Punjab assembly: Stormy scenes after Cong adjournment motion on law & order disallowed
1 year, 9 months ago

Punjab assembly: Stormy scenes after Cong adjournment motion on law & order disallowed

Hindustan Times  

The budget session of the Punjab vidhan sabha resumed post-recess on a stormy note on Wednesday with members of the opposition Congress raising slogans in the well of the House after their adjournment motion on law and order was disallowed. As soon as Question Hour began, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa rose to his feet and took up the adjournment motion notice given by him on the “mysterious disappearance of Amritpal Singh from the clutches of Punjab Police and complete collapse of law and order” in the state. Water resources minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer alleged that Congress MLAs “ran away” because an official resolution was to be moved by him in the House later against an Ordinance promulgated by their party’s government in Himachal Pradesh on February 15 to impose a levy on hydel power generated in the hill state. SAD condemns slapping NSA on Amritpal The Shiromani Akali Dal hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party government for invoking the National Security Act against radical leader and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh.

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