NRIs’ woes far from over
Wednesday, 12/11/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141112/ldh1.htm#23
Ludhiana : Gurmit Singh Gill, president (Punjab), Indian National Overseas Congress (USA), today lashed out at the Punjab Government for not safeguarding the interests of NRIs.
At a press conference, Gurmit Gill, hailing from Mullanpur, Ludhiana district, said cancellation of the annual NRI Sammelan was unacceptable, adding that it had exposed the failure of the SAD-BJP combine.
He said the Akali-BJP government had failed to check land sharks.
Gill said the state government was in the habit of making false promises, adding that funds should be granted to the NRIs to hire lawyers to solve land dispute cases.
He alleged that thousands of false FIRs had been lodged against the NRIs and their relatives. “The NRIs fear that they will be implicated in false cases if they enter Punjab,” he said. He said the CM and the Deputy CM should get a list of NRI investments published.
The NRIs avoid investing in companies here as they feel threatened.
Gill urged the NRIs to work together to show the Akalis the door. Surinder Dawar, MLA, Jassi Khangura ex-MLA, KK Bawa, Gurbachan “Gary” Grewal, Kanwar Gill, Harpreet Sidhwan, Resham Singh Saggar, Hardeep Garcha, Pawan Garg, Lovely, Jaimal Toor, CL Barta, Ragni Jain and others were also present.
