Punjab News: The tussle between Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continues in Punjab, with the Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa targeting the Bhagwant Mann government and claiming that there is anarchy in state. Bajwa said that there is no government in the AAP-ruled state.
"Today there is anarchy in Punjab. There is no govt here. We do not support the Governor's rule but they (AAP) should know how to run the government,” Bajwa said as quoted by news agency ANI.
He also asked the Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, to make a statement in the Punjab assembly on the 37,100 government jobs provided to youth.
"A comprehensive breakdown of jobs openings, categorized by department, with clarification on whether these positions were pre-existing or newly sanctioned after the AAP government assumed power," he stated.
The Congress added a clear delineation of the exact date on which the recruitment process for these positions was formally initiated.
"An unambiguous identification of the agency responsible for overseeing this process, whether it is the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB), or an alternative administrative mechanism," he stated.
Earlier, terming the arrest of former Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira as vendetta politics' by the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, said that the arrogance of the power-drunk Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is going out of control.
In a post on X (former Twitter), Partap Singh Bajwa said, "The arrogance of power-drunk Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is going out of control now. After the illegal arrest of the fearless Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira, the AAP Punjab government has arrested the former Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira without following the due legal course."
"The Punjab Congress will not tolerate this and will fight tooth and nail against the vendetta politics of the AAP government," he added.
Congress supporters staged a protest hours after former Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira was arrested by the police and sat on strike outside the Central Jail in Firozpur against his arrest.
(With input from agencies)