Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today declared that the SAD-BSP Government would restart the pre-2004 old pension scheme for government employees of the state after assuming power in the state.Addressing an impressive rally here in favour of party candidate Parvinder Singh Sohana, the SAD President said “we are committed to restarting the old pension scheme as demanded by government employees. We have taken into consideration all financial aspects for restarting the scheme immediately after the formation of the government”. He said simultaneously all anomalies of the seventh Pay Commission would be removed and that all contractual employees would be regularized. He also announced that the party was committed towards establishment of the Employees Welfare Board which would take up all pending issues of government employees and resolve them at the earliest. He said employees should have faith in the SAD which had earlier also implemented all promises made to employees including establishment of successive Pay Commissions.
Mr. Badal said that during last five years local MLA and former Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu had looted common people and was involved in multi crore scams of vaccines and Corona kits as health minister. He said that Sidhu had least cared for development of Mohali and whatever development of the city including the International airport, establishment of the Information Technology city, Indian School of Business and world class road network, had taken place during tenure of SAD led governments only.Urging the people of beware of AAP and its false guarantees, Mr Badal said AAP claimed that it would give tickets to ordinary persons. “However it has sold all tickets to the highest bidder and 65 tickets have been given to turncoats. Even the Mohali ticket has been sold to property magnate Kulwant Singh who has also indulged in opportunistic politics by hopping from one party to another”.Praising party candidate Parvinder Singh Sohana, Mr. Badal said Sohana was a truly local candidate from the Puadhi region who was not only aware about the problems of the people of the area but had a long innings of public service. He also assured the citizens of the constituency that the next SAD led government would restart the development of Mohali which had come to a standstill during Congress rule. “We will restore Mohali to its old glory and make it an international IT and trading hub”.