Chandigarh, 6 August 2015: Sanjay Tandon party president of the Chandigarh BJP has taken up many issues relating to the welfare of the journalists with Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki UT Administrator today.
Ravinder Pathania convener of the media cell of the BJP informed that a delegation of journalists led by Nalin Acharya General Secretary Press club met Tandon yesterday and submitted a memorandum of the demands to him.
Taking the demands seriously Tandon met Solanki today at Raj Bhavan and gave the memorandum to him. Tandon told Solnaki that the quota of the Government houses for the journalists should be increased from 31 to 60 as the numbers of the journalists have increased over the years.
The journalists have also demanded to increase the limit for travelling in the buses up to 2500 km. They also demanded to fix the quota for the journalists in the housing schemes of the CHB. Tandon said Solanki assured to take appropriate decision on the demands soon.