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The resolution against the Agnipath scheme was moved by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Opposition parties Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supported the resolution.

Laljit Singh Bhullar was responding to a supplementary question by Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa during the question hour

The former IPS officer said some sections of the media have reported that police personnel have been deputed on "VVIP" duty in Amritsar where the gangster, brought on remand from Delhi's Tihar jail, was produced in a court, he said.

“On the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh today, I vow on the floor of the House that every paisa would be recovered and accounted for. There is a lot of money on that side,” Mann said pointing towards the Opposition

Jail Minister Harjot Singh Bains said gangster Mukhtar Ansari was given five-star treatment in a barrack meant for 25 inmates during the three months he spent in a Punjab jail. His wife also stayed with him inside the jail, the minister added.

Bhagwant Mann also announced that another resolution condemning the ban on Sidhu Moosewala’s controversial new song, SYL, on YouTube would also be brought in the House. A resolution condemning the centralisation of Panjab University would also be brought in the House, added Mann.

While the government has estimated that it would end up paying Rs 15,846 crore for power subsidy during the current fiscal, an amount of Rs 7,117.86 crore is due from the previous fiscal.

The budget has a stamp of Delhi model of AAP, and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia was a witness to the presentation as he sat in the visitor’s gallery of the Punjab assembly.

While winning margin was thin, it is rare for a ruling party, which won Assembly polls with an majority, to lose a bypoll.  In a tweet on Sunday, The CM said that he accepted the verdict of the people of Sangrur and that would continue to work hard for the betterment of the people.

Of this, Rs 13,759 crore is the liability towards non payment of arrears of sixth Pay Commission and Rs 7,117.86 crore is the liability towards the power utility of the state. The previous government could not discharge the unpaid pending liabilities of Rs 1747.57 crore (from 2016-17) under the atta-dal scheme.

Out of the total amount, Rs 13,759 crore is towards non-payment of arrears of sixth pay commission.

“You cannot just paint the schools from outside and claim them to be number one. The catch is in the education standards. When the schools are without staff and amenities they cannot be number 1," CM Bhagwant Mann said.

Congress leaders seek clarification from chief minister Bhagwant Mann on his video statement that his life was in danger. Speaker says CM will address the House on the issue

While it is generally perceived that a low turnout favours the ruling party and a high turnout indicates anti-incumbency, the opposition parties say that Sangrur is a peculiar case.

The previous Punjab government, led by Charanjit Singh Channi, had floated the Punjab Protection and Regularisation of Contractual Employees Bill-2021 on November 11, 2021, for 36,000 employees who were working on contract, ad-hoc, temporary and daily basis in different government departments.

A functionary of the government said that the policy was expected to fetch good revenue for the state exchequer, “The target is Rs 9,500 crore in this fiscal. Even if we are able to make Rs 9,000 crore, it is not bad at all.”

“Soon after, I received a call from assistant secretary Sandeep Wats, I immediately withdrew the money and we met him in a car,” the complainant said

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had left for Sangrur on June 15, the day Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was in Jalandhar to flag off state-run direct buses to Delhi international airport.

The “immediate termination” order by Punjab government’s health department came in December 2021, leaving the beneficiaries, requiring medical attention, to fend for themselves or just leave the treatment midway.

Channi had before elections allowed extension of another year to such colleges. However, before the file was down marked to agriculture department, code of conduct had come into place.

The government, it is learnt, has decided to agree to the contractors' demands. These demands are the bone of contention between the contractors and the government.

As per details, out of 117 colleges, 33 had not complied with rules that mandated that such educational institutions have proper infrastructure to provide agriculture education to students in 2020.

Of 64 groups put out on e-auction, only 14 groups had responded. The excise department has now extended the last date of bidding by five more days

A Congress leader said that it was like a fear psychosis, “I have nothing to fear. But see how ED has ben questioning AICC leader Rahul Gandhi. It is a very fluid situation. One does not feel at ease at all.”