{"id":41251,"date":"2025-04-15T21:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=41251"},"modified":"2025-04-15T21:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:39:38","slug":"congress-sad-bjp-treated-scs-as-vote-bank-mla-balkar-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/congress-sad-bjp-treated-scs-as-vote-bank-mla-balkar-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress, SAD-BJP treated SCs as vote bank: MLA Balkar Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Says, with first ever reservation to AG&#8217;s Office AAP realising dreams of Dr. Ambedkar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kartarpur News:<\/span> Kartarpur MLA Balkar Singh on Tuesday strongly criticized previous Congress and SAD-BJP governments for using the Scheduled Caste (SC) community merely as a vote bank to serve their political ambitions. Addressing a press conference in Kartarpur, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator said it was only the AAP government that had worked sincerely to realize the vision of Baba Sahib Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar since assuming office in Punjab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlighting a significant milestone, Balkar Singh said the AAP government took a historic step by implementing reservation for the first time in appointments to the Punjab Advocate General&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFifty-eight posts have been filled under the SC\/ST quota, a long-standing demand ignored by previous regimes despite being raised in the Punjab Assembly by AAP back in 2017,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He added that the Mann-led government had gone a step further by relaxing the income criteria for eligibility, slashing it by 50 percent. This facilitated the inclusion of SC\/ST candidates in top legal positions, including Additional Advocate General, Deputy Advocate General, and Assistant Advocate General.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Balkar Singh also cited the transformation in Punjab\u2019s education sector as another reflection of AAP\u2019s commitment to Dr. Ambedkar\u2019s ideals. \u201cEducation was central to Baba Sahib\u2019s vision, and today, the AAP government is setting an example for the entire country with its progressive reforms,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the socio-economic upliftment of the SC community,&#8221; he concluded.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says, with first ever reservation to AG&#8217;s Office AAP realising dreams of Dr. Ambedkar Kartarpur News: Kartarpur MLA Balkar Singh on Tuesday strongly criticized previous Congress and SAD-BJP governments for using the Scheduled Caste (SC) community merely as a vote bank to serve their political ambitions. 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