Chandigarh: The SAD legislative wing moved a privilege motion against finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, demanding that proceedings be initiated a.
Amritsar: BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal has objected to the facilities and financial assistance provided by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to the agitating farmers and alleged that Sikh’s single largest representative body was trying to give farmers agitation a religious colour. The main role of SGPC is to manage the affairs of gurdwaras, since it was a religious body, he said while speaking to TOI on Wednesday.
In a letter to SGPC president Jagir Kaur, Grewal wrote that providing shades, fans, langar service, moveable toilets and Rs 1 lakh each to the kin of deceased farmers were some of the activities which were against the “mandate given to it under ‘The Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925’ and ‘Punjab Act 8 of 1925’.
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.