Jassi holds rally at Maur, lists Cong’s works

Sukhmeet Bhasin

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, March 3

Congress leader and former minister Harminder Singh Jassi held a massive rally at the old grain market in Maur Mandi on Sunday.

While addressing party workers ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Jassi listed out the development works going on in the area.

He said a grant of Rs 4.50 crore had been released for the development of Maur and once this grant got over, more money would be released. There would be no dearth of funds for the development works in the mandi, he stated.

Addressing the issue of shortage of doctors at Maur civil hospital, Jassi said he had given a list of doctors to the Punjab health minister and soon, all doctors would join the hospital.

He the state government was pro farmers as for the first time, payment of farmers was made within 72 hours during the paddy procurement season last year.

Moreover, the government had waived debts of farmers as promised. In the first phase, the government had waived debts of 3 lakh farmers and in the second phase, which is still underway, 7 lakh farmers had been benefitted.

Jassi further claimed that the government would also provide 5-marla plots to poor people and a new loan waiver scheme for landless farmers and farm labourers had also been approved.

The government, through i-haryali app, had distributed 8 lakh saplings free of cost. Further, he claimed that to provide employment to the youth, employments fairs were being held in colleges of the state regularly.

Jagtar Singh Gill, Rajinder Kumar Toni, Birbal Dass, Rattan Lal and others were present at the rally.

It is pertinent to mention that this was the first major event of the Congress party after the Assembly elections campaign during which a bomb blast took place outside Jassi’s public meeting in Maur in 2017.

The Bomb Blast Action Committee also took out a protest march on Sunday, alleging police inaction in the case. The committee members, carrying black flags, took out the rally in main areas of Maur.

1st rally since blast

This was the first major event of the Congress party after the Assembly elections campaign during which a bomb blast took place outside Harminder Singh Jassi’s public meeting in Maur in 2017. 

What he said

• Jassi said there will be no dearth of funds to carry out development works in Maur Mandi

• Addressing the issue of shortage of doctors at Maur civil hospital, he said he had given a list of doctors to the Punjab health minister and soon, all doctors would join the hospital 

• The state government was pro farmers as for the first time, payment of farmers was made within 72 hours during the paddy procurement season last year, he said