Badal Calls Off Meeting With Pakistan’s Envoy In Wake Of Dinanagar Incident

High Commissioner For Pakistan Sought Courtesy Call On Meeting With CM

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today called off his meeting with the Pakistan High Commissioner Mr. Abdul Basit scheduled for July 29 in view of today's incident at Dina Nagar in Gurdaspur.

Disclosing this here today, Advisor to Chief Minister on National Affairs and Media Mr. Harcharan Bains today said that the High Commission for Pakistan had requested for a courtesy call on meeting with the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal. It may be recalled that the High Commissioner for Pakistan was scheduled to visit Chandigarh from July 29 to August 1, 2015.

Badal Mourns SAD Demise of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

• Recalls His Outstanding Services As Multifaceted Personality
• Describes Him A Towering Personality Who Inspired Youth To Compete Globally·     

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (84) who died in a private hospital at Shillong after having collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management while delivering a lecture to the students of B-School.

In a condolence message, the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal described the country’s 11th President Dr. Kalam as a towering and multifaceted personality being a true statesman, an eminent academician, a noted nuclear scientist and above all a fine human being. The Chief Minister recalled the outstanding services rendered by Dr.Kalam for the ameliorating the lot of downtrodden and lower strata of society besides inspiring the youth to compete globally in the field of emerging advanced studies, science and technology. He will be ever remembered by one and all as a missile man of India and for his rare accomplishments especially in the field of social service for which Dr. Kalam was awarded Padma Bhushan and Bharat Ratna.

Sharing his heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved family, Mr. Badal prayed to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and give courage to them to bear this huge loss in this hour of grief.

Parkash Singh Badal offers to Install Ranjit Singh's Statue in France

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday offered to install a life-size statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh warrior who ruled the first Sikh kingdom, at Saint-Tropez in France, the birth place of his General Jean-Francois Allard. Badal gave this assurance during a meeting with deputy mayor of Saint Tropez, Henri Allard, the direct descendant of Gen Allard, here.

Henri Allard informed Badal that they intended to install the statue in Saint Tropez as a mark of respect to the great king of the first Sikh empire. He told the CM, Parkash Singh Badal that Gen Allard (French), along with Gen Ventura (Italian), served in the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and both made an enormous contribution for the modernisation of his military through their strategic experience and raised Fauj-i-Khas, the "special" or "royal" brigade.

He said the installation of the statue at Saint Tropez would go a long way in further fostering the bonds of goodwill, bonhomie and friendship between the people of France and Punjab. Claude Maniscalco, director, Saint-Tropez Tourism, informed Badal that Saint-Tropez was a prominent tourist destination visited by around 6.5 million tourists every year.

Meanwhile, the chief minister said it would be an honour for Punjab to get a white-marbled statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and accepted the invitation to unveil the statue on its inauguration ceremony at Saint-Tropez. Referance

Land should not be acquired without farmers' consent: Parkash Singh Badal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Land Acquisition Bill that land should not be acquired without farmers' consent.

"To safeguard the interests of farmers across the country, SAD has already made its stand crystal clear to the JPC regarding the proposed Right to fair Compensation and Transparency the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, thereby pleading that not even an inch of land should be acquired by government without the consent of the farmers and the land owners," Badal said. 

All SAD MPs in Lok Sabha have already submitted a detailed memorandum to the JPC chairman stipulating that land was a priceless asset of farmers and it should not be acquired by the government without the consent of the farmers/land owners, Parkash Singh Badal, who is also SAD patron said on the second day of his Sangat Darshan Programme at Jandiala Guru assembly segment. 

Badal pointed out SAD has impressed upon the Punjab Government that wherever land was to be acquired, farmers should be given the option of accepting compensation at market rate plus displacement allowance or join a land pooling process under a policy as followed in Punjab. 

Badal emphasised that the Punjab model of land acquisition policy should be followed while finalising a national policy on the subject as Shiromani Akali Dal was a votary of "fool proof" safeguards for compensating the farmers and those dependent on land including farm and labourers. 

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