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Ashu celebrates Diwali with Ludhiana MC sanitation workers
Felicitating frontline workers, food, civil supplies and consumers affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu celebrated Diwali with Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) sweepers and sewermen, at his office on Wednesday
Felicitating frontline workers, food, civil supplies and consumers affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu celebrated Diwali with municipal corporation (MC) sweepers and sewermen, at his office on Wednesday. The minister distributed gifts, including blankets and sweets, among over 800 employees. Mayor Balkar Sandhu and councillors from the west constituency were present on the occassion. Ashu also hit out at former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh who had resigned from the Congress on Tuesday and said, “The party appointed him CM twice. He was asked to step down as the government was not able to perform under his leadership. He should not have left the party, which gave him so many opportunities in the past.”
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