Cabinet Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria hoists Tricolour in Tarn Taran

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Tarn Taran, August 16

Cabinet Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria hoisted the national flag during the district-level 75th Independence Day function at the local Police Lines ground.

The minister inspected the march-past and took salute from the contingents of the Punjab Police, women police, Home Guards jawans and others.

He highlighted the welfare schemes of the Punjab Government and expressed worries with farmers agitating at the Delhi borders for the last eight months. The minister said agriculture was a state subject but the Union Government had directly interfered by forming three contentious laws that had created disappointment among citizens. He said the entire country was with farmers.

“It is a matter of grave concern that hundreds of farmers have lost their lives in the agitation. I express my sympathy with the families of the farmers who have lost their lives and salute them who have sacrificed their lives,” he said.

He honoured the families of freedom fighters, distributed tricycles and sewing machines to the needy. He was accompanied by Dr Dharambeer Agnihotri and Ramanjit Singh Sikki, both MLAs, while Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh, SSP Dhruman H Nimbale, ADGP Jatinder Jain, District and Sessions Judge Priya Sood, other civil, police and judicial officials, too, were present on the occasion.