Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal held a meeting and had high tea with the chamber of industries in Ludhiana on Friday. But an earlier meeting of Ludhiana industry with Congress candidate Ravneet Bittu had cost them dear. The very next day, the Punjab Pollution Control Board officials were quick to call up heads of industrial units, mainly those which remain on its radar for pollution, to “invite” them to visit Bhilwara in Rajasthan for seeing zero-discharge waste treatment plants
In Amritsar, the seat witnessing a nerve-wracking contest between Capt Amarinder Singh of the Congress and BJP’s Arun Jaitley, leading industrialists and businessmen are facing a piquant situation. With the Election Commission watching, BJP minister Anil Joshi is asking them to host dinners for Jaitley.
Suneet Kochhar, director of Khanna Paper Mills, who is close to the top SAD-BJP leadership, is asking businessmen to rally behind Jaitley.
The message is loud and clear: host high tea or dinner and invite the city’s who’s who to rub shoulders with the BJP stalwart to know his vision for Amritsar.
“It is compulsive and I have been asked to host a dinner next week,” said an industrialist. So far, Sanjay Maheshwari, a leading businessman having a chain of educational institutes and hospitals; Dr Avtar Singh, leading orthopedic surgeon of Amandeep Hospital; and a businessman from the cloth industry have hosted the dinners.
In Amritsar, the seat witnessing a nerve-wracking contest between Capt Amarinder Singh of the Congress and BJP’s Arun Jaitley, leading industrialists and businessmen are facing a piquant situation. With the Election Commission watching, BJP minister Anil Joshi is asking them to host dinners for Jaitley.
Suneet Kochhar, director of Khanna Paper Mills, who is close to the top SAD-BJP leadership, is asking businessmen to rally behind Jaitley.
The message is loud and clear: host high tea or dinner and invite the city’s who’s who to rub shoulders with the BJP stalwart to know his vision for Amritsar.
“It is compulsive and I have been asked to host a dinner next week,” said an industrialist. So far, Sanjay Maheshwari, a leading businessman having a chain of educational institutes and hospitals; Dr Avtar Singh, leading orthopedic surgeon of Amandeep Hospital; and a businessman from the cloth industry have hosted the dinners.
