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Districts flout NREGA guidelines
Badal: SAD open to pre-poll pacts
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JE Parmjit Singh in police custody. A Tribune photo
Now, gatka to be part of National School Games
Sanjh centres: Govt launches trial run
BSP to hold statewide dharnas
BSP state chief Avtar Singh Karimpuri addresses party workers in Bathinda. Tribune photo
Regulatory panel for competitive bidding
MS Gill wants BBMB officials pulled up
India, Canada plan to sign social security pact
Hassle-free travel to Golden Temple by Sept
Bhullar’s mother to file review petition
Upkar Kaur, the mother of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, sitting on the dais during a function organised at Dyalpura Bhai Ka village on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Pvt architects authorised to sanction building plans
Varsity to open 11 PITs
Retaining wall of drain collapses
JEs plan stir against power corporation
Sirhind bridge to take 3 more months for completion
CSD concession for physically challenged
Girlchild to get Rs 500 under welfare scheme
Ex-soldier says printing fake notes his passion
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Districts flout NREGA guidelines
Jalandhar, June 12 Hoshiarpur spent Rs 32.38 crore during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, and Amritsar Rs 20 crore during the period. Muktsar, the home district of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, spent about Rs 14 crore and Ferozepur a little over Rs 13 crore. But several districts have not followed the guidelines laid down for the implementation of the scheme. According to the rules laid down by the Union Government, the labour and material expenditure should be in the 60:40 ratio. However, there are districts which have spent more than 40 per cent of the money on the material and others who have spent more than 60 per cent on paying wages to the labourers. Even Hoshiarpur has exceeded the limit by 2 per cent as far as the expenditure on material is concerned. However, the Amritsar authorities have adhered to the guidelines strictly. Instead of 60 per cent, the expenditure on wages to the workers in Jalandhar district has been 64 per cent and that on the material 35 per cent. In Barnala, the expenditure on labour has been 76 per cent, Bathinda 69 per cent, Patiala 66 per cent, Faridkot 69 per cent, Mansa 64 per cent and Sangrur 63 per cent. However, what should worry the government most is the administrative expenditure on the implementation of the scheme. In some districts, it has been much higher than the 6 per cent limit fixed by the authorities. This means the government is spending the money meant for the poor on the maintenance of its offices and other infrastructure. The administrative expenditure in Hoshiarpur is just 2.26 per cent, which is the lowest in the state. However, it is 11.26 per cent in Faridkot, far in excess of the prescribed limit. In Patiala, it is more than 10 per cent, in Ropar 9 per cent, Nawanshahar 8.9 per cent and Fatehgarh Sahib 7.45 per cent.
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Badal: SAD open to pre-poll pacts
Patran (Patiala), June 12 Speaking to The Tribune on the sidelines of the Sangat Darshan programme held here for the Shutrana assembly constituency, Badal said the Akali Dal had kept its options open for a tie-up with parties that opposed the Congress’ policies. “In case any other political party approaches us for an alliance aiming at not letting the Congress come to the helm of affairs in Punjab, the SAD will definitely explore the options with that outfit,” the Chief Minister said. Also, he claimed that the defeat of the Congress was even then sure if the SAD-BJP alliance contested jointly without the support of any third party. Badal said so far the Congress-led UPA Government had failed to address the crucial issues of corruption, inflation, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. Dubbing the UPA regime as the “mother of all scams”, the Chief Minister said the entire nation was in a shock in the wake of the scams that were unearthed in recent months. “The UPA Government has done nothing for the betterment of the nation except for indulging in corrupt practices.” The SAD leader said that despite empty coffers left by the previous Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in Punjab, the SAD-BJP regime focused on plugging the loopholes responsible for leakage of the revenue and in this process doubled the revenue growth in the state. Bathinda: The vice-president of the SAD and former minister Chiranji Lal Garg urged party president Sukhbir Badal not to allot the party ticket to any tainted leader. He said the SAD-BJP alliance was certain to form government again if those facing serious allegations of corruption were denied nomination for the assembly elections. “The proposal by Sukhbir Badal to allot the party ticket to new faces will also pay rich dividends, he said. Garg said apart from corruption, inadequate MSP by the Centre would be a major issue into the coming elections.
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KCF chief’s wife, sons obtain fake passports
Jalandhar, June 12 What has baffled the police is that Panjwar’s younger son, Manvir Singh, not even born in India, managed to get an Indian passport. Manvir is believed to have been born in Lahore in 1996. The Jalandhar police has booked seven persons — Panjwar, his wife Paljit Kaur, their sons Shahbaz Singh and Manvir Singh, his brother Sarbjit Singh, and Parmjit Singh, junior engineer of Maluwal Kalan village near Chabbal in Tarn Taran. The latter has been arrested. The police said Paljit Kaur and her sons got the passports made in 2008 at a time when they were in Germany. In the passports, Paljit Kaur is shown as wife of Parmjit Singh, JE and resident of Maluwal Kalan in Tarn Taran district, and Manvir and Shahbaz are shown as sons of Parmjit Singh JE. “Preliminary investigations reveal that in 2008 Panjwar connived with his brother Sarbjit Singh and friend Parmjit Singh JE and used fabricated documents like the ration card showing Paljit Kaur as wife and Shahbaz and Manvir Singh as sons of Parmjit Singh JE. “These were used for preparing the passports. The three passports were delivered to the family in Germany,” said Jalandhar Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav. The police, highly placed sources said, was also investigating as to how the KCF chief’s family had managed to circumvent the passport verfication process.
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Now, gatka to be part of National School Games
Mohali, June 12 Addressing a press conference here today, he said the Punjab Olympic Association
(POA) has already recognised the Punjab Gatka Association (PGA). The Department of Education, Punjab, has also incorporated gatka in the Punjab schools, colleges and universities’ sports calendars. The GFI representations have also been sent to the Association of Indian Universities
(AIU) office to ask it to incorporate gatka in the AIU sports calendar from this academic year. ”It is sad that the centuries-old martial art form has not been recognised till date,” he added. The PGA had constituted a Sikh Martial Art Research and Training Board (SMART board) to grant scholarships to the aspiring research scholars doing PhD in the field of martial art, especially on
gatka, in order to enrich the historical literature on the Indian martial art. Further, the GFI would organising a national gatka training-cum-seminar at New Delhi next month to train the gatka coaches, referees, judges and time scorers from all the states. The aspiring gatka performers (men and women), who desire to become certified gatka officials like referees, judges and technical adviser of the
PGA, could join the training courses and camps. GFI General Secretary Harjeet Singh Grewal said learning to defend, display of fighting art and the ability to have a greater self control is the best part of the gatka performance. “It is also meant to enable the youth to stay fit and fine and lead a disciplined life. Earlier, only the boys could be seen performing this art, but now the girls have also taken a liking for the sport and are performing well in the field,” he said. Meanwhile, Punjabi University,
Patiala, while conceding to a GFI’s proposal, has announced to host the
all-india inter-varsity gatka championship in the first week of September.
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Sanjh centres: Govt launches trial run
Chandigarh, June 12 The creation of Sanjh Centres, a pet scheme of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, is aimed at providing services to the people within a given time frame. On the political side, these are expected to wash away allegations of police high-handedness levelled by the Congress. The centres were delayed because funds were not released in March. The Police Department has decided to speed up work to complete the project. At a few places where Sanjh stations have not been constructed, a room in police stations has been dedicated for the centres and computers and requisite staff posted there. According to the Deputy CM, trial runs have already started at the centres. The people will now be able to file FIRs online. The process of obtaining various certificates (permission to hold functions and use of loudspeakers and passport verification) have been simplified. The Sanjh centres will provide instant feedback on inquiries, free legal aid and counselling services. Contesting Opposition claims on police highhandedness, the Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal said: “Our government has, in fact, brought in transparency in police functioning through creation of Sanjh Centres and computerisation of police stations.”
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BSP to hold statewide dharnas
Bathinda, June 12 Addressing party workers here, Karimpuri said dharnas and rallies would be held at all district headquarters of the state on June 28 to expose the ruling and opposition parties. The BSP state chief said the Union Government's decision to hike petrol prices immediately after the recent assembly elections in various states proved its "anti-people" and "opportunistic" mindset. Also, he alleged that another lie of the Centre that had been exposed was that it had been claiming that the prices of petrol products had been hiked to offset the losses incurred by the public sector oil companies. However, in reality, the balance-sheets of these petroleum companies reflected that they had been earning huge profits, he claimed. Karimpuri said the SAD-BJP coalition government had also failed to bring any relief to the people as the prices of petrol in the state were higher than those in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
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Regulatory panel for competitive bidding
Patiala, June 12 The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has also been advocating that power projects in Punjab should either be set up under the state sector or should be awarded through competitive bidding. A majority of power experts are of the opinion that the entry of private players would definitely lead to an increase in electricity tariff. According to PSERC as well as the technocrats, the objective of providing affordable power to consumers is unlikely to be achieved by adopting the MoU route. Notably, last year, the Punjab Government had notified the power generation policy for the state, which was aimed purely at encouraging private investment in the generation sector in the state. According to the information available, the PSERC has sent a letter to Principal Secretary, Department of Irrigation and Power, Punjab, making several observations with respect to the new power generation policy. The most important observation made by the PSERC is that the state-sponsored projects or projects awarded through competitive bidding would result in power being available to the state at relatively low rates. Apart from the PSERC, even the technocrats working with Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) are criticising the power generation policy. Speaking to The Tribune, president of the PSEB Engineers Association HS Bedi said that the power generation policy is not in the interest of the people. “The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in its advice to the Union government, had stated that the thermal power plants set up through the MoU route are costlier than the ones set up under the state sector,” he said. Bedi added that most of the progressive states are adding new power generation plants, either under the state sector or through competitive bidding. “The MoU route will increase the electricity tariff,” he asserted. However, despite so much criticism, the state government is not ready to review the policy. “Under the present circumstances, encouraging private investment is the preferred option to accelerate the addition of power-generation capacity,” reads a letter sent to the Power Department, Punjab, by the PSPCL authorities.
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Poor Upkeep of Barrages
Chandigarh, June 12 “I was shocked to find a potholed Harike Barrage. While the roads on the either end of the barrage are smooth and well maintained, it is virtually a nightmare to cross the bridges at these barrages,” said Gill, who was recently in Punjab and travelled through five districts, including Tarn
Taran, Ferozepur and Faridkot. “These are supposed to be maintained by the Bhakra Beas Management Board
(BBMB). The Harike Barrage as well as Ropar Barrage are busy traffic joints. As a result of the deplorable condition of the road at these barrages, there are frequent complaints of vehicles, especially transport vehicles, breaking down leading to total disruption of vehicular traffic. “While the National Highway Authority of India and Public Works Department maintain roads linking these barrages, the maintenance and upkeep of these barrages is still with the
BBMB. “When I made inquiries, I was told that only the BBMB could undertake their repairs as the administrative control of these barrages was still with it,” Gill said. Since the NHAI was working on converting Tarn Taran-Kandla Road to a six-lane highway, the narrow Harike Barrage with poor upkeep is a major bottleneck. As major supplies of farm inputs, including
fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides come from the Kandla Port to Punjab, there is an immediate need for a new wider bridge next to the existing Harike Barrage. “I have requested Salman Khursheed to sanction a new six-lane bridge adjoining Harike Barrage so that work on the Tarn Taran-Kandla National Highway is completed without any disruption. “I have also brought to the notice of Salman Khursheed the poor upkeep of the Rajasthan Canal. The brick lining of the canal has been damaged by uncontrolled vegetative growth thus making it vulnerable to breaches. “The continued neglect of the canal makes areas on its embankment, especially in Faridkot and Ferozepur districts, flood prone,” he said.
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India, Canada plan to sign social security pact
Chandigarh, June 12 These announcements were made by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur while inaugurating the Parvasi Bharati Divas (PBD) at Toronto yesterday. More than 700 members of the Indian diaspora, drawn from all over the Americas, are attending the two-day PBD. “We have signed MoUs and created new mechanisms to deepen our relationship in areas such as energy and mining. We are also making our engagements stronger with Canada’s provinces,” said Preneet Kaur. She said that there could not be a more appropriate venue for hosting the Parvasi Bharatiya Divas than Toronto, a city with a great tradition of enterprise and also home to nearly 60 per cent of the Indian diaspora in Canada. “The Indo-Canadian community has been a microcosm of the people of Indian origin living abroad besides reflecting India’s diversity. Today, the successful one million-strong Indo-Canadian community has achieved enormous success in all walks of life, including politics, government, business, education and media. “They are a mirror of India’s heritage and of our modern-day progress. They have served as a bridge of friendship between India and Canada,” she said. Incidentally, the holding of PBD coincides with the celebration of the Year of India in Canada, with an extraordinary series of events across Canada. Today, India has the second largest diaspora in the world, estimated at over 27 million. Over the years, she said, India has introduced a number of services that seek to address the welfare of overseas Indians, expand opportunities for them in India and strengthen their bonds with India. These include the PIO and OCI cards; the creation of Indian Community Welfare Fund in 18 Indian Missions, setting up Indian Workers Resource Centres in countries with large Indian immigrant worker population; launching a project in collaboration with UNEP for empowering women workers from India going to Gulf countries; and encouraging greater participation in investment, innovation and trade in India. “Our message to you is simple: Working together can be emotionally rewarding and mutually beneficial. I do hope that you will continue to be driven by a sense of pride and joy in the success of India,” she added. The theme of the convention: ‘Building Bridges: Positioning Strategies of the Indian Diaspora’ has been chosen to emphasise our relationship with the young people of Indian origin living abroad. I do hope that this extraordinary congregation of talent would ignite our collective imagination, throw up new ideas, build new partnerships in pursuit of our common endeavour of building mutually beneficial relationship between the Indian diaspora and India, and also between India and Canada,” she concluded.
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Hassle-free travel to Golden Temple by Sept
Amritsar, June 12 Local MP Navjot Singh Sidhu made this announcement today after inspecting the 0.9-km stretch. The project, which would link the main flyover on the GT Road to the second floor of the multi-level Golden Temple parking (Saragarhi), is aimed at making the journey of the pilgrims hassle-free. The project comprises a 12.5-feet wide (each road) two-way passage, which would narrow down to 8.5 feet as it reaches the Golden Temple parking. The second floor of the parking lot would have the capacity to park over 1,500 vehicles. “It was my dream to have such an arrangement where pilgrims have comfy means to reach the Golden Temple. I have been approached by many people visiting Amritsar that it is cumbersome to reach the holy shrine and today, I can commit that this much sought-after project will be made available to the public by September-end,” Sidhu said. Started amid much fanfare in 2006, the elevated road project had two main stretches -- one from Maqboolpura Chowk to Bhandari Bridge (3.5 km), which was inaugurated in May last, and the other and more important from Ram Talai Chowk to the Golden Temple parking.
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Bhullar’s mother to file review petition
Dyalpura Bhai Ka
(Bathinda), June 12 The leaders were here to attend the bhog ceremony for Bhullar’s well-being at his native village. Upkar Kaur, Bhullar’s mother, said she would file a fresh petition before ther President. Bhullar was sentenced to death in 2001 for his involvement in plotting a bomb attack on MS Bitta, the then president of the Indian Youth Congress, in Delhi. The bomb attack claimed nine lives. Upkar Kaur said she would also meet Sonia Gandhi, chairperson, UPA. Speakers at the bhog said it was time that a movement was built in the country to oppose Bhullar’s death sentence. — TNS
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Pvt architects authorised to sanction building plans
Chandigarh, June 12 Stating this here today, Local Bodies and Industries Minister Tikshan Sud said anybody constructing a building on a residential plot measuring up to 500 sq yards could get his building plan approved from authorised architects of PUDA/ GMADA or concerned urban authority. The minister said that by decentralising the approval of building plans, the state government has taken a major governance reform step to help the common man who had to go from pillar to post to get his building plan approved. The Local Bodies and Industries Minister said that fearing harassment, people tend to construct buildings without getting the plan approved.
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Varsity to open 11 PITs
Bathinda, June 12 All PITs will be academically autonomous which means that the steering committee of every PIT will be independent to select the courses and the examinations will also be an internal matter of the respective PIT. The PTU will just be a recognition authority. The first PIT will start at Mansa from this session with a six-year integrated course in the non-medical course. The centre will start at a transit campus at the Nehru Memorial College,
Mansa. The main campus will be constructed on a 54-acre land at Kothe Mahan Singh village in Mansa district. Another PIT in the region is being planned at Nandgarh village
(Bathinda), but the proposal is in the initial stage. As per the plan, the PITs will have four main streams - non-medical, medical, commerce and vocational courses. Every PIT will be governed by a steering committee, headed by one renowned industrialist of the region. A senior official of the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery,
Bathinda, has been appointed chairman of the steering committee of the Mansa PIT. The salary structure of the PIT staff will be the same as is followed in the different centres of the
IITs.
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Retaining wall of drain collapses
Sangrur, June 12 Sources said that the drain (about 1 km long and 17 ft wide) to cover a nullah from near the new Truck Union to Shani Dev Mandir along the Tungaan-Sunam Road is being constructed at a cost of about Rs 4 crore. They added that after the drain was inaugurated on November 18, 2010, the trust had got 300 m of it constructed. The showers, which hit Sangrur on the intervening night of June 9 and June 10, brought down the retaining wall of the drain at many places.
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Nangal girl Ankita tops JIPMER test
Nangal, June 12 She earlier stood first in CBSE Class XII in the Panchkula zone securing 96.2 per cent marks. Ankita has also secured first rank in the Himachal Pradesh Pre-Medical Entrance Examination this year. She has also qualified for the International Biology Olympiad Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) in biology.
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JEs plan stir against power corporation
Patiala, June 12 Lal decried the non-implementation of the recommendations of the Wage Formulation Committee (WFC). “The rate of increment has been kept as 3 per cent, instead of 3.5 per cent as mentioned in the WFC report,” he rued. Lal further said the issue of promotion of the Additional Assistant Engineer (AAE) to the post of Assistant Engineer (AE) and AE to Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical and Civil) has been hanging fire from the past few years, but the PSPCL management is least bothered to resolve the matter. Council General Secretary Davinder Singh said the Additional Assistant Engineers (AAEs) have started retiring without getting their first effective promotion after rendering more than 25 years of
service. “Despite the fact that certain posts of the AEs are available, the AAEs are not being promoted. We demand immediate personal intervention of PSPCL CMD KD Chaudhri in the matter,” he said. While talking about pay scales, allowance and promotions, Davinder said, “Step-motherly treatment is being meted out to the junior engineers.” “A present, 20,000 posts of linemen, assistant linemen and sub-station attendants are lying vacant, but the government is not initiating the recruitment drive. The council will soon convene a meeting of its working committee to chalk out the agitation schedule,”
he added.
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Sirhind bridge to take 3 more months for completion
Ropar, June 12 The bridge’s steel frame structure fell into the Sirhind waters on May 30 due to technical problems when its false launching nose, a part that connected entire structure to the railway roadside of the bridge, got damaged. The incident had taken place at the launch of cantilever. In a press statement issued on May 30, the PWD officials had claimed that the work on lifting the free bent-down end of the cantilever would begin soon and that the structure may be restored within a week. However, the work on picking up of the structure out of the Sirhind waters was yet to begin. Till now, only the damaged false launching nose has been removed. PWD secretary, Punjab, SK Sandhu, who is also commissioner (Ropar division), said the project had been extended by at least three months. “Engineer-in-chief PWD B and R RP Singh will conduct an inquiry and submit a report within next two weeks. The officer held responsible for the lapse will be dealt with strictly. At the same time, efforts will also be made to avoid such problems in the future,” he said. “There has been no damage to the insured 450 tonne of steel structure, which means that it may not get any claim from the insurance company. The claim given will only be for the repair or the damage caused to the launching nose,” said the PWD Department.
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CSD concession for physically challenged
Chandigarh, June 12 They would also be allowed to bring an attendant along. The letter stated that on the feedback from some quarters, it came to light that physically challenged persons face numerous problems during the purchase of items through the unit-run canteens.— TNS
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Girlchild to get Rs 500 under welfare scheme
Patiala, June 12 Confirming this information, Civil Surgeon, Patiala, Japinder Kaur said the letter in this regard had been released just a few days back and this would certainly help in reducing the financial burden of the poor parents. About the scheme, she said the Balri Rakshak Yojna was a welfare scheme for the cause of the girl child, which had been launched in the state in 2005 to encourage the birth of girls and to balance the skewed sex-ratio in the state as there had been a considerable decline in the child sex-ratio (0-6 years) during the previous years. “It also aims to motivate the couples to adopt terminal method of sterilisation in order to stabilise the growth rate of the population,” she said. An incentive of Rs 500 per month will be given to the female child, provided the parents adopt terminal method of sterilisation after the birth of only one girl. An incentive of Rs 1,000 (Rs 500+Rs 500) will be given to the two girls provided the family adopts terminal method of sterilisation after the birth of the second girl child (only if the first child is also a girl child). The incentive will be given till the age of 18 years or till the beneficiary becomes an income tax payer. The civil surgeon said, “In order to encourage the ASHA workers to get more such cases registered and help the department in fulfilling the cause, the department is also giving an incentive of Rs 500 per case to these workers. A worker, who gets the case registered, will also be given an incentive of Rs 500.” Giving details of the beneficiaries in Patiala district, she informed that 45 couples were taking benefit of the scheme, but our department was trying its best to make more people aware of the scheme. During our seminars and workshops, we apprise the people about the scheme.
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Ex-soldier says printing fake notes his passion
Nawanshahr, June 12 Fake currency notes (Rs 5. 5 lakh) have been recovered from him. Surinder Pal of Gandhi Mohalla in Ludhiana, who served the Indian Army till 1971, says: “Printing and peddling fake currency is my passion. I just cannot do anything else. It has been like an addiction with me since 1988 when I was booked for the first time by the Ludhiana police for the offence.” A special printer-scanner, ink and paper-cutter have been recovered from Surinder Pal. The latter would print currency notes of the denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 on paper brought from a gang in Patna, said Nawanshahr SSP Narinder Bhargav and SP Dharam Singh Uppal. They said Surinder Pal had been booked by the police for the seventh time for the same offence. “Gangs manufacturing fine-quality paper with Mahatma Gandhi’s watermark embossed on it are operating from Patna hotels where waiters work as mediators for striking deals. With my health failing, I could not opt for any other work. I would work with renewed vigour whenever released from police custody or jail,” Surinder Pal told The Tribune. “We are sending teams to Patna to nab his accomplices,” said officers Bhargav and
Uppal.
Smack, heroin seized; four held
Amritsar: The CIA staff on Sunday arrested four persons in two separate incidents and seized 1 kg smack and 220 gm heroin from their possession. They were remanded to one-day police custody and separate cases have been registered against them. Vikram Sharma, SHO, CIA staff, said that Chamkaur Singh and Stalin Singh, both residents of Tarn Taran district, were nabbed from the Kabir Park area near Guru Nanak Dev University. During search, 220 grams of heroin was seized from the duo. In another incident, the CIA staff seized 800 gm smack from Asha Rani, a resident of Ganganagar (Rajasthan), and 200 gm smack from Taran Kumar of Islambad area. The SHO said that Asha Rani was already wanted in similar cases in Ferozepur. She used to bring the consignment from Rajasthan. — tns
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While Amritsar and Hoshiarpur have emerged the largest spenders of funds provided for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, major flaws have come to light in the implementation of the scheme in certain districts.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was willing to enter into an electoral alliance for the 2012 Punjab Assembly poll with parties that were opposed to the Congress.
Bathinda, June 12
Chandigarh, June 12
Amritsar, June 12
Dyalpura Bhai Ka (Bathinda), June 12 
Nawanshahr, June 12
Gatka Federation of India (GFI) president Harcharan Singh Bhullar said, “The federation has for the first time formulated and standardised gatka rules and regulations and will provide training to the budding gatka performers through workshops, seminars and camps.” 
After a spate of administrative reforms, the SAD-BJP government will now focus on improving the police-public interface by making 450 Sanjh Centres operational within the next two months.
This was stated by president of the council Swaran Lal here today. “Despite assurances, the PSPCL management has failed to do anything in this regard,” he said.