Punjab Cabinet clears Monsoon Session from August 3, approves key decisions
The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday gave the nod to hold the Monsoon Session of the state assembly from August 3 to August 10.
The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday gave the nod to hold the Monsoon Session of the state assembly from August 3 to August 10.
This comes days after Punjab Police dismantled an inter-state cheating racket operating during the pharmacy officer recruitment examination.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wanted to divert attention from his sacrilegious conduct against the Guru Sahiban and Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala by summoning him for questioning in an eleven-year-old firing case in Behbal Kalan which was still under investigation after all these years.
The event was attended by Dr Basant Garg, IAS, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), PSPCL, and Er Inderpal Singh, Director (Distribution).
The chief minister asserted that the AAP-led government in Punjab had never cited an empty treasury as an excuse for avoiding welfare measures.
Addressing investors and industry leaders, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Punjab government would provide every facility needed for industries to compete with China, asserting that a business-friendly environment had already helped attract ₹1.50 lakh crore in investments in four years.
Chief Minister Mann emphasized that every single appointment has been made strictly on the basis of merit and transparency, eliminating the culture of bribes and recommendations that he alleged plagued previous regimes.
Accompanied by their families, the leaders performed 'Sewa' and paid obeisance to express gratitude following a recent Delhi court verdict that dismissed allegations against the party’s top leadership in the high-profile liquor policy case.
Taking a swipe at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Chief Minister said the Akali leadership has lost touch with the realities of Punjab and should stop daydreaming about returning to power.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday said that the discharge of charges against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, senior AAP leader and Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia and others in the excise policy case has vindicated the party’s consistent stand that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other central agencies were being misused by the Union government to target political opponents.
