Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday said the proposed Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Amritsar will give further impetus to the education system in the State, claiming that the Centre would soon allocate more such big ticket projects for the State.
On the sidelines of Sangat Darshan program of the Attari assembly segment, Badal told reporters that in less than six months of its tenure, the NDA Government has allocated a prestigious project like IIM to Punjab, which would give further impetus to the education system in the State.
“Many more such projects are in pipeline that would put the State in the orbit of high growth trajectory,” he said. Badal said that the State Government was already searching suitable land for the construction of IIM in Amritsar so that the work on it could be started soon.
Reiterating the State Government’s commitment to ensure overall development of Punjab, the Chief Minister said that they were duty-bound to take every issue concerned with the State and its people with the Union Government. Badal said that he had already met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for safeguarding the interests of the State and this practice would be continued in the future also. “We will meet the Prime Minister whenever required so as to give boost to the overall development of the state,” he added.
Replying to another query, the Chief Minister reiterated that the SAD-BJP alliance would contest the ensuing assembly elections in Delhi together. “Both the alliance partners have an everlasting relationship, which has always stood the test of time,” he said. Badal said that the seat sharing arrangements for these polls was hardly an issue and would be soon finalized by both the parties.