At a time when there may be infighting within the Punjab Congress, Anish Sidana, a member of the Kandi Area Development Board headed by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, has resigned citing the board’s inaction and non-representation of Hindus and OBCs within the state authorities. and celebration.
In his resignation letter to the CM, Sidana stated: “You have nominated me as a non-official member of the Seema and Kandi Area Development Board. I’m grateful to you for giving me the chance to take value-added initiatives like giving property rights. To take steps in direction of ‘Water and Sanitation Programme’ to the slum dwellers underneath ‘Basera’ program and in Seema and Kandi areas.
“I’m grateful to you for contemplating my proposal and taking steps to implement it in the one assembly held final 12 months in April 2020. But there was no assembly after that. Therefore, being on this panel of the Board serves no function to additional my curiosity in serving the downtrodden and the final strata.
Sidana stated that he’s additionally offended with the “committed, loyal and secular leaders of Hindu and OBC sections of the society” who aren’t being given any illustration within the authorities and the celebration.
He stated he had introduced it to the discover of PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar and the CM that “committed traditional Congress workers have been sidelined” and “PPCC also did not reach out to workers at district and block levels”.
“I have tendered my resignation as a member of the Board as I am of the opinion that I do not require any decorative post. But I will continue to work as a Congressman and will always try to strengthen the party,” Sidana stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
