Overcoming decades of neglect in the Kandi region of Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann launched a Rs 150 crore development project in Tanda Urmur. He announced a comprehensive network of modern road infrastructure, high-quality bridges and state-of-the-art health facilities for villages that have been underserved for nearly 70 years. The Chief Minister said that this initiative will bring decisive change by removing the political discrimination of previous governments. He said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is committed to provide better infrastructure and dignity to this long-neglected sector.
The Chief Minister also blamed the Akali Dal for breaking public trust and disrespecting Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He described today’s initiative as an increase in development and a moral assessment for the politics of the state.
Speaking about the event, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh wrote on the X handle: “Today I participated in a state-level event organized to inaugurate various development projects worth Rs 150 crore at Tanda in Hoshiarpur district. Our government is taking the state’s infrastructure and health facilities to new heights.”
The Chief Minister further wrote: “Projects worth Rs 141.88 crore have been dedicated to the people for the renovation of link roads in the area. Along with this, a ‘high level bridge’ will be constructed at a cost of Rs 2.39 crore to facilitate the Sangat going to Gurdwara Rampur Khera Sahib. Expanding health facilities, ‘Health and Wellness Centres’ are being set up in 6 villages at a cost of Rs 3.30 crore and 1.35 crore An ‘Urban Primary Health Centre’ is being set up at Garhdiwala at a cost of Rs.”
He wrote at the end, “Apart from this, a water supply project at a cost of Rs 1.54 crore has also been started in village Talwandi Dadian. The Aam Aadmi government is committed to realizing the dream of Rangla Punjab and providing quality facilities to every citizen.”
Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the development works, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Splendid roads will be constructed in Kandhi area of Hoshiarpur after 70 years. Link roads will be renovated and upgraded in Tanda Urmur. Public Works Department will construct a high-level bridge on the link road connecting Hoshiarpur-Dasuha Road with Gurdwara Rampur Khera.”
“Modern health and wellness centers are being developed in six villages Kandhala Sheikhan, Rajpur, Dhuga Kalan, Prempur, Giljian and Jahura,” he added.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “For 70 years, the Tanda Urmur area has been a victim of political discrimination because the previous governments failed to carry out development work here. Our government has taken many wonderful initiatives to ensure the progress of the area and the prosperity of the people. No stone is left unturned for this noble cause as the Punjab government is fully committed to the all-round development of every corner of the state.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “The Punjab government has so far opened 990 Aam Aadmi clinics across the state, including 576 clinics in rural areas and 414 clinics in urban areas.” “In these new clinics, 107 medicines are being given free and 47 types of diagnostic tests are being done free of charge,” he said. “More 400 clinics will be opened soon to make health facilities available to every citizen of the state near their homes,” he added.
The Chief Minister said, “In the last 75 years, no government bothered to provide such facilities to the common people, but the AAP government has opened these clinics for all people.”
Referring to the state’s achievements in the education sector, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Punjab has secured first place in the National Survey 2024.” He further said, “It is a matter of great pride and satisfaction for all Punjabis that the state has surpassed Kerala in this survey.”
He said, “During the last few years, 740 students have cleared JEE exam and 1284 students have cleared NEET exam. 118 schools of eminence are being set up across the state and 60 have already been operationalized. These schools are helping talented students to realize their dreams. They aim to provide education based on students’ abilities and interests so that they can make it big. For the first time. 24 lakh parents have participated in Mega PTM.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “All streams, including medical and non-medical, are being offered to students in government schools.” “Coaching is also provided for prestigious exams like Armed Forces Preparatory, NEET, JEE and CLAT,” he added. He said, “Social evils can be eradicated only through education. That is why the Punjab government has prioritized education and taken revolutionary initiatives in the education sector to change people’s lives.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “No free facility or concession can eradicate poverty or other social evils from the state, but education is the key that can lift people out of poverty by raising their standard of living.” He added, “Education is the light that dispels darkness and illuminates the world.” He added, “Punjab government is giving special emphasis on this.” He said, “Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana has been started in the state under which health cards are being issued to all 65 lakh families of Punjab.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Free treatment up to Rs 10 lakh is being provided to every family in the state and more than 30 lakh beneficiaries have already received health cards.” He added, “Under this scheme, 1.65 lakh people have received free treatment.” “People should take maximum advantage of these cards,” he said. “For the first time in the history of the state, tube wells have been given uninterrupted power supply for more than eight hours during the paddy season,” he said.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Farmers are now getting electricity for irrigation for the first time even during the day, which has changed their lives.” He further said, “The AAP government is wisely using every single penny of the government treasury for the welfare of the people of the state.” Talking about Mawan Dhiyan Shrekh Yojna, he said, “Punjab government has started this scheme for women above 18 years of age, under which general category women will be given Rs 1000 per month and scheduled caste category women will be given Rs 1500.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Tax money belongs to the people of the state and they are spending it wisely on the welfare of the people. Tax payers’ money is returning to the people through development, schools, hospitals and roads. Even though the AAP government has fulfilled all its guarantees, efforts will continue for the development of Punjab.”
He said, “Education, health, electricity, agriculture and other sectors are being discussed from this stage, while attempts are being made to grab power on the stages of other parties.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann added, “These opportunistic leaders are shocked because people are not giving them any support.” “Their agenda is limited to the welfare of their families rather than the people of the state. They say students should be educated in schools while the Akali and Congress want to divide the people,” he added. He added, “Punjab Government has launched a dedicated Road Safety Force in a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country to ensure the safety of citizens on state and national highways while saving their precious lives.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Akali Dal is guilty of disrespecting Sri Guru Sahib Ji. Voting for them means supporting that disrespect. The sins of these leaders cannot be forgiven and people can never forgive them for their misdeeds. These are opportunistic leaders who keep changing their colors and stance like chameleons according to their convenience and personal political interests.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Those who are responsible for the blasphemy appeared before Sri Akal Takht Sahib and confessed their crime in front of the entire public. Although it was not according to their political ambitions, they took a U-turn after some time and said that some people were trying to defame them by becoming puppets of the central agencies. But now the entire people of the state have come to know the real face of these leaders who Has always misled people through his political tactics.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Instead of empowering these people by making them officers through quality education, the Akalis ensured that the students of the poor did not study and were confined to the Ata Dal scheme. Generations of the weaker sections were at the mercy of the Badals through their narrow-minded Ata Dal scheme. These leaders have stabbed the backward and economically weaker sections by depriving them of education.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Everybody knows that a family has been a supporter of the British and conspired against the patriots who fought for the country. The British gave the title of Sir. This family even honored General Dyer, accused of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on April 13, 1919, by inviting him to dinner after the heinous incident. Such actions have always been anti-national and anti-Punjab. Mentality and character have been fully exposed to the public.”
The Chief Minister added, “Not only this, this family also ensured that General Dyer was given siropa and amnesty at Sri Harmandir Sahib. History cannot be erased and the dubious character of Badal’s forefathers is etched on the pages of history. This family’s hands are stained with the blood of patriots and the role of these traitors in backstabbing patriots can never be forgotten.”
He added, “Every leader in Congress aspires to be the head of the state. They have more faces of the Chief Minister than ordinary workers to work in elections. The Congress party is a victim of two factions which will collapse due to its own internal strife. It is very sad that the top Congress leaders who unite these leaders fighting for power do not even know how to pronounce their names properly.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “The AAP government is working wholeheartedly for the people and providing free electricity to 90 percent homes, government jobs to more than 65,000 youths without any corruption, better roads, closure of toll plazas, savings of Rs 70 lakh per day and building infrastructure. When the AAP government came to power, only 22 percent canal water was being used for irrigation. Today 71 per cent canal water is being used and this will be increased to 90 per cent by the coming paddy season.”
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “These people neglected the interests of Punjab for their personal political interests.” He added, “It is for these reasons that the people of the state did not give him any support.” “Akali Dal’s so-called Punjab Bachao Yatra is actually Parivar Bachao Yatra,” he said. “After looting the state for 15 consecutive years, they should explain what they are trying to save Punjab from,” he added.
“Those who are not getting even five members to form their party committee are dreaming of winning 117 seats in the state,” he said. He added, “These leaders had given patronage to gangsters in the state and saved the drug peddlers and set the youth on the path of drugs.” He said, “Akali Dal is a party of political leaders who have been repeatedly rejected by the people.”
The Chief Minister said, “Akalis can also abuse religion but people will not be affected by it.” “They are building aerial forts to mislead people but Punjabis cannot be misled,” he said. “People will never forgive the Akalis for their sins and teach them a lesson again,” he added. “They have always stabbed Punjab and its people in the back,” he said.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said, “Traditional political parties are jealous of him because they cannot digest that a common man’s son is effectively ruling Punjab.” “People have completely lost their faith due to the anti-people and anti-Punjab stance of these parties,” he added. He added, “The previous rulers were more concerned about their families than Punjab and Punjabis, due to which the people of the state showed them the way out.”
In his address, AAP Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia said, “The overwhelming response of the people shows their love for AAP and Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.” He added, “He is the most popular and hardworking Chief Minister of Punjab, who is working wholeheartedly for the people.”
On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian, Dr. Ravjot, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia and others were present.