Ask Centre to give tax holiday: Channi to SAD

Tribune News Service

Ropar, August 22

State Technical Education minister Charanjit Singh Channi has asked Shiormani Akali Dal leaders to put pressure on the Centre to extend the tax holiday to the industry in the state on the pattern of hill states.

Channi, who was interacting with mediapersons during the job fair organised on the campus of Rayat Bahra Institute, said, “In case the Centre denies it, the SAD should leave the NDA and ask its MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal to resign from the Union Cabinet.”

Lashing out at SAD chief Sukhbir Badal for his claims on assurance by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that “no economic or industrial concession will be allowed” to any new unit in Punjab’s neighbouring states, Channi said the former Deputy CM must explain that what benefit it would yield for the state industry.

He alleged that the SAD, particularly Badals, was known for selling interest of the state for their personal benefits.

Claiming that the Congress government in the state was committed to provide at least one job to each family, Channi said nearly 900 companies would provide 50,000 jobs to youths of the state during 21 job fares to be organised till August 31.