Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led AAP Government has been below hearth from the Opposition which has been alleging a deteriorating law-and-order scenario in the State. File
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Monday accused BJP leaders, together with former chief minister Amarinder Singh, of demanding “Governor’s rule” in the State and stated that people know that these leaders have at all times been “anti-Punjab”.
The Mr. Mann-led AAP Government has been below hearth from the Opposition which has been alleging a deteriorating law-and-order scenario in the State. The Chief Minister’s additionally concerned in a tussle with Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
It worsened final week with the Governor indicating that he’s in no hurry to summon the Assembly’s Budget Session, and reminding the Chief Minister about his “derogatory response” to a letter from the Raj Bhavan.
Mr. Purohit’s letter to Mr. Mann had come two days after the Punjab Cabinet determined to name the Assembly session from March 3 and requested the Governor to summon the House.
“Capt Amarinder Singh, Kewal Dhillon, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Fateh Jang Bajwa, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurpreet Kangar, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi… all Congressmen [who are] in BJP these days can often be seen around the Governor’s residence. They are speaking about Governor’s rule in Punjab. People of Punjab know that they have always remained anti-Punjab,” Mr. Mann in his tweet in Punjabi.
AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday stated the Punjab Government has been pressured to maneuver the Supreme Court because the Governor was not responding to the State Cabinet’s choice of convening the Budget Session of the Assembly.
Meanwhile, Punjab BJP chief Fateh Jang Bajwa demanded Governor’s rule in Punjab whereas attacking the AAP Government over numerous points, together with alleged deteriorating legislation and order in the State.
“Our party, while considering the present situation, demands that Governor’s rule should be imposed in Punjab,” Bajwa stated right here on Monday and accused the AAP of not having the ability to run the State.
He stated the State Government was speaking about attracting investments from different States however contemplating the current law-and-order scenario, “there is a fear that the existing industry may leave”.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal additionally attacked the AAP Government over the legislation and order situation. In a press release, Badal stated, “No one is secure in right this moment’s Punjab.”
“The police pressure has been bottled down by the AAP administration as was witnessed not too long ago throughout the assault on the Ajnala police station by radicals led by Amritpal Singh. This, in addition to different incidents, which have revealed the entire lack of an built-in command construction, have demoralised the State police and compounded the issue,” he alleged.
Punjab BJP leader Subhash Sharma slammed the AAP for holding protests over CBI arresting Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, stating the arrest was made on the basis of proof.
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded that the CBI probe into the Delhi excise policy case be extended to Punjab, claiming Mr. Sisodia was also the “architect” of the Punjab excise policy which had caused “losses of a whole lot of crores to the State exchequer”.
“The actors and administrators of the Punjab excise coverage are the identical as in the case of Delhi. As in the case of Delhi, the CBI ought to probe the function of senior officers and AAP politicians who had colluded to present enormous advantages to pick liquor producers,” Majithia alleged.
