The opposition Congress on Tuesday raised questions over the “official assembly” held by Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) nationwide convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with high officers of Punjab within the absence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann.

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Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring mentioned that Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and Delhi minister Satyender Jain held an official assembly with Punjab’s chief secretary Anirudh Tewari, energy secretary Dalip Kumar and Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) chairman Baldev Singh Sran within the absence Mann and state energy minister Harbhajan Singh.

“Will Punjab be puppeteered by Delhi folks, in what capability and on which concern was this assembly held? CM Sahib make it public..sar to jhuka diya he tha ab matha bhi tek diya hai kya,” Warring tweeted.

Warring additionally requested if senior officers of Punjab should mark their attendance in Kejriwal’s darbar. “Is Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann the pinnacle solely in identify?” he posted.

The state Congress president’s assault got here simply hours earlier than Mann was scheduled to satisfy Kejriwal in Delhi to debate the modalities to fulfil the ballot promise of offering 300 models of free electrical energy to shoppers in Punjab.

Punjab cupboard minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, nonetheless, didn't see something flawed with the state officers’ assembly with the get together chief. “He (Kejriwal) is the nationwide convener of the AAP and may maintain a gathering. There's nothing flawed or condemnable about it,” he instructed a TV channel. Congress Legislature Occasion chief Partap Singh Bajwa additionally requested Mann to tell if the Delhi CM and ministers have certainly been assembly the state’s officers within the absence of the CM and Punjab ministers. “In that case, this can be a horrible violation of our rights as a state. The folks of Pb didn't vote for Govt to be distant managed from Delhi (sic),” he wrote, retweeting the PPCC chief’s publish.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira additionally termed the assembly as “gross interference” in Punjab’s area by outsiders “which is completely unacceptable”. “@BhagwantMann should make clear his place and reprimand officers bypassing his and his minister’s authority,” he tweeted. Ramesh Vinayak (Editorial- Mohali - Chandigarh)

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu additionally tweeted, “Punjab’s IAS officers summoned @ArvindKejriwal in CM @BhagwantMann’s absence. This exposes the Defacto CM and Delhi distant management. Clear breach of federalism, insult to Punjab pleasure. Each should make clear.”