Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday announced that the state government would boycott the NITI Aayog meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 27. Interacting with mediapersons during his two-day visit to Jalandhar to listen to the grievances of the people from the Doaba and Majha regions at his Jalandhar residence, the chief minister said the decision was taken after the Union Budget failed to allocate funds to Punjab despite the state’s significant contributions to the nation. Mann termed the Union…
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Simranjit Mann: Khalistan lawyer back in Parliament after two decades
[ad_1] Simranjit Singh Mann, 77-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former IPS officer, was called a ‘Budda Jarnail’ by some of his critics. His claim proved to be a prediction on Sunday as he won from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. Aam Aadmi Party His first election victory in 23 years. Mann defeated his nearest rival, AAP’s Gurmel Singh, by a margin of 5,822 votes, in a major blow to the ruling party in Punjab, which had registered a landslide victory in the state elections three months ago and is…
Bhagwant Mann government ‘very honest’, has taken many steps to check corruption: Arvind Kejriwal
[ad_1] Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Described on Wednesday led by Bhagwant Mann you government In Punjab as ‘extremely honest’ who did not hesitate to take ‘tough decisions’, including steps to check corruption, during his three-month tenure so far in Punjab. Aam Aadmi Party The national convener made a scathing attack on the previous governments and said that various types of mafia, including the transport mafia, flourished under them. He said that the AAP government led by Bhagwant Mann is a very honest government which does not hesitate to take…