Punjab Government has given approval to elect the president of NRI Sabha Punjab. The election will be held on January 5, 2024.
“As per the guidelines of NRI Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to hold the election of the president of NRI Sabha Punjab on January 5, 2024,” the state NRI Affairs Minister S. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Sunday.
The Minister said that Punjab’s NRI Sabha works as an agency of the State Government for the welfare of the Indian diaspora of the State. He said that the term of the president of this Sabha has ended in March 2022. “Most of the diaspora Punjabis usually come to India in the month of December and they stay here till March. So, this is the right time to hold elections,” he said.
Dhaliwal said that the NRI Sabha works under the patronage of the Government of Punjab and the main objective of the Sabha is to work for the welfare and interests of the NRIs of Punjab. He said that the main objective of NRI Sabha Punjab is to redress the grievances of migrant Punjabis, protect their rights and properties.
Notably, NRI Sabha Punjab is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, with the approval of the Government of Punjab and the Chief Minister of Punjab is the chief patron of the Sabha. The Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, is the chairman of the Sabha while all the Deputy Commissioners are the chairman of the district units of the council of the NRI Sabha.