SAD will establish ‘Build Punjab’ department, says Badal

Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), announced on Friday that if the party wins the upcoming Assembly election in 2027, they would establish a new department called 'Build Punjab' to expedite clearances for builders. The party's government would aim to bring down power rates for the industrial sector to ₹5 per unit and allow industrialists to set up their own solar power plants, reducing their power bills to ₹1.50 per unit.

Badal stated that the 'Build Punjab' department would issue all building permissions within a month. He also addressed concerns raised by traders about increased violence due to drug addiction, promising a law that would deny bail to drug offenders for ten years, leading to seizure of their properties. Badal urged the trade and industry to compare the SAD's past ten-year rule with the last ten years of Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments, urging voters to choose the SAD for peace and progress in Punjab.