In ballot yr, Captain Amarinder Singh executive in Punjab notifies Brahmin Welfare Board

Forward of the Meeting elections due early subsequent yr, the Congress govt in Punjab has issued a notification to arrange Brahmin Welfare Board — the primary time that this type of frame can be shaped within the state the place Sikhs are in a majority.

The notification to shape the seven-member board was once issued Friday overdue via Division of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities after approval from Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore.

As in keeping with the notification, the board could be “figuring out the desires and issues of the Brahmin Samaj” and “counsel measures for his or her redressal.” It’ll “act as a hyperlink between the neighborhood and the federal government for making plans and implementation of programmes and insurance policies for social, financial and academic upliftment of the Brahmin Samaj and assist toughen mutual ties, social justice, empowerment and the non violent co-existence amongst quite a lot of sections of the society.”

The time period of the board, having headquarters in Chandigarh, could be two years and it could meet as soon as in six months, as in keeping with the notification.

Calling it a unconditionally political resolution and taking a jibe on the ruling Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema stated, “Other folks first serve the Brahmins all the way through a ‘bhoj’. This govt, in its 5th yr, then again, is feeding the leftover to Brahmins.”

“This can be a utterly political resolution,” stated Cheema, including that “it takes a very long time for a board to begin functioning…appointments must be made, workplace and furnishings needs to be equipped and there are lots of issues earlier than a board begins functioning.”

Senior BJP chief and previous minister Madan Mohan Mittal too lashed out on the Capt Amarinder Singh-led govt, accusing it of indulging in caste politics. “Congress has been shaken from its roots and has stooped to delight in caste politics. However, the best way Hindus had been remoted within the state, the Congress can by no means get the toughen of the neighborhood,” stated Mittal, including that “the (the state govt) have accomplished it pondering that they’d create a Brahmin foyer, however this could no longer occur.”

Shree Brahmin Sabha Punjab president Devi Dayal Prashar termed the transfer to arrange the board as an “election stunt”. “That is all election stunt. We aren’t in opposition to putting in place of a board for the welfare of Brahmins, however we need to know what will be the supply of its source of revenue and what will be the accountability of the chairman,” he requested.

Prashar stated all the way through SAD-BJP govt within the state, a delegation of Brahmin Sabha had met then deputy leader minister Sukhbir Singh Badal with a illustration to arrange Brahmin Welfare Board. “Out of 40 lakh Brahmins within the state, the profits of monks or those that paintings in small temples or who had been from out of doors the state may be very much less. Within the illustration, we had identified that the board may just mitigate such problems. Sukhbir Badal had confident to arrange the board, nevertheless it was once no longer accomplished.” Prashar stated. He stated that once Congress got here to energy, the federal government “didn’t give finances to Bhagwan Parshuram Chair which was once arrange at Punjabi College Patiala when [Akali patriarch] Parkash Singh Badal was once the CM.”

“Now, after 4 years how come this govt has woken as much as the plight of Brahmins within the state?” he requested.