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Grewal demands 5 per cent commission on sale value of petrol and diesel in Punjab
Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab chief patron Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal addressing the media persons after holding the association meeting at Ludhiana on Sunday.
Ludhiana, December 23, 2012:
Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab held a meeting here today, to chalk our strategy for the future.
Later, addressing the media persons, the association’s state chief patron Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal told that a special membership drive would be started across Punjab in the months of January and February next.
Replying to a question, he told that there were a total 2,832 petrol stations in Punjab. He said many petrol stations were the newly ones therefore, they thought of carrying out membership drive to enrol new members.
He told that they demanded 5 per cent commission on sale value of petrol and diesel. He revealed that presently, commission on petrol and diesel was 1.79 per cent and 1.08 percent on petrol and diesel, respectively. He said they also wanted hike in commission on mobile oil, which had not been increased in the last 25 years.
To a question, he told that they were taking up matter with the state government for reducing value added tax (VAT) on petrol in Punjab. He told that they wanted that VAT on petrol should be at par with the neighbouring states.
Among others, Faridkot District Congress Committee (Urban) president Surinder Gupta was present.
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Aug 29, 2012
Nine Families of PPP and Congress Party has joined Bharatiya Janata Party at Shamshpur District Sri Fathegarh Sahib today in the Presence and worthy leadership of National Secretary , Incharge Jammu and Kashmir BJP kisan morcha and Punjab Government Vice chairman, PSIEC Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal. He welcome all these families and said now all are workers of BJP. Grewal said that party will gave suitable and good positions to them in BJP Kisan Morcha. In this public Rally, Grewal blamed UPA Government for the all ordeals of Indian farmers in the country. Grewal said that UPA government in center has crossed all the limit of corruption and it has become a symbol of anti poor and anti farmer government. Grewal said, "Congress is busy in looting the farmers and it can't do justice with the farmers of India. Farmers are under debt and forced to suicide due to Congress. Now the time has come to replace the anti farmer government." He said that to discuss the cost of the production of Wheat BJP Kisan Morcha's workshop for ten States Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Paradesh, Jammu and Kasmir, Uttar Pardesh, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Delhi and Maharastra, workshop will be held at Karnal Club near Bus Stand, Karnal on 15-16 September in the worthy Presidentship of our National President Mr. Op Dhankar. He said that it is to outcome in our workshop which farmers discuss the production cost in their respective areas in different areas of their districts and states. Grewal said that National Morcha's and Cell's Incharge Mr. Mahinder Pandey, National BJP Kisan Morcha Incharge Mr. Satpal Malik, National General Secretary Organisation Kisan Morcha Hirde Nath singh, Kisan Morcha's National Office Bearers, Executive Members, State Presidents and District President from representative states and districts will attend this two days workshop along with at least two members of their districts he added.
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Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that trees are necessary to maintain the ecological balance
Khamano, Aug 29, 2012
BJP National Secratry Kisan Morcha, Incharge Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Government Vice chairman, PSIEC Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that trees are necessary to maintain the ecological balance. At the time of tree plantation drive which is started from Khamano today Grewal Lashing out at the UPA government, Grewal said that UPA government is giving a step-motherly treatment to farmers in the country and claimed that peasants' debt was increasing due to its "wrong" policies. Talking with the media persons here today Grewal alleged that Congress was "looting" the people and that the government led by it could not protect the interests of farmers. "Till there is Congress government, suicides by farmers will go on, prices of fertilisers will keep on rising. Farmers won't get interest-free loans.
Congress is looting the people. Government cannot protect farmers cannot provide justice to them. Farmers are under debt because of UPA's Government. Grewal demanded that subsidy should be given to the farmers directly through their accounts just as it is being done in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh. He said that There should be a review of subsidy policy and we demand rollback of prices of fertilisers. Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be increased for farmers' produce. UPA policies have been always anti-farmer. Grewal said that they cannot give interest-free loans where as in BJP-ruled states like Karnataka and MP, there is no interest and in Chhattisgarh, it is one per cent. He said, "We can only become a super power if India becomes the 'agri capital' of the world. UPA government is adopting a step motherly treatment towards farmers. Grewal said that every month farmers commit suicide. Since Congress took over, prices have increased for everything. Grewal stressed that the fight for farmers will continue from Road to Parliament and the movement started from Jantar-Mantar will be expanded to each and every villages of India.
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