In poll year, Captain Amarinder Singh government in Punjab informs Brahmin Welfare Board

Ahead of the assembly elections early next year, the Congress government in Punjab has issued a notification for the establishment of the Brahmin Welfare Board – for the first time, an institution will be set up in a state where Sikhs are in majority. The notification to form a seven-member board was issued late on Friday by the Department of Social Justice, empowerment and minority after the approval of Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore. According to the notification, the board will “identify the needs and problems of the Brahmin society” and “suggest measures to address them.” It will act as a link between the community and the government for the planning and implementation of programmes and policies for the social, economic and educational upliftment of the Brahmin society and help strengthen mutual relations, social justice, empowerment and peaceful coexistence in various relationships. Sections of society. “As per the notification, the tenure of the board headquartered in Chandigarh will be two years and will be once in six months. Terming it as a completely political decision and shiromani Akali Dal (Shiad) spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema in the ruling Congress said, “People serve Brahmins during the first ‘ banquet ‘. This government, in its fifth year, however, is feeding the remaining food to Brahmins. “It’s a completely political decision,” Cheema said, “it takes a long time for the board to start functioning … Appointments have to be made, offices and furniture have to be provided and many things happen before the board works. Senior BJP leader and former minister Madan Mohan Mittal also lashed out at the captain Amarinder Singh-led government. “The Congress has been shaken by its roots and indulged in caste politics. But, the way Hindus have been isolated in the state, the Congress can never get the support of the community,” Mittal said, “(The state government) has done it thinking that they will form a Brahmin lobby, but it will not happen. Shri Brahmin Sabha Punjab President Devi Dayal Prasad called for a move to establish the board as an “electoral stunt”. “All this is electoral stunts. We are not against the establishment of a board for the welfare of Brahmins, but we want to know what its source of income will be and what the duty of the Chairman will be,” he asked. The minister said that during the SAD-BJP government in the state, a delegation of the Brahmin house met the then deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in which the Brahmin Welfare Board was constituted. “Of the 40 million Brahmins of the state, the earnings of priests or those who work in small temples or who are from outside the kingdom are very few. In the representation, we had pointed out that the Board could reduce such issues. Sukhbir Badal had assured to constitute the board, but it was not done. ” Question said. He said that after the Congress came to power, the government had not given money to Lord Parshuram President at Punjabi University, Patiala, when [Akali patriarch] Parkash Singh Badal was cm. “Now, four years later, how has this government awakened the plight of Brahmins in the state?” she asked.