Keeping political rivalry at bay, Punjab CM dedicated pending dream project of Capt Amarinder to masses
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 16,2023
Keeping political rivalry at a bay, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann led government not only completed the pending project of Capt Amarinder Singh’s government but dedicated the newly constructed modern bus stand at Patiala to masses.
The Chief Minister said that the newly constructed bus stand is equipped with ultra modern facilities including lifts for the people. He said that constructed over a cost of Rs 60 crore this bus stand is having 45 counters for public convenience adding that the existing bus stand will be used as a city bus stand from where electrical shuttle bus service to various parts of the city will be introduced. Bhagwant Mann said that more such bus stands will constructed across the state on the lines of Patiala bus stand.
Training his guns against former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Chief Minister said that the royal scion of Patiala had never visited his home town as CM. Bhagwant Mann said that after assuming charge of office he had visited Royal city more than Maharaja Patiala had done in his entire tenure. He said that this is the change for which people had elected this pro-people and development oriented government.
The Chief Minister quipped that such functions of public importance were rare during the last regimes. However, he said that a new era has ushered now such projects are being dedicated to the public by the government. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is now leaving no stone unturned for facilitating the people by dedicating such projects to the state and its people.
Addressing a gathering after dedicating the newly constructed bus stand here today, the Chief Minister said that the voters of Jalandhar Parliamentary segment had casted votes in favour of schools of eminence, Aam Aadmi Clinics, unprecedented progress, well being of the people and others. He said that while they had sought votes on name of development their opponents had demanded vote for name of caste and sects. Bhagwant Mann said that people of Jalandhar had silenced opposition by giving thumping mandate in favour of the state government.
Keeping political rivalry at bay, Punjab CM dedicated pending dream project of Capt Amarinder to masses. Former chief minister of Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh had laid the foundation stone of Patiala bus stand in October 2020. Initilally the project was initiated at the cost of Rs 60.97 Crore and later Rs 6.10 crore more added for the construction of connecting bridge.
On the occasion Cabinet Ministers Chetan Singh Jauramajra, Laljit Singh Bhullar and Dr Balbir Singh along with others were also present.On this occasion MLAs Ajitpal Singh Kohli, Neena Mittal, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Kulwant Singh Bajigar, PRTC Chairman Ranjodh Singh Hadana, Mandi Board Chairman Harchand Singh Barsat, Chief Minister’s Media Director Baltej Pannu, District Planning Committee Chairman Jassi Sohianwala, Improvement Trust Chairman Patiala and Nabha Megh Chand Shermajra and Surinderpal Sharma along with Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Kumar Amit, PRTC Managing Director Vipul Ujwal, I.G. Mukhwinder Singh Chhina, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, S.S.P. Varun Sharma, AMD Charanjot Singh Walia and large number of other personalities were present. PRTC Chairman Ranjodh Singh Hadana honoured Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and other Cabinet Ministers and thanked them at the end of the ceremony.
