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In a tweet tagging minister, CM Capt wrote, “Urge @DrSJaishankar, MEA, GoI, to arrange for immediate evacuation of all Indians, including around 200 Sikhs, stuck in a Gurudwara in Afghanistan after the #Taliban takeover. My govt is willing to extend any help needed to ensure their safe evacuation. @MEAIndia”

There is mayhem in the country after Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition and locals are attempting to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital. A video in which people were seen attempting to enter planes forcibly to flee the country has gone viral on the social media.  In this chaos, at least five people reported dead.

Meanwhile, India is trying to evacuate hundreds of its officials and citizens from Kabul, officials said.

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To woo the Dalit vote bank, CM also announced that an Act would soon be notified which would mandate budgetary spending on Dalit welfare equal to the percentage of SC population in the State, and the 85th Constitutional Amendment would be implemented in line with the judgements of the Supreme Court.

He also announced a new set of a whopping 1150 reforms for Medium & Small Enterprises (MSMEs). The details of these would be separately shared by the Department of Investment Promotion.

He said that certain expensive medical procedures and tests like Dialysis, X-Rays etc would be made free at government hospitals. He also said that a Universal Health Insurance would be launched shortly.

Regularisation of all Safai Karamcharis working for the past over 10 years and increase in the monthly honorarium of Anganwadi Workers, Mini Anganwadi Worker and Helpers by Rs. 600, Rs. 500 and Rs.300 respectively were among other key announcements made by the Chief Minister.

A sum of Rs.1170 crore would be spent under the Punjab Nirman Programme for infrastructure development according to the felt needs of the people residing in the rural/urban areas, said the Chief Minister.

Referring to the welfare of landless farmers, the Chief Minister said that the state government would make payment of Rs. 520 crores to 2.85 lakh landless farmers under the Debt Relief scheme on the coming 20th August, the birth anniversary of late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Further, Debt Relief upto Rs. 50,000 would be shortly given to about 16,000 beneficiaries of SC and BC Corporation at a cost of Rs. 62 crore, he added.

The Chief Minister said a sum of Rs.5 crore would be earmarked for the development of area in and around Guru ki Wadali, the birthplace of the 6th Sikh Guru Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib ji in the vicinity of holy city of Amritsar.

Paying glowing tributes to the legendary martyr Madan Lal Dhingra, the Chief Minister announced that a memorial would be established in Amritsar City as a mark of homage to him.

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Calling for extreme vigil against Pakistan, which continued to try to foment trouble even 75 years after independence, the Chief Minister asserted that while “we want Punjab, but will not tolerate any aggression or attack on our territory.” Addressing the people of Punjab after unfurling the national flag, the Chief Minister declared “we will teach them (Pakistan) the lesson of their lifetime if they try to be adventurous.”

Pointing to the use of drones by the neighbouring country to smuggle arms and drugs into the state, Captain Amarinder warned that Pakistan would not leave any opportunity to take advantage of any vulnerability in Punjab.

Stressing the need to ensure peace in the state to promote the development of industry and the progress of its people, the Chief Minister said his government would not tolerate any threat, including those from gangsters and terrorists. “We will deal with them squarely,” he pledged, adding that “Any threat to Punjab would be a danger to our entire nation.” He disclosed that since his government took over, 47 Pakistani terrorist modules and 347 modules of gangsters had been neutralized, including some key gangsters who had been deported from Armenia, UAE and other countries, with more awaiting deportation.

Later, interacting informally with some media-persons on the sidelines of the I-day function, the Chief Minister expressed concern about the continuing agitation of the farmers and said he had raised the issue recently during his meetings with the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister. He said he demanded the repeal of the Farm Laws, which were anti-farmer and against the spirit of the Constitution. He made it clear that he would continue to fight with the farmers for the revocation of these legislations, and would not let the sacrifices of those who had lost their lives in this struggle go in vain.

Captain Amarinder Singh said, “The fight against these Black Laws is not political. It does not matter who is in power where. We need to stand by what is right and to ensure that our rights under the Constitution are not crushed. Had some of the other political parties heeded my repeated implorations in June last year to unitedly articulate our deep concerns before the Centre, this situation might not have arisen.”

CM said that the legal efforts made by his government to get the sacrilege cases back from the CBI, to which the previous SAD-BJP government had handed over the 3 FIRs they had registered, along with another 3 in the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing cases. Since taking over the cases from the CBI, chargesheets have been filed in four cases against 23 persons and 15 police personnel have been suspended while 10 persons have been arrested, he said, adding that 10 challans have been presented so far.

The government was in the process of setting up 5 new medical colleges, besides upgrading the existing ones, he added.

The Chief Minister expressed pride in the performance of the 20 boys and girls who had brought laurels to the state in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympic Games and said besides the cash rewards, government jobs would be given to all of them. He, however, personally felt all this was not enough to appreciate their achievements, he added.

On the welfare of servicemen, he disclosed that 82 next-of-kin of Martyrs have been given jobs in the state government, with another 15 set to be given jobs soon. This is in addition to the increase in ex-gratia to the families from Rs 12 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh, he said, adding that 4300 Guardians of Governance are working across the state to ensure that the benefits of schemes reach the citizens.

“Our policies have been greatly appreciated by the people in the urban areas, which is reflected in the huge mandate given to the Congress party in the Municipal elections,” he noted, thanking the people for the same.

Terming himself to be blessed to be part of the historic occasions of the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and the 400th Prakash Purab of Ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, the Chief Minister said once the Covid situation improves, the latter will be celebrated as warranted by the occasion. The 350th Birth Anniversary of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Ji also could not be celebrated due to Covid but the state government will shortly install a statue of the legendary Sikh General in Sirhind, he said. Terming the closing of Kartarpur Corridor as a big casualty of the Covid, the Chief Minister again requested the Government of India to take up the matter for its early opening so that the Sikh Sangat can have Khulle Darshan Didar.

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The memorial is set up at Anand Amrit Park in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar, on Saturday.

CM is visiting Amritsar, the constituency from where he had been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014, after two years.

The memorial has been set up at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore over 4,490 square metres as a memory of the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs for the future generations. The names of 492 martyrs of the massacre have been enshrined on the walls of the memorial, in accordance with the list available with the Amritsar deputy commissioner’s office.

Meanwhile CM would also honour the martyrs’ kin on the occasion. The CM is also scheduled to visit Guru Nanak Dev University campus and Government Medical College for inaugurations

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Jalandhar: Following the recovery of a suspicious abandoned bag at the railway station in Jalandhar, a massive search operation has been launched by the authorities here on Thursday.

The police have also sealed the railway station and the bomb squad team has been called on the spot to inspect the bag.

Punjab police have sounded a red alert in the state following recovery of a Tiffin Box fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar on Monday.

Jalandhar police, however, later informed that it was just a mock drill to ensure foolproof security cover in the city ahead of the Independence Day event on August 15.

Meanwhile, Police have also tightened the security and launched intensive checking drives at all prominent places to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Union home minister Amit Shah to urgently provide 25 companies of central armed police forces (CAPF) and anti-drone gadgets for the Border Security Force (BSF) for protection against Pakistan-backed terror outfits amid an escalating threat to the state’s security from across the border.

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The High Court hearing the plea said that the trial court is restrained from passing the final order, pending the listing of three petitions on the issue before the bench.

The High court bench was told by the IT department that the trial court is going to pass the final order because of a revisional court quashing the summoning order against the two.

Observing the case bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia said, “CJM should not pass any further orders on the complaint.” The judge posted the matter for November 18 and also asked that both be served the notices for an adjourned date.

Captain Amarinder and his son are facing allegations of furnishing false statements and willful omission in providing required information to the I-T department that had filed criminal complaints against them in a Ludhiana court in 2016.

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“Deliver this message to Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta and Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh that under the Khalistan referendum campaign, we have made ‘Sikhs as a weapon’ in Punjab who do not plant explosives but are equipped with meticulous knowledge of law and order to annihilate dastardly governments by votes in elections,” a  recorded message in Punjabi said.

The calls have been made to Punjabis from a foreign number and the caller identified himself as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of SFJ after the Punjab police found a Tiffin Box fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar. DGP Gupta suspected foreign hands in the terror act.

Earlier, this SFJ outfit, through similar calls, had threatened Punjab CM Amarinder and Governor VP Singh Badnore, to perish them if they the Indian tricolour the occasion of Independence Day on August 15th, Pannun was reportedly heard saying in an audio clip adding that at a time farmers are dying, the hoisting of tricolour shall not be tolerated.

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