Chandigarh, March 26, 2014: Congress candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal today lambasted the BJP for stalling development.
While speaking at a public meeting in Sector 43 here this evening, Mr. Bansal said BJP never played a positive role of an opposition and instead tried to stall development by only indulging in allegations and stalling the work in parliament.
Mr. Bansal who got a tremendous welcome at the Sector 43 Motor Market also took note of the Congress manifesto released today, stating that people will now also get the Right to Health and Right to House, which happens to be a landmark development.
Thanking the president of Sector 43 Auto Market Association, Mr. Basant Singh, Mr. Bansal said he was overwhelmed with the support shown to him. He said today Chandigarh was growing and the number of vehicles was also increasing, and he felt there was a need to give space to private service stations in industrial area.
He said city today boasts of good infrastructure, good connectivity through trains and good hospitals and upgraded schools. He appealed to the people to spread the message of development which Congress had promised and performed.
City mayor H.C. Kalyan was also present besides Mohinder Singh Chaudhary former president of the market.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bansal also visited sector 33 where traders and residents of the sector had jointly kept a get-together. They extended full support to him and thanked him for bringing progress in city.
Sitting Chandigarh MP and former union minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal was given a warm welcome during his ‘Jagrukta Yatra’ a door to door election campaign in sectors 14, 15 and 16 here today.
As cavalcade of Pawan Kumar Bansal reached the area, the residents and shopkeepers came out in large number and offered him garlands and assured their support. It was heartening to see the shopkeepers and residents reached out to meet Bansal, while some old aged persons gave him their blessings and wished him a grand success.
The shopkeepers, instead of continuing their business and attending to the customers, preferred to walk with Bansal to express their support to him.
As Bansal reached the market of sector 14 in Panjab University, a large number of students came out to welcome him.
Prominent among those who accompanied Bansal included, Ram Lal Sharma, Pardeep Chhabra, Anu Chatrath, Jatinder Bhatia, Surinder Jagota, Ajay Joshi, Sunil Chopra, Ajay Sharma, Harmel Kesri, Bunty Narang, Tripat Vohra and Jitender Dhami.
Later Bansal visited the premises of Central Administrative Tribunal where he addressed the members of CAT Bar Association.
Addressing the members of CAT Bar Association Bansal said “ for the past few years, city has seen tremendous growth of vehicular traffic and therefore my major concern is to ensure better road and public transport infrastructure in the city”, Bansal said that he was not in favour of flyovers as these could change the character of the city. Therefore, he had got eight underpasses approved to be constructed at important junctions, to ensure the free flow of traffic. The work on two was likely to start soon, Bansal told.
Bansal also talked about various developmental projects undertaken by him during his two stints as MP.
Sanjeev Pandit, the president, Deepak Agnihotri, senior members and Pankaj Mohan Kansal, secretary of the CAT Bar Association, welcomed Bansal in the bar and wished him a win during the elections.
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