Jakhar slams Ranike on Shagun scheme

Wednesday, 30/07/2014

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CHANDIGARH: Congress Legislature Party leader Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday slammed minister for welfare of scheduled castes and backward classes Gulzar Singh Ranike for “not keeping” his July 9 promise to release Rs 26.39 crore as Shagun to 17,594 scheduled caste girls that was due up to May 2014.

Jakhar said Congress MLAs had on June 23 staged a dharna at chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s residence and submitted a memorandum to press certain demands, which included release of money under the Shagun scheme. This forced Ranike to issue a statement that Rs 26.39 crore had been released.

Ranike had also said that he had issued instructions to disburse Shagun of Rs 15,000 each directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries before the marriage. Jakhar said the minister had made a false statement to avert a face-off in the assembly. The minister thus played a cruel joke on the beneficiaries, who had been trying hard to avail the Shagun scheme, he added.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/07/31/rana-gurjit-singh-inaugurates-markfed-sales-booth-at-lohian/

Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

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Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.