We’re sending govt school teachers abroad for training so that children of Punjab don't have to go abroad for education: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann
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*This time again Punjab will use ‘jhaadu’ to wipe out Congress & Akali Dal-BJP, who ruled turn by turn: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann*
*Akali Dal and Congress kept Punjab’s coal mine in Jharkhand closed so they could earn commissions by purchasing coal from private companies: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann*
*Kahnuwan town will be made a Sub Division where SDM, Tehsildar, Patwari and all offices will function under one roof: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann*
*AAP Govt delivering welfare, jobs and development while opposition obsessed only with power: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann*
*Punjab has secured ₹1.50 lakh crore investment proposals creating 5.20 lakh job opportunities: CM Bhagwant Singh Mann*
Rohit Gupta
GURDASPUR, 9th March 2026:
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday said that Punjab is witnessing a decisive shift from decades of political exploitation to an era of development, education reform and welfare-driven governance, asserting that the people of the state will once again use the ‘jhaadu’ to wipe out Congress and the Akali Dal-BJP who ruled Punjab turn by turn while neglecting public welfare.
Addressing a gathering in Qadian in border district Gurdaspur after laying the foundation stone for the renovation of 237 rural link roads worth ₹168.44 crore covering nearly 497 km, the Chief Minister said the Punjab Government is strengthening rural infrastructure, creating jobs and transforming government schools while exposing how earlier regimes prioritised commissions and power politics over the needs of ordinary people.
CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said that while previous governments shut down government schools and neglected border regions, the Punjab Government is building new modern schools, sending teachers abroad for training so that children of Punjab do not have to go abroad for education, attracting ₹1.50 lakh crore investment proposals expected to generate 5.20 lakh jobs, and expanding development to every corner of Punjab, including the decision to make Kahnuwan a Sub Division to bring all key public offices under one roof.
During this, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said that traditional parties had long misled the people only to satisfy their hunger for power while looting Punjab’s wealth and neglecting the interests of the common man. “The people of Punjab are supreme and they are standing firmly with the Punjab Government, which has taken path-breaking initiatives for the well-being of every section of society,” he said, adding that political parties that ruled Punjab for decades had no agenda except exploiting people and plundering the resources of the state.
Speaking about the situation in the Majha region, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann stated that smugglers who represented the area for years had destroyed generations of Punjab and must now face the verdict of the people. “We eat the biscuits baked in the bakery, whereas these leaders educated in convent schools in the hills consumed gold biscuits smuggled by their fathers,” said the Chief Minister, adding that such leaders have neither ideology nor commitment to serve the common man and are only obsessed with capturing power.
CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said that these royal leaders have nothing in common with ordinary people. “Their cars, their overcoats, their wardrobes and their lifestyles have nothing in common with the lives of ordinary Punjabis,” he said, adding that those who represented the area in the Vidhan Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha ignored development and instead imposed tolls on roads. He also said that the homes of such leaders themselves reflect political opportunism as flags of two different parties can be seen at the same house.
Referring to the internal situation in the Congress party, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said that every Congress leader wants to become the Chief Minister. “They have more Chief Ministers than ordinary workers,” said the Chief Minister, adding that their top leader recently publicly rebuked them during a rally. “The Congress party is a divided house that will collapse due to its internal infighting,” he said.