Chandigarh:
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan interacted with professors and more than 100 students of 35 colleges of Punjab. The students asked him about the various functions of the Vidhan Sabha and duties of the Speaker. Besides this, students also asked the speaker how they manage the political pressure during the session. The Speaker replied that he provide an equal opportunity to the opposition to speak in the House.
Speaker Sandhwan said that politics is a selfless service and we should serve our nation with complete honesty and dedication. The students asked him what more steps could be taken to keep the proceedings of the House more transparent. Responding to the student’s question, the Speaker said that if these three wings – Judiciary, Executive and Legislature do their work efficiently, more transparency can be brought into the proceedings of the House.
Highlighting further, Speaker Sandhwan said that to make the proceedings of the House more transparent, he has already implemented live telecast of the House since 2022 so that everyone can watch the proceedings and become aware of the proceedings of the House. He urged the students to watch the proceedings of the House and they must ask the concerned MLA regarding new laws they have promulgated for their welfare.
Students have also brought in the knowledge of the Speaker that the cost of getting higher education has become very expensive and what steps have been taken by the government pertaining to this, the Speaker asserted that education should be provided free of cost to the students. He said that he will write a letter to the Chief Minister, Punjab on this matter and request him that necessary steps should be taken to provide higher education free of cost. Sandhwan asked the students to adopt their mother tongue in full letter and spirit and also learn other languages along with it.
The students asked the Speaker that one has to pay lakhs of rupees to get a ticket of major political parties, responding to their question, the Speaker said that I was a Sarpanch of a village and the Aam Aadmi Party gave me a ticket without taking any amount. He further said if you are serving the common people wholeheartedly, then big political parties will approach and offer you tickets to contest in the elections.
He stressed that Politics is a selfless service and we should connect with grass root level. We should also listen to the grievances of the people so that we can become aware of their issues and resolve them.
He asked the students to recite daily one Shabad of Gurbani. He further said that industries should be promoted further to make Punjab prosperous. He added that there is a need to convert agriculture into an agribusiness because the land of the Punjab is very fertile. It is very difficult to find such fertile land.
He further advised the students should keep their dreams high and only those who have high dreams get their dreams fulfilled and not to take stress in their life and live their life happily. During this interaction with the students, many important issues were discussed including One Nation One Election also.
On this occasion, students and professors presented a shawl, a heritage hand fan, and scenery to the Speaker.
On this occasion, Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar MLA, Jeevan Jyot Kaur MLA, Fauja Singh Srari MLA, Vijay Singla MLA, Manwinder Singh Giaspura MLA, Gurdit Singh Sekhon MLA and Dr. Sukhjinder Rishi Director Youth Welfare of Panjab University, Dr. Tejinder Gill Assistant Director Youth Welfare of Panjab University , Professor Jagwinder Kaur, Professor Bhupinder Kaur, Professor Poonam Dwivedi, Professor Sarbjit Kaur, Professor Heena, Iqbal Preet Singh, Amit Sharma, Ajit Kumar were also present.
