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The tussle between Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, which started before the Punjab Assembly session, is not taking its name to stop. As a result, the Governor has now returned the file sent by the Punjab Government for the appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University to the Government.
In fact, the Punjab government had sent the relevant file to the governor for the appointment of Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander. But with the return of this file, the governor has asked the Punjab government to send a panel of 3 names for the appointment of VC. Health Minister Chetan Singh Jaudamajra had put Dr. Raj Bahadur, the previous VC of Faridkot, on a dirty mattress. Because of which he resigned.
The previous VC Dr. Raj Bahadur left the post after getting fed up with the actions of the Health Minister.
CM did not reach the President’s welcome on Airforce Day
On Air Force Day, October 8, President Draupadi Murmu had reached a program organized at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was also present with him. Governor of both the states and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher, including the CM of Punjab-Haryana, had reached for the President’s welcome. But Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann did not attend the program to fulfill the constitutional responsibility and protocol. He was campaigning with AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on his Gujarat tour.
Canceling the session increased the tussle
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann called the assembly session on 22 September just to prove the trust vote. But despite AAP having 92 MLAs with an absolute majority, Governor Banwari Lal Purohit withdrew the approval for the session, calling the session only for the trust vote as unconstitutional. After this, the Punjab CM and other AAP MLAs took out a march on foot from the assembly to the High Court, accusing the governor of working at the behest of the BJP.
CM called the session on 27
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann called the session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha again on 27 September to discuss stubble, electricity and other issues of Punjab. The Punjab Governor approved the session to discuss these issues related to Punjab. But CM Bhagwant Mann brought a vote of confidence in the House without informing the Governor and got it passed.