Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged
Canada to supply data on the NRI men hailing from Punjab
who hoodwinked women from the state into marrying them,
only to dump their spouses and flee the country.
Making the request while meeting with a four-member
delegation led by Canadian High Commissioner Lucie Edwards,
Singh said, "The data would help the state administration
take stern action against such people".
Singh assured the delegation that he would take the
matter up with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to
urge Indian High Commissioners in countries that have
a sizeable Punjabi expatriate community, to prepare
a database of the Punjabi men there to deal with cases
of fraudulent marriages.
Discussing other areas of cooperation, Singh said
the bilateral sharing of technology, expertise in
agriculture and biotechnology would benefit both the
nations enormously.
Singh assured full support in the transfer technology
mission between Punjab and the Canadian Governments.
Responding to Edward's request, the CM agreed to
send a high-powered delegation to participate in the
World AIDS Conference to be held in Canada in August
2006.
