Amritsar: Bhagat Puran Singh Pingalwara chairperson urges villages to elect Panchayat unanimously
Appeal to Shun Political Divide in Panchayats to Save Punjab
Babushahi Bureau
Amritsar, June 29, 2024 - Responding to "Lok-Ekta Mission" (NGO) to save Punjab, Dr. Inderjit Kaur, Chairperson Bhagat Puran Singh Pingalwara foundation, appealed Gram Sabhas to "unanimously" elect "neutral" panchayats.
Describing the initiative as a "need of the hour," to restore fraternity, moral values, justice, health and self-reliance in rural life, she said that these virtues stood destroyed due to "political divide and hatred," resulting into unnecessary fights and litigation, murders, drug addiction etc, which have taken deep roots in village life.
"It is high time to obey the Guru's Word, "Pavanu Guru Pani Pita Mata Dharti Mahatu," (Air is Guru, Water is Father and Earth is Mother) to save Punjab, which stood on the verge of doom to turn into desert, and has also become land of deadly diseases like cancer. We need to follow the words of Bhagat Puran Singh Ji, who inspired us to "save the environment to sustain health and life," added Dr. Inderjit Kaur.
She said that vigil to maintain the respect of Guru Granth Sahib, crop diversification to save underground water, and poison-free organic farming, to check adulterated eatables, and strict checks on deadly intoxicant drugs was necessary for healthy rural life.Therefore, it was a prerequisite to elect "impartial, fair, dedicated and responsible local governments i.e. Panchayats unanimously.
Dr. Inderjit Kaur and Dr. Manjit Singh Randhawa in a joint statement appealed to the inhabitants of Punjab to take the lead in electing Panchayats through consensus.
They maintained that women constitute 50% and young men 25% i.e. three-forth of the electorate. Hence they can easily defeat the politics of "divide and rule" if they so decide to save races, crops and Punjab, those have reached the verge of doom.
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