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Tag: Shiromani Akali Dal [SAD]

SAD Moves Privilege Motion Against Congress Leaders Jairam And Renuka

[New Delhi]SAD Moves Privilege Motion Against Congress Leaders Jairam And Renuka, For Misbehaving With Their Leader Harsimrat Kaur
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today moved a privilege motion in Rajya Sabha against Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Renuka Chowdhury for allegedly misbehaving with SAD member and union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
Raising the issue of an alleged spat between the Congress leaders and the Food Processing Minister after Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Friday afternoon due to ruckus over AAP MP Bhagwant Mann’s controversial filming of Parliament House, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD) demanded that the two should apologise for their behaviour or face privilege motion.
A minister, he said, has the right to speak in any House and the permission for the same was strictly between the Chair and minister.
Badal had sought permission of the Chair to speak on Mann’s act, he said and asked “What right do they have to obstruct.” Dhindsa also alleged that the two had misbehaved with Badal outside the House.
As the Congress members including the two in question strongly contested Dhindsa’s remarks, Deputy Chairman P K Kurien said a minister or a member can speak only with the permission of the Chair.
“That day, the Minister stood up requesting she be allowed to speak,” he said, adding the House was in pandemonium at that time.
Kurien, who was in the Chair on Friday, said he first allowed introduction of a private member bills and “so did not allow the minister to speak.”
The Minister, he said, had a valid point to make and if a discussion comes up again, she will be free to express herself.
Kurien said Chairman Hamid Ansari was seized of the matter and if he desired, the concerned parties will be called.
The alleged incident happened soon after Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Friday afternoon over ruckus created by the treasury benches on Mann’s actions.
Anand Sharma (Cong) said the minister has every right to speak in either House of Parliament on a bill or a discussion.

Punjab Ruling SAD Mocks Capt Amarinder’s USA Trip

[Chandigarh, Punjab]Punjab Ruling SAD Mocks Capt Amarinder’s USA Trip And Calls It Coterie Tour Which Has Discontent in PCC
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today claimed discontent had been caused by President Amarinder Singh’s foreign trip in which he had taken along a coterie and ignored other members of the party.
SAD General Secretary Daljit Singh Cheema said in a statement .”The party high command had snubbed Amarinder repeatedly by refusing to give Rajya Sabha tickets to his nominees, not releasing the new organisation team submitted by him since two months and even not anointing him as the party’s chief ministerial candidate,”
He said that A high-level meeting held by Punjab Congress yesterday to discuss wheat procurement issue was boycotted by senior leaders, including Partap Bajwa+Rajinder Kaur Bhattal + Shamsher Singh Dullo,
The Akali leader claimed that factionalism in Punjab Congress was also reflected in the team which Amarinder had chosen to take along with him during his ongoing trip to the US and Canada.
Cheema alleged”Congress seems to be virtually folding up in the state,”

SukhbirUrges Centre To Help Sikh Victims:Gurudwara Explosion in Germany

[Chandigarh, Punjab]Dy CM Sukhbir Condemns Explosion at Gurudwara in Germany
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today condemned the explosion at a gurudwara in Germany’s western city of Essen
Akali Leader Urged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the issue of safety of Sikhs and their religious places with the German government.
He said “The news of a bomb attack on a Gurudwara in Essen in Germany called for concerted efforts to sensitize people across the world about Sikh religion and its unique concepts of peace and universal brotherhood,”
Sukhbir, is also president of Punjab Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD),
He appealed to all Sikhs, particularly Gurudwara management Committees in various countries, including SGPC and DSGMC, to launch an awareness campaign in this regard.
Badal said the Centre should also ask its embassy in Germany to provide immediate aid to the injured as well as work with the local Sikh community to help rebuild the Sikh shrine.
A Sikh priest was among three persons injured when an explosion ripped through a gurudwara in Essen.

पंजाब के पीड़ित कपास किसानों के लिए”बादल”सरकार के ६०० करोड़ रुपयों को”आप”ने अपर्याप्त बताया

[नई दिल्ली]पंजाब के पीड़ित कपास किसानों के लिए”बादल”सरकार के ६०० करोड़ रुपयों को”आप”ने अपर्याप्त बताया
कपास किसानों की बदहाली को दूर करने के लिए बादल सरकार द्वारा दिए गए ६०० करोड़ रुपयों को “आप” पार्टी ने अपर्याप्त बताया
“आप” पार्टी ने पंजाब में कपास फ़सल की बर्बादी का कारण राज्य सरकार, कृषि मंत्री के इस्तीफे समेत उनकी गिरफ्तारी की मांग भी की :
आप ने आरोप लगाया है के पंजाब में कपास की फसल पर सफ़ेद मक्‍खी के हमले पर बेअसर नक़ली कीटनाशक से तबाह अब तक एक दर्जन से ज्यादा किसानों ने पिछले डेढ़ महीने के दौरान ख़ुदकुशी कर ली है। इसके लिए सीधे तौर पर राज्य की बादल सरकार द्वारा किया गया घोटाला जिम्मेदार है। सफ़ेद मक्खी कीट से पंजाब में कपास के 11 लाख एकड़ रकबे में करीब 60 फीसदी फ़सल तबाह हुई है। लेकिन किसानों को सिर्फ 600 करोड़ रुपये का पैकेज ही बादल सरकार ने दिया है जो पर्याप्त नहीं है।
“आप” के आरोपानुसार पंजाब में कीटनाशक सप्लाई करने का काम “मार्कफेड कॉओपरेटिव सोसाइटी” करती आई थी लेकिन इस बार पंजाब सरकार ने ये काम बिना किसी टेंडर आवेदन के “ओ-ब्रायन” नाम की एक फर्ज़ी कम्पनी को दे दिया। सरकार ने इस कंपनी से 33 करोड़ रुपए के कीटनाशक की ख़रीद कर किसानों को उपलब्ध कराया। साधारणत: एक फ़सल में 2 से 3 बार कीटनाशक छिड़काव की जरुरत होती है लेकिन “ओ-ब्रायन” नामक इस कीटनाशक को 14 से 15 बार छिड़कना पड़ा, किसानों का एक बार के कीटनाशक छिड़काव का खर्च 3300 से 3400 रुपए आता है लिहाज़ा उनका एक फ़सल पर खर्च भी पहले के मुकाबले काफी बढ़ गया। इस कीटनाशक की वजह से कपास की फ़सल खराब हुई तो इस कंपनी पर दबाव बढ़ने लगा, जांच हुई तो पाया कि इस “ओ-ब्रायन” नामक कीटनाशक को खरीदने से पहले सरकार की तरफ़ से किसी तरह की जांच के लिए लैब में भी नहीं भेजा गया था और ना ही पंजाब कृषि विश्वविद्यालय ने इस कीटनाशक की गुणवत्ता को मंजूरी दी थी, जांच में पाया गया कि इसमें शुद्दता का स्तर 17.5 मिला है जो अमूमन कीटनाशक में 22.5 होना आवश्यक होता है। ये सारा घोटाला उजागर हुआ तो सरकार ने लीपापोती करते हुए कार्रवाई के नाम पर सिर्फ कुछ डीलर और कृषि महकमे के निदेशक मंगल सिंह संधू के खिलाफ ही कार्रवाई की जबकि अपनी सरकार के कृषि मंत्री तोता सिंह को क्लीन चिट दे दी, जबकि इतनी बड़ी खरीद बिना कृषि मंत्री की सहमति के हो ही नहीं सकती। आम आदमी पार्टी ने मांग की है कि पंजाब सरकार में कृषि मंत्री तोता सिंह को तुंरत उनके पद से हटाया जाए और उन पर आपराधिक मुकदमा दर्ज़ करते हुए उनको तुरंत गिरफ्तार किया जाए,इसके अलावा पार्टी ने मान की है के पंजाब के कपास किसानों को 40 हज़ार रुपए प्रति एकड़ के हिसाब से मुआवज़ा दिया जाए।

Punjab Govt’s Minister Tota Singh Shown Shoes In New York

[New York]Punjab Govt Delegation lead by NRI Minister Tota Singh Shown Shoes In New York
A senior cabinet minister in the Punjab government and his delegation came under attack as hundreds of Sikhs protesting his visit allegedly threw stones and hurled a shoe at the leaders, following which the police took two youths into custody.
Tota Singh, Minister for NRI Affairs in the Punjab government, and other Akali leaders were scheduled to address a meeting at Richmond Hill in the Queens borough yesterday.
However, hundreds of Sikhs protesting the visit and chanting slogans converged at the venue and allegedly surrounded the area, according to information provided by the rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).
The standoff between the Sikhs and Singh’s delegation continued for more than three hours and a heavy contingent of New York Police was summoned at the scene.
The North American Sikh groups are opposing SAD (Badal) for their failure to convict Indian police officers who were involved in extra-judicial killings of thousands of innocent Sikhs during counter insurgency operations in early 1990s
Singh is leading a delegation to the US and Canada to garner support of the Punjabi diaspora for the 2017 Assembly elections in Punjab.

Punjab Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Demands Domesticity In Indian Medieval History

[New Delhi] Punjab Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal [SAD],Criticizing 1st PM, Demands Domesticity In Indian Medieval History Curriculum
SAD today demanded a review of history contending that aspects related to India’s past had been ignored in educational curriculum and wondered how the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made a “mistake” in this regard.
Akali Dal member Prem Singh Chandumajra said foreign version of history has been given preference over the domestic version and in effect the contribution of national heroes has been ignored in books.
“There should be a review of history so that it is corrected,” he said while participating in a debate on Demand for Grants for HRD Ministry in Lok Sabha.
To buttress his point, he said Babur, who founded Mughal Empire in India, was “an invader” but he has been described as a “ruler”. He questioned that if Babur was the ruler, then what was the role of Guru Nanak who had described him as “jaabar” (oppressor).
Aurangzeb has also been described as a “ruler” even though Guru Teg Bahadur had “sacrificed” his life while “confronting him (Aurangzeb) to protect ‘janaeu’ (holy Hindu thread)”, Chandumajra said.
He added that Maharaja Ranjeet Singh had also fought against invaders and closed the Khyber pass but his role was suppressed in history.
“Nehru was a good person but I don’t know how he made the mistake or may be he got influenced,” the Akali member said.
He also wanted regional languages to be encouraged by giving them priority in usage, arguing that languages unite rather than divide.
Appearing to target Congress, he said “they have kept nation divided by making people fight over languages”, as he pointed towards the opposition benches.