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.
Former chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh are contesting from their traditional seats Lambi (in Muktsar) and Patiala Urban respectively.
The CEO revealed as many as 1209 vulnerable hamlets have been identified. Besides this, 2906 persons have been identified as probable sources of trouble, he said.
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.
