Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, State AAP President Aman Arora and legislator Kuldeep Dhaliwal on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha over the failure to raise state’s key issues in the Parliament. They highlighted that critical matters, including Rs 8,500 crore Rural Development Fund dues, Rs 60,000 crore GST losses, and Rs 1,600 crore flood relief, were not taken up, despite repeated com…
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Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Wednesday condemned Congress legislator Sukhpal Khaira for derogatory remarks he made on social media, demanding an immediate and unconditional apology. The minister also appealed to the Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha to initiate strict disciplinary action if Khaira failed to apologise publicly for his offensive and unparliamentary language.Addressing the House, Cheema said, “Sukhpal Singh Khaira made offensive comments directed…
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Union government, accusing it of systematically dismantling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and stripping the poor of their right to a livelihood. Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha in support of a resolution against the changes and the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme to ‘Viksit Bharat — G GRAM G’, Cheema labelled the step as an “assault…