Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh gives government job to two ‘crorepatis’ on compassionate grounds

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh remarked that these have been petty issues and urged the cupboard to permit the appointment.

Punjab Chief Minister led Cupboard has authorized authorities jobs for sons of two MLAs on the compassionate floor regardless of protest by 5 ministers. Those that raised their voice towards the transfer embody Cupboard Ministers Razia Sultana, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Charanjeet Singh Channi, and Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa. The ministers contended that the 2 had property value crores and didn’t want authorities jobs.

The Punjab authorities has appointed Arjun Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, as an inspector in Punjab Police, and Bhisham Pandey, son of Ludhiana MLA Rakesh Pandey, as Naib Tehsildar within the Income Division. Arjun and Bhisham got the appointment as particular circumstances on compassionate grounds 34 years after their respective grandfathers have been killed.

Arjun’s grandfather was ex-Punjab minister Satnam Singh Bajwa. He laid down his life in 1987 for the sake of peace and concord within the state. Bhisham’s grandfather was Joginder Pal Pandey, who was killed by terrorists in 1987.

Each the appointments have been made by permitting one-time leisure within the guidelines and stating that it received’t be handled as a precedent. The appointments come at a time when Amarinder Singh is going through dissent from some celebration leaders together with Navjot Singh Sidhu and Partap Singh Bajwa. Each Arjun and Bhisham have been siding with the insurgent teams. With their appointment, the CM hopes to show the desk on Navjot Singh Sidhu.

In the course of the Cupboard assembly, Sarkaria reportedly mentioned that Bajwa had declared property value Rs 33 crore in his affidavit, and questioned the appointment of his son when the household didn’t want a job. Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa is believed to have mentioned that Arjun drove a automotive value Rs 5 crore, and mocked that he could be going to a police station in a luxurious automotive.

Nevertheless, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh remarked that these have been petty issues and urged the cupboard to permit the appointment.

Notably, it was Amarinder Singh who had written to Sonia Gandhi in July 2013 claiming that Bajwa’s father Satnam Singh Bajwa was not killed by terrorists however in an inter-gang rivalry of smugglers in 1987. Nevertheless, this time, the federal government assertion claims that he laid his life for peace and concord within the state.