Winter session of Punjab Assembly from November 28
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.
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.
Now, a selection of the state DGP will be done by a committee headed by a retired chief justice or a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023 aims at freeing the undue control of a particular family (read Badals) over the rights to telecast sacred Gurbani.
If the Bill gets the Governor's consent, the Chief Minister would replace the Governor as the Chancellor of state-run universities.
During the current season Summer Moong is being sown on about 95,000 acres of land with an expected yield of five quintal per acre.
He said these decisions and actions of the government will have a positive impact on the municipal elections and the party will get the benefit of it.
"The decisions on public welfare schemes and their implementation could be potentially decided in Delhi," the Leader of Opposition said.
A day after Punjab Assembly passed a resolution seeking immediate transfer of the Union Territory Chandigarh to Punjab, the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khaattar on Saturday condemned the resolution saying Chandigarh will remain the joint capital of both the states.
Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution seeking immediate transfer of the Union Territory Chandigarh, which also serves as the state's joint capital with Haryana, to Punjab.