Punjab opposition parties hit out at CM Mann over agreement with Delhi
Chandigarh Apr 26 PTI Opposition parties in Punjab on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of surrendering the state to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal by signing a knowledge-sharing agreement prompting Mann to hit back while pledging to reform the states education health and other sectorsRejecting the allegations the Punjab chief minister said his government will not hesitate in taking steps that would benefit the state and its peopleA knowledge-sharing agreement was signed on Tuesday between the two chief ministers with Mann saying that 117 schools and mohalla clinics will be developed in PunjabThe signing of the agreement invited sharp reactions from the opposition parties which accused Mann of surrendering his authority and institutionalising interference in the border stateSAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal accused Mann of selling off the interests of Punjab to Delhi under the garb of the agreement and claimed that Kejriwal had become the de-facto chief minister of Punjab Dubbing it as a black day in the history of the state Badal asked Mann why he had betrayed Punjab and its people by surrendering its autonomy to Delhi Reacting to the agreement Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa termed it complete abrogation of responsibility on behalf of the state government towards its people The agreement between PunjabGovtIndia and Delhi Govt is akin to inviting the British to safeguard the Maharajah as requested by the Lahore Durbar in 1846 It is a complete abrogation of responsibility on behalf of the Govt of Punjab to its people he said Such an agreement will ensure that Punjab Govt is essentially a colony outpost of ArvindKejriwal ji No transparency no accountability and a complete selling off Punjab to Delhi in perpetuity alleged Bajwa in another tweet Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring took a swipe at Mann and asked him to admit that Kejriwal would now run Punjab from Delhi This is not any agreement but simply an instrument of surrender said Warring The Pradesh Congress Committee president questioned the logic behind the agreement between the chief minister of a full-fledged state and a semi-state like Delhi which is smaller than the smallest district in Punjab and whose functions are limited mainly to local governance Congress leader Navjot Sidhu also expressed his displeasure and said Under the garb of knowledge sharing agreement CM BhagwantMann has surrendered Punjabs autonomy It has legitimized ArvindKejriwal unconstitutional intervention control over Punjabs internal affairs Hes in drivers seat unauthorized authority It breaks Punjabs pride Punjab BJP general secretary Subhash Sharma too slammed Mann saying it was not a memorandum of understanding but a memorandum of surrender Reacting to the oppositions allegation that the affairs of Punjab will be run from Delhi Why will Delhi run it The government of Punjab has been elected by people of the state he stressedIf we have to go to Italy to bring something good for Punjab we will go there as well said Mann who signed the agreement while on a two-day visit to the national capital Attacking the SAD chief Mann asked Badal whether China Israel and other countries had run his partys government when he had visited those countriesLet Punjab progress It is a knowledge-sharing agreement and one should have knowledge to read it and little knowledge is too dangerous Mann said while taking a swipe at BadalMann also slammed Bajwa and Sidhu for unnecessarily criticising his government He also asked the opposition parties not to criticise his government for the sake of criticismStating that the intention of his government was clean Mann promised the people of the state that their children will get education in good schools and they will get good treatment at world-class hospitals in the stateHe further said his government was working towards eradicating unemployment attracting new industries besides setting the agriculture sector right PTI CHS VSD RHL
Chandigarh Apr 26 PTI Opposition parties in Punjab on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of surrendering the state to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal by signing a knowledge-sharing agreement prompting Mann to hit back while pledging to reform the states education health and other sectorsRejecting the allegations the Punjab chief minister said his government will not hesitate in taking steps that would benefit the state and its peopleA knowledge-sharing agreement was signed on Tuesday between the two chief ministers with Mann saying that 117 schools and mohalla clinics will be developed in PunjabThe signing of the agreement invited sharp reactions from the opposition parties which accused Mann of surrendering his authority and institutionalising interference in the border stateSAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal accused Mann of selling off the interests of Punjab to Delhi under the garb of the agreement and claimed that Kejriwal had become the de-facto chief minister of Punjab Dubbing it as a black day in the history of the state Badal asked Mann why he had betrayed Punjab and its people by surrendering its autonomy to Delhi Reacting to the agreement Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa termed it complete abrogation of responsibility on behalf of the state government towards its people The agreement between PunjabGovtIndia and Delhi Govt is akin to inviting the British to safeguard the Maharajah as requested by the Lahore Durbar in 1846 It is a complete abrogation of responsibility on behalf of the Govt of Punjab to its people he said Such an agreement will ensure that Punjab Govt is essentially a colony outpost of ArvindKejriwal ji No transparency no accountability and a complete selling off Punjab to Delhi in perpetuity alleged Bajwa in another tweet Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring took a swipe at Mann and asked him to admit that Kejriwal would now run Punjab from Delhi This is not any agreement but simply an instrument of surrender said Warring The Pradesh Congress Committee president questioned the logic behind the agreement between the chief minister of a full-fledged state and a semi-state like Delhi which is smaller than the smallest district in Punjab and whose functions are limited mainly to local governance Congress leader Navjot Sidhu also expressed his displeasure and said Under the garb of knowledge sharing agreement CM BhagwantMann has surrendered Punjabs autonomy It has legitimized ArvindKejriwal unconstitutional intervention control over Punjabs internal affairs Hes in drivers seat unauthorized authority It breaks Punjabs pride Punjab BJP general secretary Subhash Sharma too slammed Mann saying it was not a memorandum of understanding but a memorandum of surrender Reacting to the oppositions allegation that the affairs of Punjab will be run from Delhi Why will Delhi run it The government of Punjab has been elected by people of the state he stressedIf we have to go to Italy to bring something good for Punjab we will go there as well said Mann who signed the agreement while on a two-day visit to the national capital Attacking the SAD chief Mann asked Badal whether China Israel and other countries had run his partys government when he had visited those countriesLet Punjab progress It is a knowledge-sharing agreement and one should have knowledge to read it and little knowledge is too dangerous Mann said while taking a swipe at BadalMann also slammed Bajwa and Sidhu for unnecessarily criticising his government He also asked the opposition parties not to criticise his government for the sake of criticismStating that the intention of his government was clean Mann promised the people of the state that their children will get education in good schools and they will get good treatment at world-class hospitals in the stateHe further said his government was working towards eradicating unemployment attracting new industries besides setting the agriculture sector right PTI CHS VSD RHL
