Anti-Punjabi bias won’t be tolerated, says Bittu
Wednesday, 31/07/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130731/punjab.htm#14
Chandigarh : Lok Sabha member Ravneet Singh Bittu said today that discrimination against the Punjabi language in Punjab's capital would not be tolerated. He said that action should be taken against UT officials for refusing to give jobs to youths who had passed matriculation with Punjabi as the main subject in the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU).
The MP said the SAD-led Government had failed to protect the interests of Punjab and Punjabis. He urged the state government to send officials on deputation to claim 60 per cent posts reserved for the state employees in the UT, Chandigarh.
"Because of the lacklustre approach of the state government, Punjab's claim over Chandigarh has weakened," Bittu claimed.
He appealed to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to pull up senior officials on deputation in Chandigarh for their failure to protect the interests of the state in the Union Territory.
He also urged the Chandigarh Administration to put up boards in Punjabi at important places in the state capital in view of the sentiments of the people of Punjab. He said even in the national capital, boards in Punjabi had been put up on official buildings.
The MP said there was no information in Punjabi on CTU boards to inform commuters of various bus routes. This was deplorable.
