![]() Incidentally, the Punjab Chief Minister has since 2007 held the power portfolio, of which the PSPCL (PSEB earlier) is a premier department, in the state. 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 Rarely do they move out of their assembly constituency.Īt Sarhali, a couple of kilometers from Usma, Par neet addresses a rally and, later, in a brief chat with HT, describes the attending people as her “parivar” (family).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 Kairons canvass in Patti, addressing five to six rallies each in a day. “An NDA (National Democratic Alliance) gover nment at the Centre will get us bigger projects for more employment, ” he assured the people and, before ending his short speech, called the “atta-dal” scheme as “garib di sewa” (service to the poor). “Votes will come, as people are aware of our achievements,” he added.īefore the next question, he’s aboard his SUV and off to Usma village, where he asks voters to send Akali candidate Ranjit Singh Brahmpura to Parliament. In this way, I share their sorrow,” said Kairon, pointing to the people at the rally.Īsked about his agenda, he said he was not seeking votes in the name of development. “I feel satisfied immensely if I’m able to help aggrieved individuals. It took some time before the CM’s son-in-law agreed to talk. “Please, no statement, no controversies,” pleaded Kairon as he saw HT correspondent approach him after an election rally on Tuesday at Shakri village in the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. In their speeches, the couple gives credit for Punjab’s development to the senior Badal, of course, remembering to throw in a word of praise for former chief minister, late Partap Singh Kairon, grandfather of the minister, as well. HT Imageįood and supplies minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon and his wife, Parneet Kaur, daughter of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, also electioneer but unlike the Badals and the Majithias, the Kairons watch what they say in public.Īt all their election rallies for the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Patti re gion, they haven’t made any personal attack on opponents, unlike deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia, who never missed an opportunity to hit below the belt and the senior Badal, who was always caught mocking the rivals. Away from the glare of cameras, the Kairon couple shares the people’s grief quietly.
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