Captain Amarinder Singh honoured with ‘ideal’ CM award

Several dignitaries, including Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju, former Union External Affairs Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh, Padma Vibhushan and chairman of Auroville Foundation, Dr Karan Singh, founder of MIT World Peace University Vishwanath D Karad and founder of BCS Rahul V Karad, were present on the occasion.

The award citation read, “Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has displayed outstanding conviction coupled with revolutionary ideas of clean governance to take Punjab on the path of development. You have constantly endeavoured to improve the social and economic status of the people through your people centric policies. You have flag-shipped the farm loan waiver scheme and organic farming, which have brought in agriculture growth in the state. You channelised the energies of the youth of Punjab by curbing the drug menace. Quite aware of tumultuous relations between India and Pakistan, you used Track Two Diplomacy in the Kartarpur Corridor incident in 2019. You are an epitome of honesty, integrity and had retained your image that of credible Chief Minister, who delivers on his promises of economic growth coupled with social welfare.”