The Times of India
25 Jan 2009, CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party's regional unit leader Satya Pal Jain honoured five recently-elected sarpanches and 72 panches through presenting them with shawls at a function in an Industrial Area hotel on Saturday.
The panches hailed from 13 villages. Punjab cooperation minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh and Morinda MLA Ujagar Singh Badali were also present on the occasion.
Capt Kanwaljit Singh said the state's BJP-SAD government was giving Rs 1.5 crore per acre as compensation to farmers whose land had been acquired.
... Jain said the Congress MP for the city had been given 15 years for him to ensure development, but had done nothing of the sort. He has therefore lost the right to seek votes, he said. ...
