On Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “robbing” the state of its rights in the political dispute over the Union home minister Amit Shah’s announcement last week that the central service rules will apply to the employees of Chandigarh.
Mr. Mann declared this while wrapping his discussion at the end of the special Assembly session. During the session, an urgent resolution for the relocation to Chandigarh in Punjab was approved.
Mr. Mann, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was a significant force in the recent state Assembly elections, stated that the people made 80 percent of the sacrifices of Punjab to get India liberated. And the prime minister of a free India has been accused of “robbing” the rights of Punjab, the state, he claimed at the House.
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In sharing his experiences as a legislator, Mann shared his experience as a parliamentarian. Mann encouraged MLAs and MPs in the state to display a similar spirit of unity and goodwill as displayed by the leaders of the southern states to protect those rights in their respective conditions while being free of vested interests and small-scale personal concerns.
He also said that MPs from states such as Kerala and Andhra Pradesh come together to raise their concerns at the Parliament.
“I often used to feel why we do not come together. I used to ask them but they said their party lines are different,” added Mr. Mann.
The BJP-led Centre Mann lashed out at the Centre Mann claimed that the Centre’s leadership is involved in political vendettas all over the country, but particularly in states such as Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, in which its leaders “miserably failed” to get the people’s support for the creation of their government.
He demanded of the Centre whether states that were not under the control of the BJP were not in power were part of the country.
He stated that in Delhi, the city, permission from the Lieutenant Governor was essential to do any work.
Mr. Mann claimed that Punjab demanded additional power from the central power plant, but it was refused, but the power was transferred to Haryana.
“On the other hand, the PM says ‘ sabka saath sabka vikas‘. Mann. Where is our ‘ saath‘? Neither you take our ‘ saath‘ nor give the same to us,” Mann added.
He was reminded that Punjab was requested to pay Rs 7.50 million by the Centre to send troops to Afghanistan after the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase in 2016.
Mr. Mann claimed that he and the former MP Sadhu Singh demanded the defense minister clarify whether the army was available to Punjab by rental.
Mann said Mann claimed he was then said, “Don’t you consider Punjab a part of the country.” Then, the amount of 7.50 crore was refunded, as per Mann.
The resolution was aimed at the BJP; in the wake of questioning the intent of the resolution, Mr. Mann stated that the BJP shouldn’t be questioned about their motives and made the opportunity to mock BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma, saying they have their speech right from Nagpur which is Nagpur, which is the headquarters for the RSS.
“I have heard a lot about ‘Nagpuri santre’ (oranges from Nagpur) but I heard ‘Nagpuri bhashan’ (address) for the first time. They get their address straight from Nagpur,” Mann said. Mann in a jibe to the BJP.
“You reside in Punjab You consume the food of Punjab and drink Punjab’s water, and then you are saying”no, no,” …,” he stated in an apparent dig at Ashwani Sharma for not approving the resolution.
Despite not naming ex-chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi Mann said that he was not aware of the name of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Mann stated that those who once said the difference was whether to manage an event or an entire state are no longer appear in any way.
House members approved the resolution. House without the presence of two BJP MLAs who had held a protest.
Except for the BJP, whose state division chief Ashwani Sharma claimed that he was skeptical about the motive behind the resolution. However, members across all major parties backed the decision.
The Centre has informed the regulations, stating that the retirement age was increased from 58 years to 60 years, and child care leave was extended from one year to one year to two.
To date, Punjab service rules applied to the employees of Chandigarh, which was established as a UT and capital city in Punjab and Haryana more than 50 years in the past.
Haryana was separated from Punjab in the year 1966.
