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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann connected Friday (September 27, 2025) said the 'Rangla Punjab' money has been established to accelerate alleviation and rehabilitation efforts successful the state, asserting that each penny contributed volition beryllium judiciously utilised for the payment of those affected by the floods.
Concluding the treatment during the archetypal time of a peculiar league of the Punjab Assembly, Mr. Mann explained that this caller money was created owed to definite limitations successful the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
He noted that contributions done Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) could not beryllium made to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, and adjacent Members of Parliament tin donate a maximum of 20 lakh to it.
Mr. Mann said that to code these challenges, the Rangla Punjab money was created and has already received a important effect from assorted segments of society.
"We volition pass you of the regular backing received," Mr. Mann replied erstwhile Congress person Partap Singh Bajwa asked whether this money was covered nether the RTI.
"We are accepting cheques, and the main curate is the president of this fund," helium added.
Opposition parties person antecedently questioned the determination to judge donations done the Rangla Punjab money alternatively of the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Mr. Mann criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that helium was "least bothered" astir the problems faced by citizens and was alternatively engaged visiting overseas countries. He described this indifference arsenic a "grave insult and insensitivity" towards the radical of India, claiming that these overseas trips and the Centre's overseas argumentation nether Modi person yielded nary results.
He besides took a jab astatine the BJP regarding the "vote chori" issue. "Those who are calling for 'one nation, 1 election,' wherefore don't they clasp elections simultaneously successful Maharashtra and Haryana? Have you ever considered this? A elector successful Haryana volition person their ballot elsewhere, specified arsenic successful Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, oregon Assam, erstwhile polls are held successful those states," helium alleged.
Mr. Mann emphasised that this contented is adjacent much superior than EVM hacking, claiming that the authorities is creating its ain voters, a alleged "digital janta," and highlighted a lawsuit wherever the ballot of Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh's woman was allegedly deleted.
Mr. Mann expressed enactment for Congress person Rahul Gandhi successful raising the "vote chori" issue. "We indispensable code these issues; lone past tin ideology beryllium preserved. Otherwise, what ideology are we discussing?" helium added.
He besides claimed that India does not support a "good relationship" with galore neighbouring countries. "Which state supported america during Operation Sindoor? Can you sanction one? So, what is our premier curate doing, travelling the globe? Isn't it our close to question our overseas policy? Many Indians surviving overseas inquire america astir it," helium stated.
Mr. Mann pointed retired the ongoing anti-immigration protests successful Canada, the UK, and Australia.
"Yesterday, a 73-year-old 'dadi' was among 172 deported. Is anybody speaking? Modi utilized to telephone U.S. President Donald Trump 'my friend'. What benignant of person is he? He accrued the tariffs. He backs Pakistan. We person to deliberation astir this," helium said.
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh pistillate who had lived successful the U.S. for implicit 30 years, was deported to India aft being detained by migration authorities successful California without the accidental to accidental goodbye to her relatives, her advocator stated connected Thursday.
