![]() The majority of work had been allotted by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and its earlier avatar - the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). Investigations reveal that in the past five years, the Punjab Government allotted over Rs 400 crore worth of work to companies either owned by the Kairons or run in collaboration with other consortiums. In Shivalik Electricals, Adesh Partap and Parneet Kaur are shareholders. Both Adesh Partap and Uday Partap are directors in another Kairon company - Shivalik Farm Chemical Limited. Both these have done or are doing business with the state government.Īdesh Partap’s brother Uday Kairon is the CEO of Shivalik Agro Limited, which operates from Kairon’s cinema house Neelam Theatre in Chandigarh. In addition, the Kairon family owns two other companies - Shivalik Agro Chemicals and Shivalik Electric Equipment Company Private Limited. Adesh Partap is also a shareholder in the company. Shivalik Telecom Limited is owned by Adesh Partap’s mother Kusum Kumari and his wife Parneet Kaur, besides Vikram Singh. Parneet Kaur is married to Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, grandson of Punjab’s former Chief Minister Partap Singh Kairon and Food and Civil Supplies Minister in the Badal government. While Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s daughter Parneet Kaur is not visible on the state’s political scene, her company Shivalik Telecom Limited is among the beneficiaries of the works allotted in the state’s power sector. While doing so, there is evidence to suggest Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s extended family allegedly benefited as the second in the series of The Tribune’s investigative report reveals The cremation will take place at Badal village at 1pm on Thursday.Badal govt’s ‘power’ boost for Kairon companiesĪ major thrust area of the SAD-BJP regime has been to make Punjab surplus in power. The mortal remains are being taken to the former chief minister’s native Badal village in Muktsar district via Rajpura, Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Rampura Phul, and Bathinda. Grief-stricken party supporters stood in queues at the SAD headquarters to catch a glimpse of their leader for the last time. Parkash Singh Badal’s grief-stricken grandson Anantvir at the SAD office in Chandigarh. Former minister Manpreet Singh Badal, the estranged nephew of Badal Senior, was also present. ![]() Parkash Singh Badal’s daughter Parneet Kaur, son-in-law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, grandson Anantvir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia were also present at the SAD head office. Former SGPC president Jagir Kaur arriving at the SAD headquarters in Chandigarh. (Ravi Kumar/Ht)įormer Haryana chief minister OP Chautala, former Punjab chief ministers Charanjit Singh Channi and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, who is the wife of Capt Amarinder Singh, Haryana assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, BJP leader Sunil Jakhar, Union minister Som Prakash, Congress leader Lal Singh, former minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, BSP leader Jasvir Singh Garhi, former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur and SAD (Samyukt) leader Parminder Singh Dhindsa were among the leaders who reached the SAD office and expressed condolences to Badal’s son and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Congress leader Lal Singh (extreme right) consoling Sukhbir Singh Badal in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The mortal remains of the SAD patriarch, who straddled Punjab politics for over seven decades, were brought to the party head office in an ambulance. (Ravi Kumar/HT)Īlso read: PM Modi pays tributes to long-time ally Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh The body of Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal draped in the SAD flag at the party headquarters on Wednesday. ![]() (Ravi Kumar/HT)īadal had not been keeping well and was hospitalised in Mohali on April 16 after he complained of uneasiness in breathing. Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal’s daughter Parneet Kaur mourning along with family members at the SAD headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Scores of people and political leaders cutting across party lines assembled to pay homage to the five-time Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal at the Shiromani Akali Dal office in Chandigarh on Wednesday. ![]()
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