Hours after taking a U-turn by informing the high court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state, the Punjab government suspended two senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers on Thursday for a technically-flawed decision.
The five-month-old dharna outside a distillery-cum-bioethanol plant at Zira is likely to end soon with a formal announcement expected at the protest site on Saturday.
The Governor’s decision to withdraw an order summoning a one-day special Assembly session a day after its issuance has generated a debate on the constitutional and legal validity of the move with no certainty or clarity on the issue among the experts.
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit today withdrew his assent to the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government to summon a special Assembly session on Thursday to bring a confidence motion.