Dyal Singh College wins inter-college debate

Tribune News Service

Karnal, February 19

With an aim to encourage students to recognise their talent, The Tribune today organised an inter-college debate on ‘Has demonetisation benefited Indian economy’ at Dyal Singh College here.

As many as 16 students from eight colleges of the district took part in the contest and highlighted merits and demerits of demonetisation. The participants who spoke in favour of motion highlighted how the step taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, benefited the economy besides, keeping a check on terrorism, black money and fake currency.

Ankita Sindhu (Dyal Singh College) claimed it to be a masterstroke and said that it had benefited the country in many ways, while Simar (KVA DAV College for Women) lauded the step taken by the Prime Minister and said that it had stopped terror funding.

Manka (Government College) praised the step and said that it had proved to be a warrior against black money. Tanisha (Government College for Women) said that it was a bold step taken to strengthen the economy.

Those who spoke against the motion emphasised that the step was taken in haste that led to inconvenience to crores of people. Highlighting mismanagement, they said that it had resulted in loss to economy as well as human lives. Some of them also stated that demonetisation had failed to shift the economy to cashless system. One of them pointed out that a large amount of black money was still invested in real estate and gold.

Ashima (DAV College for Women) said that a little fake currency was detected with this step, while Vashudhra (DAV PG College) claimed it to be a failed step.

Samreet, (Guru Nanak Khalsa College) said that most of the currency in circulation was deposited with banks, but the country was still waiting for the deposition of black money.

In the debate, the team of Dyal Singh College was declared the best. Both the students, Kawalpreet Kaur and Ankita Sindhu, were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 2,500, a certificate and a trophy.

Kawalpreet Kaur also won the first prize and was awarded with a trophy, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 5,000, while second prize was bagged by Ashima Garg of KVA DAV Women College and she was given a cash prize of Rs 3,500 along with a certificate and a trophy.

Vashundhra of DAV PG College bagged the third position and won a cash prize of Rs 2,500, while three consolation prizes of Rs 1,000 each were won by Simar of KVA DAV College for Women, Manka Hashija of Government PG College and Vidhi of Jiwan Chanan Mahila Mahavidhalya, Assandh.

Deputy Commissioner Aditya Dahiya gave away the prizes to the winners. He lauded The Tribune for organising the debate to encourage students to hone their talent. He also encouraged the students to participate in such activities and said that such events nurture the talent of students.

Prof BR Gulati (retd), GM, Dyal Singh College Trust Society, and Dr KL Gosain, Principal, Dyal Singh College, presided over the function.

Dr YP Sharma, former principal, DAV PG College, and Dr Neena Arora, former associate professor, Dyal Singh College, were the judges and Poonam Singla, associate professor, English Department, Dyal Singh College, conducted the stage.