Punjab: Congress demands alcohol, dope tests of all Assembly members, including Bhagwant Mann
Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded a closed-door alcohol test on all MLAs after allegations of Bhagwant Mann appearing drunk inside the Vidhan Sabha.
Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded a closed-door alcohol test on all MLAs after allegations of Bhagwant Mann appearing drunk inside the Vidhan Sabha.
Reiterating that Punjab has no spare water to share with any other state, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann called water an emotional and existential issue for Punjabis.
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Friday emphasized the critical need for conserving petroleum products and urged the citizens to adopt fuel-saving practices to reduce the nation's dependence on imports and conserve valuable foreign exchange.
A two-day winter session of Punjab Assembly will commence on 28 November. A decision to this effect was taken by the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday.
Addressing a press conference, senior Akali leaders Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra and Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema said the Bill was passed at the behest of the “anti-Sikh” Arvind Kejriwal.
In 2017 Assembly polls, AAP won all of its 20 seats in Malwa region.
The AAP leader said every year a large number of devotees from Punjab visit Varanasi (Banaras) on the occasion of Guru Ravidas birthday.
Cheema said since the CM’s hollow announcements have been exposed now, so ethically, instead of staging a dharna in front of Raj Bhawan, Channi should resign.
“The operational jurisdiction of the BSF concerns national security and not the law and order in the state, which the current powers that be in Punjab are apparently not able to understand”, he remarked in a statement today.
The House unanimously passed the resolution “rejecting” the Centre’s order in the absence of the only two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of the state Assembly.
