Delhi , 6 February, 2023 – (Yes Punjab News)
Patiala MP and Former External Affairs MOS Preneet Kaur today hit back at the Indian National Congress for their show cause notice to her for alleged anti party activities.
In her letter addressed to INC Disciplinary Action Committee’s Member Secretary Tariq Anwar, the Patiala MP said, ” At the onset I am surprised to see that a person who left the congress party in 1999 on the issue of Mrs. Gandhi being a foreign national, and stayed out for 20 years till 2019, and had to face Disciplinary action himself, is now questioning me on a so-called disciplinary matter.”
Talking about the Punjab leaders Preneet Kaur said, “The congressmen in Punjab who have made allegations against me are those who have many issues pending against them. If you call my husband who was then Chief Minister he will give you details about their doings. He protected them because they were from his own party. However I suppose you will not do this.”
The Patiala MP further said that she will keep on working for her constituents writing, “As per your show cause notice I have always stood by my constituents, constituency and my state Punjab and have taken up their issues regardless of which Government is in power. I hope you are aware that every Minister of a Congress Government in any state has to meet his department Union Government Minister, in this case the BJP Government, to get their state’s issues resolved. This was done in the past Congress Government in Punjab and today I am sure that it is being done by the congress government in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as well. I too shall always continue to meet the state and Union Government to resolve such issues, whether you like it or not.”
Preneet Kaur ended the letter by saying, “As to action against me you are free to take whatever action you wish.”
About Preneet Kaur –
Born on 3rd October 1944, Preneet Kaur is the wife of former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh and is a four time MP from Patiala.
Initially, she had started her social work career with the Red Cross Hospital Welfare Section in the late 60s and continued working there till 1980. She received the President’s Award in the 70’s for her work in the Red Cross Hospital Welfare Section.
She also served as Minister of State for External Affairs, Govt. of India from May 2009 to May 2014. During her tenure as MoS she contributed a lot for the betterment of the Indian Diaspora. Her initiatives included (i) regularization of 40 thousand Indians family members of Indian Diaspora, including 16 thousand Punjabis in Italy; (ii) release of 17 young men who were facing death penalty in Dubai (iii) presiding over UN session for creation of UN WOMEN a new organization under United Nations for empowerment of women (iv) relief to wives abandoned by NRI husbands (v) safe return of more than 800 Indians/Punjabis from Bengazhi, Libya (vi) helped set up a mechanism in France and Italy to sensitize their law-enforcing personnel as to sanctity of turban for the Sikhs (vii) Transportation of deadbodies of Indians/Punjabis to India on Government Expense.
She also brought a number of major projects for her constituency, such as (i) Rajiv Gandhi National Law University (Rs 1000 Crore project) (ii) upgradation of Rajindra Hospital, Patiala as Multi Super-Speciality hospital (Rs 150 Crore project) (iii) setting up of Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) at Banur
She took up at appropriate levels in the Govt. of India various major issues so vehemently that then Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee once told a delegation, ” Preneet Kaur fought for your cause like a tigress…” The issues she flagged included (a) exemption of agriculture lands abutting urban areas from wealth tax (b) demands of farming community (c) exemption of service charges on goldsmithries (d) withdrawal of cut in Arhtia’s Commission (e) FCI labourers’ problems (f) rice millers concerns (g) various railway projects, among others.
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