Tewari accuses Akalis of diverting funds meant for Ludhiana development

Ludhiana, February 2, 2014:  Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari today accused the ruling Akali-BJP government in the state of not only ignoring Ludhiana in terms of development but also diverting the development funds from the city to other places.
Addressing a public meeting at Haibbowal, organised by the local councillor Hemraj Aggarwal here today, Tewari said, while the state government had mostly been indifferent towards the city, it was being hostile to the areas represented by the Congress.
The minister maintained that even the funds granted by the central government were either diverted for other purposes or were not accounted for. He said, five years have passed since he got RS 50 crores from the Planning Commission of India for the cleaning of the Buddha Nullah but what to speak of cleaning the nullah the state government just misappropriated the entire amount.
The Ludhiana MP expressed his gratitude to the people for showering. Immense love and honour on him. He appealed to them to support him again to serve them once more. He stated that he was touched by the love and warmth given by the people to him in Ludhiana.
He cautioned the people against the sectarian and divisive forces who were raising their ugly head. He reminded people about the dark days of terrorism when people were scared to venture out of their homes. He said, that sectarian and divisive forces were capable of only creating fear in the minds of people.
Among others present on the occasion included former minister and local MLA Rakesh Pandey, leader of the councillors in Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Hemraj Aggarwal, Pawan Dewan, Gurpreet Gogi, Pritpal Singh Ghayal, Virinder Sehgal, Maharaj Singh Raji, Parminder Mehta, Lali Grewal, Gurmukh Singh Mithu, Kulbhushan Sharma, Ramesh Handa, Devraj Kapoor, Kumar Gaurav, Niranjan Singh Toor, Dr. Ajay Mohan Sharma, Joginder Singh, K.K Seth, S.P Seth, Ramesh Bhardwaj, Davinder Rawat, Kamal Goyal, Sarpanch Goldy, Janak Raj, Jolly Sharma, Tarlok Chand Passi, Shankar Singla, Tonny, Bablu and others.// ludhiana news online, ludhiana news in English, ludhiana news, ludhiana current news, ludhiana news live, Ludhiana breaking news, Ludhiana headlines, Ludhiana latest news, punjab news, india news, punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news,

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