Next SAD- BSP govt to establish schools with strength of 5,000 students in each block: Sukhbir S Badal

Samrala, August 30, 2021: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced the forthcoming SAD- BSP alliance government would establish mega schools with a strength of 5,000 students each in all blocks of the State to ensure dedicated quality education.
 
He also announced the candidature of Mr Paramjit Singh Dhillon as the party candidate from this constituency.
 
Addressing a large number of public meetings here, the SAD President said each school would be able to cater to the educational needs of 10 to 15 villages of the block. “The purpose behind this move is to provide latest educational tools along with internet connectivity. This will also ensure there is no paucity of teachers as is being faced currently in many schools in villages”.
 
Asserting that education and health would be the priority of the next SAD-BSP government, Mr Sukhbir Badal said “we will also establish 500 bed hospitals in each district of the State”. Listing other measures which would be taken up on the education and health fronts, Me Badal said the alliance government would reserve 33 per cent seats in all professional educational institutes for government school students. He said the fee for the same would be borne by the government. He also announced that all students would be eligible for a Rs 10 lakh education loan and that all families would be given a medical insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh by the State.
 
Speaking about the issues being faced by farmers, Mr Badal said the Congress government had not released any tubewell connections to farmers. “We have decided to release a tubewell connection to all farmers who do not have a tubewell”. He also announced that the State would come out with a msp on milk, vegetables and fruits. “In case there is a short fall and farmers are not able to sell their produce on the set msp the State will compensate them for their loss”.
 
Speaking about how the Congress government had stopped social welfare benefits to the people, Mr Badal said all deleted blue cards would be restored. “SC scholarship will be restarted”. He also disclosed that women heads of BPL families would be entitled to a grant of Rs 2,000 per month. “Development work which has been halted completely by Capt Amarinder Singh will be restarted”.
 
Stating that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was trying to befool people in the same way in which the Congress party had done in the last elections, Mr Badal said “AAP is getting forms filled to get facility of 300 units free power in case it forms the government. I want to ask whether this facility will be given only to those who fill the forms or to everyone? If it is the latter then why is the party filling forms to provide this benefit?, he asked. He said the SAD on its part understood that power had become very expensive during Congress tenure and had decided to provide 400 units per month free of cost to the people without any conditions unlike AAP.
 
Earlier Mr Badal received a rousing welcome when he reached the constituency and paid his obeisance at Gurdwara Charan Kanwal Sahib in Machhiwara. Youth accompanied him on motor cycles in a huge road show to Lakhowal grain market where he addressed his first public gathering.