CM slammed for ‘discriminating’ against Doaba, Majha regions

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 11

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Industrialists and BJP leader Tarun Chugh slammed the Capt Amarinder Singh government for announcing an industrial park and an integrated manufacturing cluster in the Malwa region, depriving the two other regions — Doaba and Majha — of the share of the largesse.

Kamal Dalmia, Chairman of the Focal Point Industries Association, said ignoring the border districts in the industrial plan displayed the lack of vision of the government towards Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Ferozepur, where unemployment rate remained the highest. So, the youth of these districts remain vulnerable to addiction which could weaken the society and nation as well.

It is highly unfortunate that the government, during the pandemic, was playing with the emotions of people, particularly industrialists, who were already passing through a critical phase. —Tarun Chugh, national secretary, BJP

The government must take the lead in guided industrialisation to create more jobs and at the same time set up institutes to train youth in the skilled courses, he said.

Terming the projects as politically motivated, Tarun Chugh, national secretary of the BJP, said, “It was highly unfortunate that the government, during the pandemic, was playing with the emotions of people, particularly industrialists, who were already passing through a critical phase.”

Government’s insensitivity towards Doaba and Majha left the people of these regions disappointed, he said. The BJP leader said the announcement, which came after 42 months of the formation of the government, clearly indicated that this promise was also likely to remain unfulfilled till the government completed its term. “It is nothing but an eyewash,” Chugh said.

He also questioned the rationale behind announcing two mega projects in one region. “If the government was serious about boosting the trade and industry in the state, why didn’t it announce any such project for Doaba or Majha. The people and particularly the industrialists of these regions also need some support for coming out of the financial crunch and to cope with the challenges they are facing due to the global slowdown in the time of deadly pandemic,” he said.