Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann skipped the reception in the honour of President Droupadi Murmu at Punjab Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh to attend a rally in Gujarat on Saturday.
Disgruntled over this, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit objected the absence of Mann said the constitutional responsibility should be followed by CM.
Reacting sharply at the Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit’s comments over absent of Chief minister Bhagwant Mann today, Punjab Cabinet minister Aman Arora said that it is very unfortunate on the part of Governor for raising this ‘political’ issue from the stage of Governor house.
He said that these remarks are uncalled for coming from the Governor and urged him to restrain from making such statements in the future.
Arora said that CM Mann’s event was scheduled and he had deputed him to receive and welcome President Draupadi Murmu during her visit in the Chandigarh.
He said that he along with 7 other cabinet ministers and all senior bureaucrats attended the event to celebrate Air Force Day today. However, honorable governor made this unfortunate remarks against CM.
Even earlier, Governor had been interfering in the matter of state and he cancelled the session of the Punjab Assembly convened by the Punjab government on September 22 only to prove the trust vote.
CM Bhagwant Mann called the session again on September 27 citing issues related to Punjab but he was first resultant to give his assent for the session being called by the elected members of the government against Operation Lotus of the BJP.
He said it is condemnable that the Governor seems to be acting at the behest of BJP to implement ‘Operation Lotus’ in Punjab.
He said that today’s remarks of the Punjab Governor is clearly indicates that he is working in cahoots with BJP to weaken the democratic system and deter the AAP government from working for the welfare of common people.