Punjab Congress leaders Pargat Singh and Sukhpal Singh Khaira have questioned Khaira’s suspension from the Assembly, while Finance Minister Harpal Cheema accused Congress MLAs of disrupting proceedings.
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday sent a reminder letter to the Union government to allot special trains from Punjab to Sri Guru Ravidass Maharaj Janam Asthan Mandir in Varanasi, enabling pilgrims to pay their obeisance.
He stated that poor and middle-class families are already struggling under the burden of inflation, and the fresh hike in cooking gas prices has further increased their hardships.
The minister said, “The government has fixed a one month timeline to sympathetically consider and resolve the remaining issues. After detailed discussions over the last two to three days, all unions agreed to give the government time to address their concerns in a serious and structured manner.”
Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema asserted that the BJP is attempting to create an atmosphere of fear
Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday condemned “derogatory” remarks by Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira, against women. Cheema Demands Action from Congress High Command Speaking during proceedings in the Vidhan Sabha and later addressing the media, Cheema demanded that the Congress high command expel Khaira from the party for his reprehensible conduct and.
Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the acquittal of Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, senior leader Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Durgesh Pathak, Satyendar Jain, and others in the alleged Delhi liquor scam case has completely exposed politically motivated conspiracy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Reacting to the Delhi court’s decision.
Chandigarh: Harpal Cheema said on Tuesday that the state government’s sustained crackdown against narcotics is delivering concrete results, dismantling drug networks that once operated with impunity, adding that drug traffickers are also fleeing the state and establishing Haryana as the new base. He noted that as Punjab “strengthens enforcement and public participation against drugs, serious.