Chandigarh August 8:Punjab Government has announced the programme for unfurling the National Flag and taking salute on the Independence Day the 15th August, 2008. Punjab Chief Minister S. Parkash Singh Badal will unfurl National Flag in a state level function at Ludhiana on 15th August, 2008. Whereas Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha S. Nirmal Singh Kahlon will unfurl the National Flag at Gurdaspur, Mr. Manoranjan Kalia Local Government and Industries Minister at Amritsar, S. Ranjit Singh Brahampura Rural Development and Panchayat Minister at Tarn Taran, Capt. Kanwaljit Singh Co-operation Minister at Patiala, Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal Finance Minister at Jalandhar, Sh. Tikshan Sud Medical Education and Research Minister at Hoshiarpur, Dr. Upinderjit Kaur Education Minister at Ferozepur, S. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon Food & Civil Supplies Minister at S.A.S Nagar, Mrs. Lakshmi Kanta Chawla Health Minster Punjab at Fatehgarh Sahib,
S. Ajit Singh Kohar Revenue Minister at Nawanshahr, Master Mohan Lal Transport Minister at Barnala, S. Gulzar Singh Ranike Animal Husbandry Minister at Mansa, S. Parminder Singh Dhindsa PWD (B&R) Minister at Faridkot, Ch. Swarna Ram Social Security Minister at Kapurthala, S. Sucha Singh Langah Agriculture Minister at Mukatsar, S. Janmeja Singh Sekhon Irrigation Minister Bathinda, Mr. Hira Singh Gabbria Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister at Sangrur, S. Bikram Singh Majithia Information & Public Relations Minister at Ropar,
Similarly Deputy Speaker and Chief Parliamentary Secretaries will unfurl National Flag as follows, Sh. Satpal Gosain Deputy Speaker at Moga, Sh. Jagdish Sahni at Batala, Harish Rai Dhanda at Malerkotla, Sh. Sarwan Singh Phillaur at Phillaur, Sh. Jagdeep Singh Nakai At Rampura Phul, S. Sheetal Singh at Bagha Purana, Smt. Mohinder Kaur Josh at Dasuya, Sh. Arunesh Shakar at Mukerian, S.Bikramjit Singh Khalsa at Khanna, S. Sher Singh Ghubiaya at Abohar, Sh. Avinash Chander at Jagraon, S.Sukhpal Singh at Zira, Sh. Raj Kumar Khurana at Rajpura, Sh. Desh Raj Dhugga at Garhshankar and Sh. Nand Lal at Pathankot.