Harpal Singh Cheema Archives

26 Sep

BJP Govt Snatching Employment from Dalits by Changing MGNREGA; Exposes Its Anti-Dalit Mindset: Harpal Singh Cheema

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CHANDIGARH (GURPREET SINGH): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday tore into the BJP-led Central Government for systematically weakening employment opportunities for the country’s poor, Dalits and labourers by making major changes to the rural employment scheme. He said the latest figures had vindicated the concerns raised by AAP when the scheme was renamed VB-G RAM-G. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated, “The BJP had repeatedly claimed that only the name of the scheme had been changed and that everything else remained the same. However,…

24 Sep

Punjab Rejected Modi, Now ED Raids Are Causing Hardship: AAP’s Harpal Cheema

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having realised that Punjab has rejected the BJP, was now using central agencies to take political revenge on Punjabis and create hardship for them ahead of the elections. Senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) action had disrupted government work across Punjab for three days, causing severe inconvenience to people, while the searches had yielded nothing. He said the Modi Government’s use of the ED, Income Tax Department and Election Commission against opposition states had become its trademark,…

16 Sep

AAP Targets BJP Ahead of Anti-Drug March, Demands Accountability on Border Security and Supply Routes

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit back at the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, with Senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema asking the BJP to answer three fundamental questions before staging a political march in Punjab: why is it failing to stop drug consignments linked to Gujarat and Rajasthan, why is it targeting Punjab when the 55-km international border belt falls under the BSF, and why does it want Punjab’s water to flow to Haryana and Rajasthan? The Minister said the BJP must first act against drug networks in its own-ruled states, secure…

03 Sep

Punjab Ready to Match Central Pay and Dearness Allowance Packages, Says Finance Minister Harpal Cheema

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab Government will ensure salary parity plus DA (Dearness Allowance), with Central Government employees if that is what employees seek, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Thursday, making it clear that the state is ready to match the overall compensation package rather than simply replicate the Centre’s DA percentage. The Punjab Group of Ministers, comprising Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Industries and Commerce Minister Aman Arora and Social Security Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, said Punjab employees in several major categories already draw higher take-home salaries than their Central Government counterparts despite the Centre’s higher DA rate.…

15 Aug

“Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Statement on RDF Is ‘Dhakka’ With Farmers & Punjab; Centre Sitting on Punjab’s Rs 9,821 Crore Outstanding Dues”, Says Harpal Singh Cheema

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CHANDIGARH (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema has declared the statement made by Union Cabinet Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that “no minister from Punjab ever contacted the Centre for the money under the Rural Development Fund (RDF)” as highly irresponsible, misleading and a blatant lie. The Finance Minister said that BJP leaders are experts at lying and distort every fact before presenting it to the public. He made it clear that the Punjab Government has continuously raised the issue of RDF funds before the Central Government at every possible platform. Addressing a press conference and detailing the repeated…

12 Aug

Harpal Cheema Targets SAD, BJP Over ED Row, Says ‘Akali Dal Acting As Spokesperson For ED’

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh (: Punjab Finance Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema tore into ‘Beadbi Party’ the (Shiromani Akali Dal) and the ‘ED Party’ (BJP) condemning the Akali Dal’s recent statements regarding a communication between the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Director-General of Police (DGP). Addressing a press conference, Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, "The ‘Chitta Party' (SAD) has completely abandoned its principles and is now acting as a spokesperson for the ‘ED Party' (BJP) and central investigative agencies. It is baffling how a communication addressed to the DGP by the ED is being…

28 Jul

Punjab Government Ends Labour Unrest; PSPCL and Aam Aadmi Clinic Staff Resume Work

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): In a major breakthrough for public services across Punjab, Finance Minister and Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Employee Issues and Demands, Harpal Singh Cheema, on Tuesday announced that 16 unions of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and the staff unions of Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) have officially called off their strikes and returned to work. He said the decision comes after extensive marathon negotiations led by the state government over the past two days successfully addressed core grievances, including accepting key demands of health staff and establishing a dedicated financial committee for power sector…

18 Jul

PM Modi Disappointed Every Section of Punjab by Ignoring State’s Pending Dues: Harpal Singh Cheema

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CHANDIGARH (Gurpreet Singh) : Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab disappointed every section of the state as he chose to indulge in politics instead of announcing the release of Punjab’s legitimate pending financial dues. The Finance Minister said the people of Punjab had expected the Prime Minister to clear the state’s pending dues, but he remained silent on the issue while making political remarks. The Finance Minister said the AAP Government has fulfilled all five guarantees given to the people within four-and-a-half years, unlike the BJP-Akali government, which ruined Punjab…

02 Jul

Punjab Cabinet Waives Government Fees for Key Citizen Services to Facilitate Special Intensive Revision

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): In a major decision aimed at facilitating the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and ensuring that citizens can obtain the required documents without any financial burden, the Punjab Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, approved the waiver of government fees and facilitation charges for several key citizen services from July 1 to September 30, 2026. A decision to this effect was taken during the meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. Govt Fees Waived for Key Citizen Services During SIR Sharing…

29 Jun

Punjab Government Agrees to Revise Newly Enacted Sacrilege Law Following Akal Takht Summons

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SRI AMRITSAR SAHIB (Gurpreet Singh): In a spirit of humility and devotion, Punjab’s Sikh MLAs and Ministers, on Monday, appeared barefoot before Sri Akal Takht Sahib after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar. Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema reiterated their profound reverence for the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs and said the Punjab Government would give due consideration to the suggestions received while fully upholding the dignity and sanctity of Sri Akal Takht Sahib. Addressing the media after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib and appearing before Sri Akal…