Patiala, May 21 Today BJP SC Morcha Vice President Paramjit Singh Kainth met National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Mr Kishor Makwana at his office in Delhi over serious issues of SCs.
BJP leader Sardar Kainth said that Mr Makwana said that the Punjab government of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led by Aam Aadmi Party is not serious about the issues related to SC community but is playing politics in implementing the schemes being run by the Central government. Under the MNREGA Employment Guarantee Scheme, discrimination is being done in the distribution as well as employment in rural areas and they are also being exploited.
This is a very serious matter. Roster points are being ignored during the promotion of SC employees. Dalit leader Sardar Kainth told the Chairman that Bhagwant Mann's government has been trying to suppress the scam of Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for the last three years.
Taking the matter seriously, Chairman Kishor Makwana assured that the Commission will seek an inquiry report on the scam from the Punjab Government. The Commission will take appropriate steps to prevent discrimination in the distribution of funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in villages and cities of Punjab.
The Commission Chairman was informed that for the last three years, spurious liquor mafia is active in different parts of Punjab under political patronage, due to which hundreds of poor people are dying every year, but the Aam Aadmi Party government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has failed to stop it. Such incidents have created an atmosphere of fear and panic among the poor families of Scheduled Castes.
Taking strong cognizance of the recent death of more than 27 people due to spurious liquor in the border areas of Amritsar district, accepting the demand of Bharatiya Janata Party Scheduled Caste Morcha to visit Punjab and provide justice to the victims, BJP leader Sardar Kainth said that during the meeting, the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has assured to visit Punjab soon.