Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister today moved the Punjab State Vigilance Commission (Repeal) Bill, 2022 that was passed unanimously.

Moving a resolution to this regard, the Chief Minister said that the main function of the Punjab State Vigilance Commission is to enquire or cause enquires into complaints alleging commission of offences by a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. He said that the Commission is also empowered to exercise superintendence and control over the functioning of the Vigilance Bureau and Police establishment in so far it relates to corruption cases. Bhagwant Mann said that Punjab state Vigilance Commission Act 2020, which was supposed to be enacted on the lines of the Central Vigilance Commission Act 2003, suffers from serious deviations.

The Chief Minister said that Vigilance Commission constituted under this Act is, therefore, not serving any useful objectives except being a burden on the State exchequer. He said that as there are multiple agencies in the State to deal with same set stakeholders including full-fledged Vigilance Department. Therefore, Bhagwant Mann said that to avoid overlapping, contradictory findings, resultant delays and gaps in communication, it has become necessary to repeal the Punjab State vigilance Commission Act 2020 (Punjab Act no. 20 of 2020).

The state government has enacted Punjab State Vigilance Commission Repeal Act, 2022 by repealing the Punjab State Vigilance Commission Act, 2020 (Punjab Act no. 20 of 2020). He said that the Punjab State Vigilance Commission Act had come into force on November 13, 2020. Bhagwant Mann said that Punjab State Vigilance Commission set up under this Act has not achieved the desired objectives. He said that this decision has been taken in the larger public interest of the residents of the state.

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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Friday, led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to eminent personalities, freedom fighters, political personalities and noted Punjab Singer, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

On the first day of Budget session of 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha, the House paid respects to Former Ministers Hardipinder Singh Badal and Jathedar Tota Singh besides Formers MLAs Sukhdev Singh Sukhladhi and Shingara Ram Sahungra. The House also paid tribute to the Freedom Fighters Tara Singh, Swarn Singh, Crora Singh and Sukhraj Singh Sandhawalia, who played a pivotal role in emancipating the country from the clutches of British imperialism.

Meanwhile, the House also paid homage to mountaineer Gurcharan Singh Bhangu Arjun Awardee who was bestowed this prestigious award in 1965 for successfully climbing the highest peak of the World, Mount Everest and great Athlete Hari Chand Arjun Awardee who brought laurels for country in field of athletics .

The House also paid tributes to the famous Punjabi Singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu (Sidhu Moosewala) who had carved a niche for himself in the vast field of music and entertainment. House also paid homage to former Junior Vice President of SGPC and eminent Sikh personality Principal Surinder Singh.

A two-minute silence was observed in the memory of departed souls as a mark of respect during the obituary references.

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Chandigarh: Punjab government-led Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann recently has passed a resolution in the assembly to make Chandigarh the capital of Punjab only. The Haryana government has strongly objected to this move and now all political parties in Haryana have opposed the AAP’s decision. Not only that, the Haryana government has called a special session of the assembly on April 5.

Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma said the decision to hold a one-day special session was taken at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. Sharma, who was present in Faridabad, said he attended the meeting, which was chaired by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar through digital medium.

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Chandigarh: The one-day special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha began here on Friday.

Before start of the session, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led the Vidhan Sabha in paid tributes to the former MLA Ajit Singh Shant from Nihal Singh Wala, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly during one-day special sitting of its first session on Friday.

A two-minute silence was observed in the memory of departed soul as a mark of respect during the obituary reference.

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