Chandigarh Apr 21 PTI Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday dubbed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a rubber doll alluding to the Oppositions charge that the state government is being run by the AAP leadership from DelhiHe claimed the law and order situation in Punjab had deteriorated drastically under Manns government with 40 people killed in a monthSidhu along with former MLAs Navtej Singh Cheema and Ashwani Sekhri met Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit here and raised several issues including the law and order situation in the state during the meetingAfter the meeting the Congress leader said the governor gave them a patient hearingHe showed his concern over the burning issues Sidhu saidThe former Punjab Congress chief said the law and order situation in the state has deteriorated drastically under Manns governmentHe claimed 40 people have been killed in the state in the last monthSidhu asked Does he Bhagwant Mann care about Punjab Punjabs chief minister has become a rubber da gudda rubber doll said Sidhu alluding to the Oppositions charge that the state government is being run by Aam Aadmi Partys national convenor Arvind Kejriwal through remote control from DelhiSidhu further alleged the Punjab government is using the police force to target those who raise their voice against KejriwalYou AAP government are politicising the police force to use it for your own interestsWhether it is badlav change or badla vendetta vendetta politics has started he saidSidhus remarks came a day after the Punjab Police visited the homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Congress Alka Lamba in connection with a case registered over inflammatory statements against KejriwalBoth leaders have been summoned for questioning on April 26 PTI CHS VSD DIV DIV

Chandigarh Mar 22 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann declared a state holiday on March 23 the martyrdom day of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh He made the announcement in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha here on Tuesday The House also passed a resolution to install statues of Bhagat Singh Dr B R Ambedkar and first Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the Vidhan Sabha On the concluding day of the Vidhan Sabha session Mann proposed a holiday in the state to mark the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh To this Congress MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said rather than announcing a holiday it would be good if students in schools colleges and employees be told about the life and sacrifice of Bhagat Singh Reacting to Warring Mann asked the former transport minister whether he knew when Bhagat Singh was born You Warring do not know about it It is September 28 There will be plays in schools and colleges depicting the life of the martyr on this day Mann told the Assembly Earlier Mann proposed that statutes of Bhagat Singh and Dr B R Ambedkar be installed in the Vidhan Sabha Hailing Manns proposal Congress legislator Partap Singh Bajwa urged that the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh be also installed Thereafter the House passed a resolution on installing statues of Bhagat Singh Dr BR Ambedkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the Vidhan Sabha The CM urged the Speaker to hold discussions on the Governors address in the next Assembly session so that newly-elected MLAs could prepare themselves for this The House approved Manns proposal PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK

Chandigarh Mar 20 PTI AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked party MLAs in Punjab to work with honesty for the welfare of people and function as a team Kejriwal also advised them not to be rude or use objectionable language against anyoneThe AAP convener also lauded Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his decisions related to the announcement of 25000 government jobs and withdrawal of security of former ministers and ex-MLAsIn the last three days Mann sahib tussi kamaal kar dittawe are really proud of you said KejriwalThe Delhi chief minister was addressing his partys newly-elected legislators of Punjab through video conferencing It was his first interaction with them after the formation of the AAP government in the stateHe urged all AAP MLAs in Punjab to work with dedication and honesty saying people have reposed their faith and now it is our responsibility to deliver goodsWe have to work with full honesty said Kejriwal as he reminded the MLAs that during the election campaign he had said his party would give an honest governmentHe also asked all the party MLAs to work as a teamWe have to work as a team If we work as a team leave behind our personal ambitions then Punjab will progress said KejriwalHe asserted that Mann is a leader of the teamKejriwal also asked party leaders and volunteers to always be polite and not to be rude with people or use any objectionable language against anybodyOn Manns announcement of launching an anti-corruption helpline number Kejriwal said I will call it the anti-corruption action line We are getting so many messages on social media about the impact it has already started to make The Aam Aadmi Party romped home with 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly decimating the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD Sanyukt PTI CHSSUN VSD TDS TDS