BJP has tried to stall development: Pawan Kumar Bansal

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.

Land Acquisition legislation of Congress has helped villagers:MP Pawan Kumar Bansal

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Sitting MP and Congress candidate for Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal took on the BJP, saying that the opposition had played a negative role by criticizing the efforts made by him and the party to save the lands of villagers.

Speaking at village Makhan Majra at a public meeting here, Mr. Bansal said, “We along with villagers fought against the Chandigarh Administration policies on the issue of land acquisition but BJP leaders at that time said Congress was not in good terms with officials. On the other hand BJP also blamed us saying we were not taking issues with the administration, which was only a move to put hurdles in our struggle for a cause.”

The four-time MP, who is getting a tremendous support from the electorates in city, colonies and villages, added that the The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, Resettlement Act 2013 of the Congress was revolutionary which protects the land of landowners and does not leave the UTs with any power to carry out fresh land acquisition. According to the provisions of the new law, a series of checks have been introduced to prevent exploitation of those inhabiting the land proposed to be acquired, he said.

Mr. Bansal said Chandigarh is today regarded as one of the best cities of the world and has seen a lot of growth in the last 15 years. “BJP says no new projects have come up in city. We cannot have a dam or a power plant in city, but a city like Chandigarh needs good roads, hospitals and educational facilities, and that’s what Congress has given to city.” Sarpanch Dr. Kartar Singh Thakur said, “Our rival parties have fielded actors from city but we need leaders. You can see them in cinemas but not in city”

Among others who were present on the occasion were Bhupinder Singh Badheri, Devinder Lubana, Major Singh, Jasbir Singh, Ashok Bhagat, Malagar Singh, Baljit Singh, Sadhu Singh, Jit Singh, Kuldeep Singh, among others.

Mr. Bansal also attended another public meeting at village Raipur Khurd where he said Congress had taken care of the sentiments of the land owners. He also took note of the village issues like need for a cremation ground, proper link road to the village and strengthening the garbage disposal system.

“I have been associated with this village since ages and over the years it has changed a lot. We will continue to serve all the villagers, which has always been the ideology of the party as well”, he added. Mr. Bansal said BJP leader Satya Pal Jain has earlier got a chance to represent Chandigarh but failed to do anything.

Among others who spoke on the occasion include Jatinder Bhatia, Digvijay Kapoor, Tarlochan Singh, Lachman Singh, Jai Singh, Nachatar Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Mehmood Khan, Dharam Singh and Jagdish.

MP Pawan Bansal gets support from Attawa & Buterla villagers.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Congress ideology and policies are always focused on development and we believe in going beyond promises made to the people, said Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections while addressing the Attawa villagers here.

Mr. Bansal said in Chandigarh there has been development in every sphere and one can see the pace of progress which has been tremendous. He said the credit goes to the Congress party and the voter before exercising his right to vote will keep that in mind.

He also spoke about the several schemes launched by the government for the welfare of villages across the country. While referring to the BJP candidate Kirron Kher he said the party has fielded a candidate who doesn’t even know about Chandigarh and its issues. He also apprised the villagers about the various development works in the last 15 years, when people had full faith in him and re-elected him for the same reason.

Village Sarpanch Gurdeep Singh while speaking on the occasion said all villagers were with Mr. Bansal and appealed to them to make other villagers aware about the Congress achievements.

Addressing another public meeting in village Buterla village, Mr. Bansal got a rousing welcome with the beating of drums and garlands. Village Sarpanch Gurmukh Singh lauded the works done in villages by Mr. Bansal and appealed to the villagers to vote for the Congress.

Mr. Bansal while addressing the villagers said he has always made it sure that along with city there should be development of villages and everyone can now see the changed face of villages. He also said that the UPA government had always worked for development of villages across country appealed to the people to cast their vote in the name of development.

Among prominent villagers present were Bhupinder Singh, Devinder Lubana, Jasbir Sinhg Bunty, Gurdeep Attawa, Kesar Singh Hallomajra, Jai Chand, Harbhajan Singh, Anand Singh Kajheri, Pawan Sharma, Jeet Singh, and Manmohan Singh among others.

‘Despite being a lawyer, Jain unaware about legalities’: Congress

Chandigarh, March, 2014

Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) on Tuesday said BJP leader Mr. Satya Pal Jain was unaware of legalities even when he was himself a lawyer.

Referring to the BJP complaint alleging anomalies in the nomination filed by Congress candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Congress said Jain has shown his ignorance of the law by filing such a misleading complaint which was over-ruled by the Returning Officer.

Senior BJP leader and former MP Satya Pal Jain, who is a proposer of BJP nominee from the seat Kirron Kher had told the the RO that "the form A and B field by Bansal along with his nomination form is not in the "Prescribed Form". In a statement, Congress Spokespersons, Mr. Pardeep Chhabra, Mr. Ravinder Palli, Mrs. Lalit Joshi, Mr. Amarjit Sethi and Davinder Lubana said, “He is a lawyer and should know about all the legalities. “It was not the first time Mr. Bansal had filed his nomination papers. He has so far filed nominations seven times and Mr. Jain should not forget that of these 7 nominations, Jain had himself lost thrice.” They said the nature of the objection raised by BJP was frivolous and only an attempt to gain cheap publicity by the party. The Congress leaders added, BJP cannot talk about issues and development in city and hence was depending on negativity and falsehood.

They even added that when Mr Bansal reached there, Mr Jain was mum on the issue and later submitted the complaint which only proves his lack of knowledge, his attitude and political vendetta.

‘Kirron Kher has been exposed”: Mahila Congress

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Chandigarh unit of the Mahila Congress today came down heavily against BJP candidate Kirron Kher. A statement issued by the party said, “The party candidate has been exposed through this complaint. If Kirron is fighting against her widowed sister-in-law then what would she do for the women in city.” Kirron Kher, her widowed sister-in-law Gurindesh Sandhu on Monday had filed a complaint accusing the actor of filing wrong information in her nomination papers.

Gurindesh Sandhu had in her affidavit filed before the returning officer under part A of form 26 Kher declared that she is a resident of house number 65, Sector 8-A, Chandigarh and that she owns 25 percent of SCO 18, Sector 17-E Chandigarh. The affidavit signed by Kirron Kher is wrong as this is an HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) property and there is no partition till date.

The complaint had further stated that the said properties have been challenged in the court and Kher cannot mention/declare the same property which is sub judice before the trial court and the court has kept the mutation of the said properties in abeyance.

In a joint statement issued by Mrs. Lalit Joshi, Vice President, All India MahilaCongress, Mrs. Minakshi Chowdhary, President Mahila Congress Chandigarh, Mrs. Poonam Sharma, Mrs. Gurbax Rawat and Mrs. Rana Kashmiri Devi, they said this shows what will be her attitude towards the electorate. “We do not want her candidature to be cancelled but want to make the electorate aware of what kind of a person she is”, they said.

Bansal says development will decide outcome of elections, not allegations

Chandigarh, March-

 “The administration and Municipal Corporation should take care of common services inside the group housing societies like common roads, electricity and others. This has been a demand of the residents of the society members and I will make efforts to ensure this”.

This assurance was given by sitting congress MP and former union minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, the congress candidate from Chandigarh. Mr. Bansal was addressing the residents of PUSHPAC Society in sector 49 here.

He said that the residents wanted that the sale of flats be considered as sale as in case of other properties, instead of transfer of membership as was happening presently.

Bansal talked about various developmental works undertaken during past 10 years. Bansal said that union government had given huge grants for developing infrastructure for Panjab University and now this university had got a place among top 100 universities of the world. President of the PUSHPAC Society, Anil Lamdharia while speaking said that during past few years, the city had seen major development and in a recent survey it had been adjudged as one of the best cities in the country.

Retired Wg. Cdr. G.S. Multani, vice president, S.K. Arora, Secretary and Anand Bakshi, treasurer of PUSHPAC Society were also present on the occasion.

Later addressing the residents of CPWD colony in sector 7, Bansal assured that he would take up issues concerning depleted condition of flats in center government quota.

Bansal informed the gathering that besides road and rail infrastructure, the air connectivity had also been on his top agenda. The hurdle of no permission for night flying had been removed and soon the international flights and late evening flights to Chandigarh airport would start soon.

Addressing a public meeting in village Khuda Lahora and Khuda Jassu, Mr. Bansal said, “I have always got tremendous support from villagers and I am back with you seeking your support. While I have sincerely worked for providing modern facilities in villages, I will continue to strive for better facilities”.

He assured not a single house would be demolished outside Lal Dora till a policy in this regard is made. He added that keeping in mind the need to provide sports facilities, a stadium had come up in Dadumajra, with a contribution of Rs 50 lakh from the MPLAD funds.

Mr. Bansal said he was reaching out to people with issues and those who have voted for him in previous elections have done so seeing the developmental works of the last 15 years, adding he had full faith in the electorate that would decide on their choice seeing the work done.

Mr. B.B. Bahl, President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) while speaking on the occasion said, “BJP is talking about Modi wave, but see the outcome of elections. They talk about him becoming the next PM but he won’t even remain the Gujarat CM.”

Among prominent villagers present there were Rakesh Sharma, Sarpanch, Manmohan Singh, former Sarpanch,  Panches including Babbu Narad, Sanjiv Attri, Anita Sharma, Charanjit Kaur, Vipin Narad, while those of Khuda Jassu included Jagdish Singh, Sarpanch, Panches including Harbans Singh, Gurprit Singh, Santokh Singh, Subhash Chand, Gurdev Singh, Ram Pal Saini and Surinder Singh.

Mr. Bansal also addressed a rally at village Khuda Ali Sher where he interacted with villagers and assured them of more facilities. He said unlike BJP, Congress agenda has always been development. “You indulge in allegations when you have nothing else to talk about, but we have development which will play a key role deciding the outcome of the forthcoming elections”.

Congress files complaint against BJP with election dept.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Taking a serious note of the slanderous and malicious ‘Mama-Bhanja’ campaign by the BJP, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) has submitted a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) UT. The party has sought immediate action against the party and requested the Chief Electoral Officer to restrain BJP to indulge in such frivolous campaign.

CTCC president, Mr. B.B. Bahl in a letter to the CEO has while quoting the Model Code of Conduct issued by the Election Commission of India for guidance to political parties and candidates, stated that every political party, contesting candidate and party workers are bound to follow the said Model Code of Conduct.

He has stated that he was shocked to read in newspapers wherein the BJP has declared a launch the said campaign in the city. Quoting a media report he has stated that it is absolutely false allegation against the candidate put up by Indian National Congress Party for Chandigarh seat.

“CBI after thorough investigation had found that Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal had no connection with the alleged transaction. Not only this even the CBI Court in New Delhi, the Court which has taken cognizance of the case has vide order dated March 10 dismissed an application filed by an NGO for directing CBI to investigate the matter against Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal”, the complaint states.

Mr. Bahl has also pointed out that it has been reported by media that though CBI Court have given a clean chit to former Railway Minister and sitting MP, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal in the alleged Rail Gate, the BJP city unit is still raising the issue.

He has added that this campaign of calumny being planned to be launched by BJP in complete violation of the Model Code of Conduct and is being planned to misguide the electorate, besides being outrightly mendacious. The complaint further states that the Congress reserved the right to launch civil as well as criminal proceedings in the court of proper jurisdiction against those who have launched the campaign.

Sonia Gandhi to address rally on March 27

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Congress President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi will be visiting city on March 27 to campaign for party candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal. She would be addressing a massive rally in support of party candidate in Sector 25 rally ground here. Mr. Bansal has been campaigning aggressively in the city much before he was officially declared as the party candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. The elections are due on April 10. Four time MP Mr. Bansal has got tremendous support from the city, villages and its colonies because of his contribution towards development. He has won last three Lok Sabha elections with a huge margin of votes.

‘We will shake hands only with Cong Hand’: Sector 25 colony residents.

Chandigarh, March , 2014:

Congress candidate for the city Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal today got tremendous support from the residents of Sector 25 colony as the residents assured they would only vote for him. The Padyatra was carried out early in the morning, but had hundreds of party supporters joining the Padyatra which saw them campaigning for the party amidst the beating of drums and slogans in favour of Mr. Bansal.

Congress supporters could be seen waving party flags shouting, “Congress ke hum saath hain, Kyon ki Congress shahar ke saath hai” (We are with Congress because Congress is with us) and “Pawan Bansal ko vote do, Badle mein Vikas Lo” (If you vote for Pawan Bansal, you get in return development). The party supporters could also be seen making sure that colony residents get to know about the achievements of the Congress led government in the centre. They also informed the residents about development works carried out in the city in the last five years.

Mr. Bansal told the colony residents that Chandigarh had set an example when it comes to slum rehabilitation. He said under the scheme 60,000 families would get houses, of which 50000 have already been rehabilitated. He also assured them better facilities.

The colony residents gave full support to Mr. Bansal and lauded his contribution in development of colonies. They added they would support Mr. Bansal and would encourage others as well to vote for him as it was only if they vote for Mr. Bansal that development can take place.

MP Pawan Kumar Bansal supports industrialists demands.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

In a open debate for Lok Sabha candidates, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Congress candidate supported the demands raised by industrialists and residents.

The debate had been organised by Joint Action Committee of Industrial Commercial and Residential Association of Chandigarh. The participants included Congress candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, BJP candidate Kirron Kher, BSP candidate Jannat Jahan and AAP candidate Gul Panag.

Different candidates gave their views separately as 20 minutes were allowed to each one of them. The industrialists demanded their issues be included in the manifesto.

The open debate had been organised by Chandigarh Industrial Association President MPS Chawla. Among prominent industrialists and businessmen present were Jagdish Arora, Chander Verma, Kamaljit Singh Panchhi and other members of the association. Pawan Bansal while speaking on the occasion supported their demands which included to make Chandigarh leasehold to freehold, internal changes in buildings and abolishing of penalty. As far as the demand that MP should be made member of master plan approval committee, Mr. Bansal said decision in this regard can be taken by Chandigarh Administration.

Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal files nominations.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Amidst shouting of slogans in favour of Congress candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal, he filed his nomination papers for the city Lok Sabha seat here today. 65 year old Mr. Bansal is a four-time MP from the city who has a strong support from within the party and city, having undertaken several developmental projects in city.

Hundreds of Congress workers had gathered in the morning outside the DC office here, which happens to be the office of returning officer for the polling which is to be held on April 10. Mr. Bansal’s  name was proposed by Mr. Maninder Singh Dhillon, Khalil Ahmed, Lalit Joshi, H.C. Kalyan, for different nomination papers and Mr. B.B. Bahl was the covering the candidate whose proposer was Mr. H.S. Lucky.

Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal has given exemplary performance when it comes to development of city, having retained the position of city MP since last 15 years. With Mr. Bansal as the MP, Chandigarh has set an example in slum rehabilitation.

In the last one year around 15 new trains have been introduced, of which nine have been introduced in the last six months because of the initiative taken by Mr. Bansal when he was the union railway minister. In the last five years while government schools were upgraded and new smart schools came up for the first time, as far as health services are concerned the government hospitals got better infrastructure and Manimajra's Civil Hospital was upgraded and now boasts of 100 beds and 24-hour emergency service and an obstetrics unit. Mr Bansal was accompanied by his wife Madhu, son Manish, City Mayor H C Kalyan, some Congress councillors and a few supporters when he reached the office of Deputy Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer in Chandigarh.

Early in the morning Mr. Bansal went to Mansa Devi temple and Nada Sahib Gurudwara. Mr. Bansal after filing his nominations was welcomed by anxious supporters waiting outside.

He thanked Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi and members of the party's central election committee for reposing faith in him and re-nominating him from Chandigarh. He also thanked the residents of Chandigarh for their continued support and added he will not betray their faith.

Congress intensifies campaign in city.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Local unit of Congress today intensified its election campaign with several events across the city as party candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal reached city from New Delhi.

While first of its kind Live Video Chat was organized in the morning in sector 35 Rajiv Gandhi Congress Bhawan which was attended by all party workers, a Padyatra was organized in Hallomajra, in which several Congress leaders participated.

The Congress workers who participated in the Padyatra informed the villagers about the achievements of Congress led government in the centre. The Hallomajra residents while extending their support said they would only vote for Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal as he had contributed a lot for the development.

Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal in the morning visited Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI) in Sector 36 here and met the ex-servicemen there who extended their support to Mr. Bansal.

Uttarakhand Yuva Manch today held its annual function at Tagore Theatre where Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal was the chief guest. Mr. Bansal congratulated the Uttarakhand community for their contribution in the city and also for keeping alive the culture of the state by holding such cultural events.

In Sector 40 in a meeting under the chairmanship of State President, Arun Kumar Gupta, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Muneesh Nanda was announced as the new State Youth President. INTUC workers said they would support Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal and talked about his achievements and would be spreading awareness about the achievements of Congress led government and also those of Mr. Bansal in working for the betterment of city.

INTUC extends support;Pawan Bansal meets ex-servicemen

Chandigarh, March 2014:

Local unit of Congress today intensified its election campaign with several events across the city as party candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal reached city from New Delhi.

While first of its kind Live Video Chat was organized in the morning in sector 35 Rajiv Gandhi Congress  Bhawan which was attended by all party workers, a Padyatra was organized in Hallomajra, in which several Congress leaders participated.

The Congress workers who participated in the Padyatra informed the villagers about the achievements of  Congress led government in the centre. The Hallomajra residents while extending their support said they would only vote for Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal as he had contributed a lot for the development.

Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal in the morning visited Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI) in Sector 36 here and met the ex-servicemen there who extended their support to Mr. Bansal.

Uttarakhand Yuva Manch today held its annual function at Tagore Theatre where Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal was the chief guest. Mr. Bansal congratulated the Uttarakhand community for their contribution in the city and also for keeping alive the culture of the state by holding such cultural events.

In Sector 40 in a meeting under the chairmanship of State President, Arun Kumar Gupta, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Muneesh Nanda was announced as the new State Youth President. INTUC workers said they would support Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal and talked about his achievements and would be spreading awareness about the achievements of Congress led government and also those of Mr. Bansal in working for the betterment of city.

BJP, AAP candidates unaware about city’: Pawan Kumar Bansal

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Congress candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal today took on BJP and AAP, stating that both parties had fielded such candidates who didn’t hail from the city and were unaware of the issues and problems.

He was addressing a meeting of the SC Cell of the Congress at Rajiv Gandhi Congress Bhawan here today which was held under the chairmanship of Rajinder Makwana who is the president of SC Cell of the Chandigarh Congress. It was a shot in the arm for Congress as BSP SC Cell Chairman Kalu Ram Sood  announced his joining the Congress.

Youth Congress local unit in a massive rally at Sector 20 Ramlila ground today extended full support to party candidate Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal for the forthcoming elections.

The rally held under the chairmanship of local unit youth congress president Maninder Dhillon saw hundreds of party workers and supporters who had gathered there.

Mr. Bansal who was the chief guest on the occasion while addressing the rally said Congress has been a party which has won the hearts of the people through its performance. He spoke about the various development works in the city and also steps taken in the field of education which helped the young population.

Mr. Bansal also visited Sector 40 where a Holi Milan Samaroh had been organized. Those present there celebrated the festival with flowers. Mr. Bansal while extending Holi greetings said we should remember that the festival brings alive the spirit of brotherhood and we should celebrate the occasion in its right spirit.

'Our votes are with Pawan Bansal', say Dadumajra residents.

Chandigarh, March:

A day after the name of Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal was officially announced as the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha elections next month, the party stepped up its election campaign. The padyatra of the party which has been on since last 12 days now wore a different look with Congress leaders and supporters in jubilant mood to celebrate the candidature of Mr. Bansal.

The Padyatra was led by Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) president B.B. Bahl. The colony residents welcomed the Padyatra by shouting slogans in favour of Pawan Kumar Bansal and assured that they would vote for him as he had taken up several initiatives for their betterment. The residents said it was because of the efforts of Mr Bansal only that three storeys were allowed in colonies with use of ground floor for commercial use.

Several party leaders and supporters were present during the Padyatra who made the colony people aware of the achievements of Congress led government in the centre and also the contribution of Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal.

Residents who came out in large numbers in support of Mr Bansal said they had no other candidate who could do so much for the colonies. "We can't even think of voting for any other candidate when we have seen the work of Mr Bansal in the last 15 years", said a colony resident.

Colony leaders also said they would also work towards spreading awareness about his contribution to encourage people to vote for Congress in the Lok Sabha polls next month. They said they were sure about Mr Bansal getting the ticket again and that they were sure his constituency will make him victorious yet again after having represented in Lok Sabha for four terms since 1991 and for 15 years continuously since 1999.

Colony 4 Residents welcome Congress Padyatra.

Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) today carried out Padyatra in Colony 4 which was led by party president B.B. Bahl. The colony residents welcome the Padyatra by shouting slogans in favour of Pawan Kumar Bansal, Chandigarh MP.

Several party leaders and supporters were present during the Padyatra who made the colony people aware of the achievements of Congress led government in the centre and also the contribution of Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal.

While interacting with the colony residents, Congress leaders assured they would be further improving the amenities in the colony. They further said Chandigarh has set an example in slum rehabilitation. It happens to be the only city in the entire country for having undertaken this project in its true spirit. Under the rehab scheme 60,000 families would get houses, of which around 50,000 have already been rehabilitation.

Colony residents while extending their support to Mr. Bansal said he has contributed a lot for the development of colonies. They said they would fully support Mr. Bansal and would also work towards spreading awareness about his contribution to encourage people to rightfully vote for Congress in the Lok Sabha polls next month.

MP Pawan Bansal wins smiles from Indira Colony residents.

Chandigarh, March 2014:

Amidst the beating of Dhols, and Congress flags all over the Indira Colony, Chandigarh MP, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal carried out Padyatra going from house to house meeting colony residents, who came out in large numbers to show their support.

Several senior party leaders were present there and the colony residents joined Mr. Bansal as he walked around meeting them and greeting them, winning smiles and assuring the best amenities to the jubilant party supporters there.

Padyatra’s are a part of Congress reach out programme ahead of general elections due next month. The party is also distributing one-page flyers listing the UPA government’s achievements. Today was the ninth Padyatra of the party in the city. Yesterday it was taken out in Mauli Jagran.

People had come out to get a glimpse of the leader who had met his promises made five years back. While there were hundreds in narrow yet well carpeted roads of the colony, many had come out on their rooftops waving hands in the support of the Congress ‘hand’.

The beating of dhols went well with slogans in support of the party like, “Congress ka haath humare saath’’ and “Pawan Bansal zindabaad, Congress party zindabaad”.

Shashi Shankar Tiwari, Colonies Cell President of the party, besides other senior leaders like Pawan Sharma, Rampal Sharma, H.S. Lucky, and Chitaranjan Chanchal, among others were also present during the Padyatra.

MP Pawan Kumar Bansal pays obeisance at Tamil temple.

Chandigarh, March, 2014:

Chandigarh MP, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal visited the Kali Mata temple in Dhanas where he was invited as the chief guest at South Fair. He participated in a religious function organized at the temple every year.

Bansal paid obeisance at the temple and later served langar to the devotees. Bansal said that he has been visiting this about 40 year’s old shrine for the past many years on this occasion. The temple is managed by Tamil community ever since the temple came in existence.

Meanwhile a Holi Milan programme was organized by Purvanchal Welfare Association in Sector 46 Government College. On the occasion, those hailing from the community from the tricity gathered there and a cultural programme was also held.

Cong holds Pad Yatra in Bapu Dham: MP Pawan Bansal

Chandigarh, March

The local unit of Congress today took out a massive door to door Pad Yatra in Bapu Dham, Sector 26 which saw hundreds of party supporters besides the prominent leaders present there. The local MP, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal led the same and the residents of the colony turned up in large numbers and extended their full support to the MP.

Mr. Bansal while interacting with residents of Bapu Dham assured that they will continue to get best facilities as before. He said city has set an example in slum rehabilitation and other cities are following the same pattern as was being followed by city.

The residents there while extending their support to Mr Bansal said with just a month left for the polls, seeing the contribution of Mr Bansal in developing colonies, it was clear no other party candidate can get the vote bank which Mr Bansal would get.

Among other prominent Congress leaders present were Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) president B.B. Bahl, Sohan Lal Vaid, former mayor Subhash Chawla, D.D. Jindal, Pawan Sharma, Principal Gurbachan Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Ravinder Palli, Poonam Sharma, Davinder Lubana, H.S.lucky, Davinder Babla, Krishan Lal, Vijay Rana, Darshan Garg, Satish Kainth, Gurbax Rawat, Sheela Devi, Achey Lal, Shashi Shanker Tiwari,Vinod Sharma, Lalit Joshi, Meenakshi Choudhary, Dr. O.P.Verma, Hakam Sarhadi, Harmail Kesri, Maninder Dhillon, Rajiv Moudgil and Sumit Chawla.

Congress holds Pad Yatra in Maloya: MP Pawan Bansal

Chandigarh, March 2014:

Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) president Mr. B.B. Bahl today led the party Pad Yatra in Maloya here.A large number of Congress workers and supporters took part in it.

The pad yatra is being organised on instructions given by AICC to highlight the achievements of UPA government and achievements of Mr Pawan Bansal in addition to the works done by MC in the last five years.

Pad Yatra had taken off from Dhanas rehabilitation colony here yesterday. Today's Pad Yatra was also attended by former mayor, Mr. Pardeep Chhabra besides all CTCC office bearers, Presidents of frontal organisations, convenors of all cells, all congress councillors, block presidents.

They were distributed handbills containing achievements of UPA government and work done by Mr. Bansal at local level.

On Tuesday, March 4, third day of the Pad Yatra would be at Kishangarh roundabout IT Park road at 4.30 pm.Other areas to be covered include Mauli Jagran, Bapu dham, Bahlana, Raipur Khurd and timings will be same at 4.30 pm daily.

MP Pawan Kumar Bansal assures Dalit community of redressal of their demands.

Chandigarh,

Member of Parliament (MP) Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal today stressed on the need to transfer some important departments to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. He said this will not only ensure transparency, but also lead to speedy completion of projects and further streamline functioning, thus negating procedural delays.

While addressing a felicitation function at Sector 37 Law Bhawan he assured the Dalit community of his full support and that he would ensure their long pending demands are soon met. Rashtriya Safai Mazdoor Congress Chandigarh, which is a wing of Chandigarh Dalit Samaj had organised the function to honour the newly elected mayor Mr. H.C Kalyan and MP, Mr. Bansal.

Mr. Bansal further said Chandigarh has set an example in slum rehabilitation. It happens to be the only city in the entire country for having undertaken this project in its true spirit. Under the rehab scheme 60,000 families would get houses, of which around 50,000 have already been rehabilitation."

Former mayor Mr. Pardeep Chhabra and Mr. Bansal's son, Mr. Manish Bansal were also honoured on the occasion for their contribution towards development of Dalit community.

Virottam Chander Pal Anarya, Abhi Mehta, Keshu Ram Parcha, Ashwani Bhagania, CTCC Labour Cell convener Om Parkash Saini, District Congress Committee General Secretary Kanwar Pal Singh, were also present on the occasion.

CTCC Labour Cell convener Om Parkash Saini while speaking on the occasion said the Dalit community has extended full support to candidature of Mr Bansal for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and would also take part in the Pad Yatras of the Congress.