Govt failed to utilise central grants: Bajwa

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 6

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Partap Singh Bajwa today criticised the Akali Dal-BJP government in the state for “non-utilisation” of central grants under various schemes.
In a statement issued here, Bajwa said the act “debunked” the charge of discrimination levelled repeatedly by the state government against the previous Congress-led UPA Government.
He said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had been repeatedly alleging discrimination against Punjab by the then Dr Manmohan Singh government at the Centre. He claimed it had been “proved that it was the state government that had failed to avail of the central assistance”.
Bajwa referred to the non-utilisation of Rs 322.16 crore released by the Centre last year under the “Post-matric scholarship scheme” for students from the minority communities. “That was the period when the UPA was in power. The Parkash Singh Badal government did not use even a single paisa from these funds,” the PPCC president said.