Eyeing to woo voters ahead of lok Sabha elections 2014, Chandigarh BJP on Wednesday assured the industries associations to look into their issues and take it up with the Centre.
The city BJP convened a joint meeting of Industries Association of Chandigarh and Chamber of Chandigarh Industries here on Wednesday on urgent issues related to the survival of industries in Chandigarh. Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon assured the members of taking up their issues immediately with senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu and regular follow-up to ensure that necessary implementation is done soon. He reiterated that industry was the lifeline of the city for revenue and employment and the Administration could not afford to ignore its healthy growth and expansion.
At the meeting, Sandeep Sahni, president CCI informed Tandon, how the Administration had been apathetic to concerns which were suffocating the industry for a long time and requested him to assist them to fix a date for a meeting with Venkaiah Naidu. Notably, a letter regarding three major issues hanging on fire was last month submitted to Venkaiah Naidu, (MP) Chairman, Standing Committee of Home Ministry requesting his immediate intervention. The issues were implementation of MSMED Act, conversion of leasehold to freehold of industrial plots and formulation of UT Industrial Policy.
The residents’ demands raised during the meeting with Venkaiah included Power of Attorney status to owners, small changes be allowed to made in the houses, and those who have already made certain changes must not face any cancellation in the allotments nor should they be demolished.