Badals, Not Congress, Ruling Punjab : Navjot Singh Sidhu Badals, Not Congress, Ruling Punjab : Navjot Singh Sidhu Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu s fresh salvo against his own government has come a day after he alleged that it was Chief Minister Amarinder Singh s incompetence that the government was forced to accept the Punjab and Haryana High Court order over the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case.
Navjot Singh Sidhu alleged that state bureaucracy and police were acting as per their wishes . (File)
Chandigarh:
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday sharpened his attack against his own government in Punjab, alleging that there is a consensus among legislators that the state is being run by the Badals instead of their own party.
On May 7, the Senior Congress leader wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, saying the government should implement several measures including assessment of the efficacy of all vaccines against all new mutations and rapidly vaccinate the entire population to curb the virus.
Himanta Biswa Sarma joined the BJP ahead of the 2014 assembly elections after over a decade in Congress. He held several key portfolios in the Sonowal-led outgoing government.
NEW DELHI: Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to be the next chief minister of Assam pipping Sarbananda Sonowal to the post. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on Monday.
The announcement came after the newly-elected legislative members of the assembly ratified the decision during a meeting at the Library Auditorium in Guwahati today.
BJP leaders BL Santosh, Baijayant Jay Panda and Ajay Jamwal were also present at the Assam Legislative Assembly for the BJP Legislative Party meet where Himanta s claim over the top post was upheld by the MLAs.
The senior Congress leader said the Department Related Standing Committees are an effective, non-partisan mechanism of Parliament and the tradition of collective brain-storming in the committees is a cherished achievement of the parliamentary system.