Ineligible given blue cards, will order probe: Amarinder
Wednesday, 13/07/2016
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Bhadaur (Barnala) : Alleging a scam by the Akali Dal in the preparation of blue cards and yellow cards meant for BPL families for welfare schemes, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said if voter to power, the Congress would probe the matter.
He said the eligible families had not been getting benefits of these schemes as the Akalis had prepared cards of their own people by ignoring the eligible beneficiaries.
Amarinder was here today in connection with his “Halke Vich Captain” programme.
Amarinder said as per the party’s decision to announce candidates six months prior to the elections, the nominees’ list would be released by September.
He said the party would assess the performance of Congress MLAs before re-nominating them. The candidate’s ability to win would be the main criterion, he added.
He said though the direct contest was between the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance, AAP might affect the performance of the Congress the way the PPP did in the previous elections.
He said after coming to power he would provide a weekly off to police personnel and reduce their duty hours to 12 a day against 18 at present.
He said if Khalsa University was set up by passing an Act by the Badal government, he would scrap the Act to re-affiliate the colleges and works with Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
