Chandigarh Diary| Celebrating Festivals with the Working Class is ‘Privilege’: Satya Pal Jain

GG News Bureau
Chandigarh, 16th Jan. To commemorate Makar Sankranti, the Construction Workers Labor Union of Chandigarh organized a langar at the Labor Chowk of Sector 44-C on Monday (January 15, 2024). The langar served khichdi and curd-flaked rice (dahi-chura).

During the event, Satya Pal Jain, former MP from Chandigarh and Additional Solicitor General of the Government of India, graced the occasion as the chief guest. He distributed Prasad of Khichdi and Dahi Chura to the underprivileged and also inaugurated the new office of the Construction Workers Labor Union.

Expressing his thoughts, Shri Jain stated that celebrating any festival with the impoverished labor class is a privilege that brings immense joy to the heart. He also joined the laborers in taking Prasad.

The event was attended by President and former councilor Ram Lal, Vice President Gulab Chand Yadav, Ram Sarik Yadav, Santosh Yadav, Lal Chand, Rajendra Pal, Ram Narayan, Mahindra Yadav, Suresh Chauhan, Girwar Singh, Jang Bahadur Yadav, Surendra Pratap, and Sham Sundar Chauhan, along with a large number of people.

Centre Should Immediately Release Additional Grant to Punjab University: Satya Pal Jain
Chandigarh, 8th Jan. Satya Pal Jain, former MP from Chandigarh, Additional Solicitor General of the Government of India and senior most member of the Senate of Punjab University, has urged the Central Government to increase the grant from Rs. 294 crore for 2023-24 to the amount of Rs. 346 crore to Punjab University, Chandigarh and further increase it by 6% every year in future, so that after the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the outstanding amount due from 1-1-2016 can be released to the employees of Punjab University Chandigarh.

In a letter written to Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Shri Jain said that the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission have been accepted from 1-1-2016 but due to non-receipt of additional grant of about Rs 50 crore from the Central Government, the outstanding amount could not be paid to the employees. He wrote that Chandigarh Administration has already given approval to pay dues to its college staff from 1-1-2016. Therefore, it is necessary that an additional grant of about Rs 50 crore should be released to Punjab University so that the employees of Punjab University can also get the benefits of the pay revision.

Shri Jain urged the Central Government to release this amount as soon as possible so that uncertainty on this issue comes to an end. He said that he had written to the Education Ministry about it earlier also.

Satya Pal Jain Along with Both the Governors Welcomed VP Dhankhar

Chandigarh, 6th Jan. Vice President of India Sh. Jagdeep Dhankhar stopped for some time at Chandigarh airport while going from Delhi to Hamirpur on the morning of Jan 6, 2024.

He was welcomed at the airport by both the Governors of Punjab and Haryana and former BJP MP Sh. Satya Pal Jain. On this occasion, Punjab Governor Sh. Banwari Lal Purohit, Haryana Governor Sh. Bandaru Dattatreya, Haryana Electricity Minister Chaudhary Ranjit Singh, Mayor Anup Gupta and many other officials were also present.

Sh. Dhankhar spoke openly to all the dignitaries and after staying at the airport for about half an hour, left for Hamirpur.

While returning from Hamirpur in the evening, Sh. Dhankhar again changed the helicopter at Chandigarh airport and left for Delhi by plane. All these dignitaries also bid him farewell at the airport again in the evening.