Muktsar sarpanch not allowed to disburse pension

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 22

A few Congress workers at Gurusar village in the Gidderbaha Assembly segment today stopped the village sarpanch and panchayat secretary from disbursing pension among beneficiaries.

Bhupinder Singh, party general secretary, Muktsar, said, “The village sarpanch and panchayat secretary had come to disburse pension at Sidhu dharamshala in the village, but we asked them to disburse the money at Panchayat Ghar. We not only stopped them from the disbursal of pension but also asked the status of pension of the past five months. They were distributing pensions of just one month.”

However, Naib Singh, SAD sarpanch of Gurusar village, said, “We received the pension of October 2017 and started the disbursement today. They are now making an issue because the Congress has come to the power.”