‘Cong will abolish DTO’s post in Punjab if voted to power’
Wednesday, 03/08/2016
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Amritsar : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Captain Amarinder Singh has decided to abolish the posts of district transport officer (DTO), which has become synonym of ‘corruption,’ once he comes to power, said Congress vice-president and party chief spokesperson Sunil Jakhar, during a Jan Sampark rally of the party on Tuesday.
The rally was organised by Fatehgarh Churian Congress MLA Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa.
“The post has become a den of corruption,” Jakhar said, adding, “We will make necessary arrangements to ensure that the work does not suffer.”
“The state government has not even paid compensation to the farmers for last year’s crop loss,” he said, adding, “The sugarcane dues are also yet to be paid.”
“Cotton crop on more than 12-lakh acres land in Malwa belt was destroyed due to whitefly attack,” he said.
Commenting on SAD’s decision to contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Jakhar said as the SAD leaders had learnt that they would lose the polls in Punjab so he decided to move to UP. He also targeted Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla for failing to bring scholarship amount of Rs 506 crore, allocated for Dalit students for 2014, 2015 and 2016, in the state.
Raising the issue of compensation for damage to wheat crop due to rainfall, he said Badal had written a letter to Modi to allocate compensation of Rs 717 crore, but not even a single penny has been received so far.
“The SAD leadership left no stone unturned to make the rally a flop show, but thousands gathered to make it a success,” said Congress MLA Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa.
