Punjab state government on Saturday softened its stance amid a verbal spat between the governor of Punjab, Banwarilal Purohit, and the chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, and shared the agenda for the regular session of the Punjab assembly, which will be held on September 27, with the governor.
This comes shortly after the governor wrote to the chief minister in which he reiterated his demand for the legislative business list and claimed that Bhagwant Mann was not being properly advised by his legal counsel.
The state government plans to take up legislative/government business, which among other things includes pressing issues like GST, stubble burning, power scenario, etc. for consideration by the state legislative, according to a letter sent by the department of parliamentary affairs to the Vidhan sabha secretary. There is no mention of the ‘confidence motion’ move of the Mann government in the letter.
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“In addition, business on different issues per notices received from the members may also be taken up during the session as per the relevant provisions and rules of procedure and conduct of business in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha,” the letter reads. The letter mentions that its contents have the approval of the chief minister.
after the governor withdrew assent for a special sitting called by it on September 22 to pass a confidence motion, on Thursday the AAP government decided to hold a regular assembly session on September 27.
On Friday, the governor’s office sought details of the legislative business to be taken in the assembly session called by the state government on September 27, which led to a strong reaction by the CM.
In the latest letter, the Mann government had again criticized the governor’s move of asking for the agenda of the session. “The demand for agenda and details while it is being met herein without prejudice cannot be a condition precedent for calling/convening of a session nor delay in the convening of a session, once decided by the council of ministers, the decision of the latter being binding on the honorable governor,” reads the letter.
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