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Jassi Khangura MLA- Halqa Qila Raipur

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BADALS WASH HANDS OF NRI AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Ludhiana, Oct. 28, 2009

Qila Raipur MLA Jassi Khangura today questioned why the father and son duo of S. Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Badal were so keen to hand the NRI Affairs portfolio to the newly sworn in Cabinet Minister S. Sewa Singh Sekhwan?

Khangura stated “Throughout this government the NRI Affairs department has been the responsibility of either the Chief Minister or the Deputy Chief Minister, so whilst one welcomes a fresh face to the portfolio, one is equally worried as to what sort of “Work in Progress” their successor will actually inherit. After all, neither Mr Badal or his son were known to actively manage this department. Both paid lip service to NRI issues and the only substantive statements that the Chief Minister made in this regard were at the January 2008 NRI Samellan, which have not been fulfilled.”

Khangura suggested that as part of the handover of the NRI Affairs Department to S. Sekhwan there should be a note from the Deputy Chief Minister that clearly records all progress made by this Akali Dal- BJP government in promoting NRI issues.

Khangura stressed “The Badals have totally failed the NRI community. They have accelerated the loot of NRI property and land. Hundreds, if not thousands, of additional NRIs have been declared proclaimed offenders. Thousands of NRIs have been falsely implicated. I do not know with which face the Badals can turn to the NRI community to seek investment in Punjab.”

NRIs are no longer likely to remain passive spectators. Khangura stated that the world over there is a groundswell of NRI opinion against the ruling Punjab government in general, and the ruling family in particular.
Khangura added “The Badals may think that it is fair game to discriminate against the NRI Punjabis as most of them do not have votes in Punjab. But what the father and son are both missing is a marked NRI political awakening, which will accelerate the demise of this deceitful government.”

With NRI Punjabi wealth exceeding the Gross State Domestic Product of Punjab, Khangura lamented that “It is a great shame that this government has scared away NRIs from investing in Punjab. Had this Government even shown some measure of respect for the main NRI issues of property, land, matrimonial affairs, false charges, false proclaimed offender classifications, false black list inclusions, etc… NRIs may still have come forward. As it is Punjab has lost most of what should have been a massive NRI-lead investment boom in Punjab.”

Khangura added “I wish S. Sekhwan the best and I suggest that, unlike his predecessors, he visits the major NRI communities at the earliest to understand their anger and frustration.”

Jassi Khangura
28 October 2009


 

 

 

 

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