No new industry is getting established in Punjab. Existing ones are going out of business due to a cash crunch generated post-Covid and demonetisation. The remaining few which are in a position to struggle through are migrating to neighbouring states with unreasonable tax benefits over Punjab state. Unemployment ratio is going above 9%.
Opinion
When will the propagator of Shining Punjab wake up from their deep slumber?
If Ravneet Bittu is BJP’s new star in Punjab, why couldn’t his party win Ludhiana West—his own backyard battleground? Now that Bittu is a Union Minister, what’s his roadmap for Punjab—beyond blaming CM Mann and losing by polls?
अगर रवनीत बिट्टू पंजाब में बीजेपी के नए सितारे हैं, तो लुधियाना वेस्ट—जो उनका खुद का गढ़ है—वहां हार क्यों हुई? अब जब बिट्टू केंद्रीय मंत्री बन गए हैं, तो पंजाब के लिए उनका रोडमैप क्या है—केवल भगवंत मान पर आरोप लगाना और उपचुनाव हारना?
Out of 75 lakh BLC houses under PMAY, only 26 lakh went to the poor. So who got the remaining 49 lakh homes? Are we building homes for the homeless—or handing out subsidies to the landed middle class?
