SAD (A) and Rupnagar Bar Association oppose move to accord district status to Anandpur Sahib
Bahadurjeet Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ Rupnagar, November 23,2025
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar )and the District Bar Association (DBA)Rupnagar held a joint press conference and strongly opposed the reported move to accord district status to Sri Anandpur Sahib, questioning whether creating a new district solely for political gain is in the best interest of the people and the state.
Speaking at the Rupnagar Press Club, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar ) National Secretary Kushalpal Singh said that the government is seeking to get political mileage by creating a new district on the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, while the state is already facing an economic crisis. Anandpur Sahib needs infrastructure development. The Sirsa River is becoming polluted. Governments have already created twenty-three districts from twelve since 1972. The government is increasing expenditure, while the quality of governance has declined.
He said that the government should implement the need to reduce districts if necessary. The government was unable to build the Garhshankar -Anandpur Sahib road, and the road was constructed through Kar Seva.
District Bar Association Rupnagar president Advocate Harpreet Singh Kang, said that the AAP government, which claims to uphold Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s vision, no longer has the state’s development as its agenda.
Kang sarcastically stated that if Anandpur Sahib is to made a district Rupnagar’s district status should be revoked and it should be merged with Mohali district to form a tehsil. With widespread opposition to the new district, public opinion is crucial. High Court lawyer Simranjit Singh, Ranjit Singh Santokhgarh, Rupnagar District President, Surinder Singh, District President of the Transport Wing of the SAD (A), Bibi Jatinder Kaur, Harjeet Singh Chatamala, District Youth President, Pawanpreet Singh Pamma, Baba Jasvir Singh, Nawanshahr President, Advocate Yash Gangar, General Secretary of the Bar Association, and Advocate Sachin Bhanot were also present on the occasion.
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