No jobs, no SEZ, asserts Minister

Chandigarh, June 27 (UNI) Reliance Industries Limited must provide job to at least one member of the families whose land will be acquired for the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for the realisation of the mega project, Haryana Transport Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala today asserted.

This aspect cannot be ignored as the project was multi-faceted and could employ both skilled and un-skilled labour, the minister said emphasising that the state was taking giant strides towards industrialisation, but the government would ensure that it should not hurt the agrarian sector, Mr Surjewala said at a 'Meet the Press' programme here.

On the issue of reorganisation of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee by the party high command recently, Mr Surjewala said, ''If any person has any problem he or she can approach the party high command as the Party had passed a resolution authorising the AICC president Ms Sonia Gandhi to take a final decision.'' He said that inclusion of new faces was a welcome step as younger people should be given a chance to give a new thrust to party.

He also supported the demand for constituting a separate Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee in Haryana, saying a committee set up under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister H S Chatha to look into various aspects of the matter, was expected to submit its report soon.

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