PunjabNewsline.com
Thursday, 09 April 2009: CHANDIGARH: Bhartiya Janta Party candidate for Chandigarh Parliamentary constituency Satya Pal Jain today criticised the proposal to impose house tax in Chandigarh on the advice of Finance Commission in spite of the fact that Chandigarh Municipal Council has 500 crore rupees in its bank account.
Addressing a press conference here he regretted the fact that Chandigarh Housing Board has a cash balance of Rs 300 crore and Chandigarh MC has Rs 500 crore as fixed deposits in its bank accounts but these funds are not being used for development of Chandigarh. ...
Public funds come from the hard labour of common man and should have been used for development of Chandigarh. The money kept in banks is losing value due to inflation and recession while it should have been used for development of the city. ...
He opposed the proposal to levy another tax in Chandigarh and said on coming to power BJP will not levy any tax on residential buildings. He said Chandigarh does not get any share in the taxes collected in the city while state governments get a fixed share in the taxes collected in their territories as such there is no justification for any new taxes in Chandigarh. ...
He said people of Chandigarh face many problems relating to roads, power and water. In the last ten years no new plan for expansion of railway station or flyover etc has been approved for Chandigarh, in fact even the existing facilities have been reduced. ...
Jain held failure to call meetings of Union Home Ministers advisory committee for Chandigarh and Administrators advisory committee for Chandigarh as a result of incompetence and poor decision making of the Congress party....
Jain ... said on coming to power in the centre BJP will get five more CGHS dispensaries for Chandigarh.
Referring to the recent decision barring acquisition of land in Chandigarh UT Mr Jain asked why this was not done five years back. ...
Jain justified the uproar against grant of Congress tickets to Mr Jagdish Tytler and Mr Sajjan Kumar and said Congress is the biggest communal minded party in the country. ...
