amritsar, Dolly Gularia, Ajit Singh Canada, Nirmal Singh Sydney and Mrs. Virinder Kaur were honored with Rural Olympic Heritage Award Mr. Badal also honored players excelling in different rural games.

CM APPEALS FOR PEACE AND COMMUNAL HARMONY

MISCREANTS TO BE DEALT WITH STERNLY

• Chandigarh, February 20
  

  Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today strongly condemned the incident of sacrilege against the image of Lord Jesus Christ by some miscreants in Jalandhar.

  In a statement here, Mr. Badal described the incident as a handiwork of those who did not relish peace and traditional communal harmony in the state. He issued a stern warning against elements who were out to disturb peace, saying that the government would come down with a heavy hand against anyone trying to spread communal hatred and ill-will in the state.

  The Chief Minister further said that the police had been directed to act sternly and under the strictest provisions of the relevant law against those found guilty of indulging in the act of sacrilege. He said that any act of disrespect shown to any relgious icon was an outrage against the whole mankind and this can have no place in a civilised society.

  He assured the people of Punajb that the government would not allow anyone to disturb peace and communal harmony in the state. He appealed to the Chritian coomunity to uphold the values taught by Lord Jesus Christ and not allow provocateurs to succeed in their goal of dividing communities against one another or iinciting violence in society. "Lord Jesus Christ belongs to the whole mankind and anyone showing disrepsct to him was guilty of a crime against humanity."

GDECISION SHOCKING, INCREDIBLE SAYS BADAL
SUKHBIR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HIKE WITHDRAWAL  

Chandigarh February 20

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today described the center's decision to hike fertilizer prices as "shocking, incredible and against all ground economic realities. The government had already dealt a cruel blow to farmers by raising diesel prices and now comes this additional shock."

The Chief Minster said that the decision would particularly hit the farmers in Punjab who produced bumper crops through liberal investments on inputs like fertilizers. "The fact of the matter is that in this year following a season of drought , the farmers should have been given some relief by the government. But on the contrary, each announcement from Delhi seems to push the farming community into thicker and thicker darkness of poverty, indebtedness and despair. How the government at the center has arrived at the decision to put this additional burden on the most miserable section of society is hard to understand and harder still to justify," said Mr. Badal.

In a statement here, Mr. Badal said that the decision would "break the back of the already beleaguered peasantry in the country, especially in Punjab. The peasants are already leading miserable life, unable to get out of the back-breaking burden of farm debts they have incurred to help the country fight the threat of famine. They should have been helped with some government relief rather than being dealt this cruel stroke," said the Chief Minister.

Meanwhile the Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today that his party would seek a review of this decision of the center. He said that a delegation of party leaders would meet the representatives of the union government to press for immediate withdrawal of this decision.

SHe said that the decision ran against the Union Government's own declared assessment that the farm sector needed to be given incentives for a second push to agriculture and ensure food security in the country. "The Centre has repeatedly confirmed that the plight of the peasantry in the country was shocking and miserable and that farmers needed to be helped out of the debt trap into which they have fallen because of the escalating costs of farm inputs. In the light of this, it is impossible to understand how the government of India could even think of raising the fertilizer prices," said Mr. Badal

Sack Sajjan Kumar from Congress : Dr. Cheema

Chandigarh, February 20

Shiromani Akali Dal Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema today asked congress to dismiss its leader Sajjan Kumar and his coterie if it was serious to ensure justice to the families of the victims of 1984 sikh carnage.

In a statement released from party headquarters here today, Dr. Cheema said that congress has always played an active role to save its those leaders from the clutches of law who were directly involved in the 1984 sikh carnage. He said that families of the victims of this carnage were struggling for last 26 years to get justice and now way was paving to punish Sajjan Kumar and his coterie for their deeds and denial of anticipatory bails to them by the honorable courts had given clear indications on how the cases against them would proceed. He said that these enemies of humanity could now not escape from the judiciary.

He said that during the last 26 years Congress had not only given protection to Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler and others but also honoured them by giving tickets of various elections. He further said that congress leaders had admitted involvement of their partymen in the sikh carnage but now if the national party was serious on ensuring justice to the families of the victims of this most heinous crime, then it should sack Sajjan Kumanr and others in the light of court orders till date.

He asserted that Shiromani Akali Dal has always stood by the families of the victims in the past and in the future too it would continue to support the families till the killers of the innocent are punished.

BHATTAL, INSTEAD OF RAJBAHAWAN SHOULD GO TO 10 JANPATH TO GET SAJJAN KUMAR ARRESTED-HARSIMRAT

• PRENEET’S SILENT ENDORSEMENT OF UREA HIKE EXPOSES HER LOVE FOR POWER

Chandigarh, February 20

Member Parliament from Bathinda Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal today lashed at Bibi Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for raising flimsy issues to garner cheap publicity and ignoring the real and burning issues of Punjabis as well as Sikhs.

Describing the submission of memorandum to Governor as a ‘photo op’ drama, Mrs. Badal said that intriguing silence of Punjab Pardesh Congress Party and Mrs. Bhattal on deliberate delay by CBI to arrest Sajjan Kumar despite non bailable warrant against him, speaks itself about the ‘concern’ of Mrs. Bhattal and party for the cause of Punjabis and Sikhs. She said that if Mrs. Bhattal was really concerned, she should stage Dharna at 10 Janpath to force Sonia to put Sajjan and Tytler behind bars. She said that keeping them free, even 25 years after they organised killing of 7 thousand Sikhs, speaks volumes about the true intentions of Congress party.

Questioning the silence of Bhattal and Party on the savage decision of UPA, enhancing the price of urea by 10 percent and decontrolling other fertilizers, the Member Parliament said that Mrs. Bhattal is a puppet of Congress High Command and does not want to annoy them by raising pro Punjab and pro farmers issues, risking her own position in the party. She said that Congress led UPA should first link MSP to Price Index, as suggested by Swaminathan Commission Report before tinkering with the rates of farm inputs. She said that declaring Punjab a Special Agricultural Zone and acceptance of Swaminathan Commission was the only solution to crisis of farm indebtness and by raising the prices of Urea UPA was further pushing them deep in debt.

Surprised over the Preneet Kaur silently endorsing the policy decision in the council of Ministers hiking the price of Urea, Mrs. Badal said that she has no moral right to represent the people of Punjab whose 80 percent has been adversely affected by this decision. She said that if Mamta Banerjee had courage to veto decisions going against West Bengal, the silence of Preneet shows her lust for power and chair.

Mrs. Badal said that Bhattal instead of indulging in Dharna and memorandum politics on frivolous issues, should first learn basic etiquettes of parliamentary democracy, to raise issues of public concern on proper parliamentary forum.

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