JE installs hoardings to greet SAD leader

A hoarding on the national highway in Malout. Tribune photo

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Malout, July 26

In violation of service rules, a JE in the Public Works Department (B&R) has installed a number of hoardings in the town to congratulate SAD leader Tejinder Singh Middukhera on his appointment as Chairman of Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank.

This is not the first time when JE Sukhmander Singh Gill has installed such hoardings to congratulate a politician. Last year in October he had installed similar hoardings to congratulate SAD leader Dyal Singh Kolianwali on his elevation as the president of SAD’s Muktsar district unit.

However, no official in the administration has so far initiated any action against him which raises a question on their functioning.

Sources said, “This JE is very close to some SAD leaders of the area and to prove his loyalty he always installs hoardings in violation of service rules. This is the only reason that he has been posted at Malout since long.”

However, Gill said, “My cousin is married to Tejinder and I have installed hoardings to congratulate my relative over his elevation. I don’t bother what people think or say about this. I don’t take part in any political activity and have not done anything wrong.”

Courtesy: The Tribune