There is no clarity on their plans but two JJP MLAs Jogi Ram Sihag and Devender Babli had earlier announced support for the farmers’ agitation. Even Kanda, on the first day of the session, had expressed to the Speaker his inability to attend the session on account of a function at Sirsa.
All the three parties are not taking any chances all have issued three-line whips to their MLAs to vote along the party lines on Wednesday.
Fearing that some of the party MLAs could support the no-confidence motion, the Dushyant Chautala-led JJP on Tuesday issued a “three-line whip” asking its MLAs to support the coalition government. The three-line whip can be violated only if one-third of the JJP legislators decide to cast their vote against the party line.
Chandigarh: Damanvir Singh Phillaur, son of Punjab’s former jail minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur, described the March 8 protest by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal across the state as “political drama.”
Addressing a press conference at Phillaur in Jalandhar district on Sunday, Damanvir said the Badals have no right to protest against issues faced by Punjab as they cropped up due to the actions of the Badal family. He accused the Badals of ‘looting’ Punjab during their 10-year tenure and creating the culture of monopoly in every business, including liquor, cable, transport and sand mining.
The site where the incident took place
CHANDIGARH: A six-year-old girl was found murdered after a suspected sexual assault in the forest area behind the cremation ground in Hallomajra on Saturday morning, sparking protests from angry relatives and residents and leading the police to arrest a 12-year-old boy for the crime in the night.
At 7am, the body of the nursery class student was found in a semi-nude condition. Police suspect the girl was raped. Her medical examination report is awaited.
A cop said the accused had smashed her face with a stone to prevent her identification. Police have recovered the blood-stained stone.
Ram Pal Behniwal, 60, used a Maruti 800 engine for his 18ft long ‘jet
BATHINDA: The French-made Rafale might be flying high in the sky but a 60-year-old self-taught mechanic from Bathinda’s Rama Mandi has designed his very own ‘Punjab Rafale’ a jet-shaped vehicle that runs at 15kmph on roads.
This vehicle, which is 18 feet long, 10 feet wide and 8 feet high, can run up to 7 kilometres in a litre of petrol.
The vehicle cost Ram Pal Behniwal, a matriculate who took around 45 days to design it, about Rs 3 lakh. It weighs nearly 800kg, has the engine of Maruti 800 car and the steering system of a jeep.