WORKSHOP TO SPEED UP CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Chandigarh, January 17:
Punjab Legal Services Authority was going to organize a workshop
on speeding up a Criminal Justice System on 19-1-2008 at CII in
Chandigarh.
Disclosing this here today Mr. G.S. Bakhshi, Member Secretary
Punjab Legal Services Authority said that Hon'ble Mr. Justice
Vijender Jain, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
would preside over the workshop while Hon'ble Judges of the High
Court, Judicial Officers of the state, police officers, District
attorneys of the state would also attend the workshop.
WORK SINCERELY FOR PEOPLE'S WELFARE –
A REAL TRIBUTE TO MARTYRS: BADAL
MALERKOTLA JANUARY 17:
Punjab Chief Minister Mr.Parkash Singh Badal today bemoaned
that even after 60 years of freedom, our governments had not been
able to provide the basic civic amenities to a common man what
to talk of tall claims like high growth rate in terms of infrastructure,
power, telecommunications and civil aviation.
Paying rich tributes to 66 Kuka martyrs at a state level function
to observe the martyrdom day of Kukas here at Martyrs Memorial,
Mr.Badal said that our freedom fighters and patriots laid down
their lives for the betterment of our countrymen. "It is
a sad plight that the aspirations of our freedom fighters had
not yet been cherished because they dreamt of an Independent India
free from the maladies of illiteracy, unemployment and starvation",
said Mr.Badal.
Mr.Badal asked the Centre and State governments to take pledge
on this auspicious day to undertake programmes and schemes exclusively
for the development and welfare of a common man at the grass root
levels. "It will be a real tribute to our national heroes
and great martyrs who made supreme sacrifices for the independence
of our country", said Mr.Badal. He however, said that martyrs
were not merely restricted to any region, religion and faith rather
they belonged to one and all irrespective of caste, colour and
creed.
Blaming the Central Government for meting out a step motherly
treatment to the state governments, Mr.Badal said that the remote
control was with Delhi and states had always to look upon them
for justified demands and grants. He said that states had virtually
no powers with them and were dependent on the Center even for
petty matters. He underscored the need for redefining the central
state relations in the changed scenario and casting a true federal
structure to secure state's participation in the national development
process.
Lauding an outstanding contribution made by Namdhari sect in
the national freedom struggle led by Satguru Ram Singh ji, the
Chief Minister said that the year long celebrations of '150 years
of Kuka movement' was a real tribute to the Kuka martyrs who made
unprecedented sacrifices for the attainment of freedom. "Our
government is committed to perpetuate the legacy of freedom fighters
and national heroes through organizing state level functions to
inculcate the spirit of patriotism and nationalism amongst our
younger generation", said Mr.Badal. He announced to erect
a memorial here in the memory of the youngest Kuka Baba Wariam
Singh who was also one of the martyrs to be blown off by the canons
of British. He also announced to celebrate the birth day of Satguru
Ram Singh ji at state level at Bhaini Sahib on February 11.
Meanwhile, Member Parliament from Sangrur Mr. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
also paid glorious tributes to the Kuka martyrs and said that
their unparalleled sacrifices would ever act as a source of inspiration
for our youth to serve their motherland.
Speaking on the occasion Canadian Member Parliament Dr.(Ms) Ruby
Dhalla who was a special invitee also paid homage to the kuka
martyrs and said that the role of Punjabis in the national freedom
struggle is ever remembered by one and all. She thanked Mr.Badal
for convening a Punjabi NRI Sammelan at Chandigarh and Jalandhar
at January 5 and 6. She said: "the recently concluded sammelan
proved to be an ideal platform for the NRI Punjabi diaspora to
share their experiences and air their grievances and problems
being faced by them". She hoped that such conferences could
help the state governments for securing investments, technology
transfer and knowledge exchange between Canada and Punjab because
there we had a fairly large concentration of Punjabis in some
pockets who had done exceedingly well in the diverse fields of
medicines, infrastructure, power, bio-technology and aviation.
Earlier, Satguru Jagjit Singh ji honoured the Chief Minister
on the occasion with a shawl and a memento. The Chief Minister
also paid floral tributes to the martyrs at the memorial.
Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included
President BJP Punjab state unit Prof.Rajinder Bhandari, Medical
Education & Forest Minister Tikshan Sud, Tourism Minister
Hira Singh Gabria, MLA Dhuri Iqbal Singh Jhunda, Nusrat Ali Khan,
Abdul Guffar and Jasbir Singh (all Ex-Ministers), Vice President
of the Kuka Memorial Trust Surinder Singh Namdhari, District President
SAD Sangrur Rajinder Singh Kanjla and District President BJP Sangrur
Jatinder Kalra besides the party workers of SAD and BJP.
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