Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday held a ‘Sangat Darshan’ (people meeting exercise) exclusively for the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from the State to redress their grievances speedily.
NRIs hailing from eight districts — Moga, Bathinda, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Mansa, Muktsar and Barnala — participated in the first ever Sangat Darshan programme.Earlier, the State Government had been holding NRI meets annually to redress their grievances. Under the ‘Sangat Darshan’ programmes, Badal meets people at different places to redress their grievances on the spot.
Badal, on this occasion, personally interacted with the NRIs of Punjab origin in the presence of senior Government officials and issued necessary directions to official concerned for immediate resolution of their issues.In order to ensure on the spot solution of the problems faced by these NRIs, the top brass of police and civil administration from these districts were deployed at the venue of this function.
As many as 11 departments of the State Government had installed their stalls in the exhibition ground for making the people especially the NRPs aware about the path breaking initiatives taken by the SAD-BJP alliance Government for their welfare.Badal further said that such ‘Sangat Darshan’ would also be held in Jalandhar and ludhiana covering seven districts each, which would ensure the well being of NRPs in the State, saying that the sole aim of this entire exercise was to ensure quick disposal of services to the NRIs at their doorsteps.
The Chief Minister has asked the officers to accord top priority to complaints received during the ‘Sangat Darshan’ for its immediate resolution.He said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police must ensure that this pro-people exercise was result oriented, so that the NRPs do not face any sort of problem in future.