Captain's “Mission Tandarust Punjab” failed to get a response from Congress MLAs
Mission Tandarust Punjab by Captain Amarinder Singh a miss among MLAs “Mission Tandarust Punjab” an initiative by Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to make Punjab healthiest in the country, failed to get a positive response from its own MLAs at the launch on Tuesday. Several MLAs gave the event a miss as resentment is still brewing among Congress legislators over the cabinet expansion. Around 15 MLAs converged in Chandigarh for a meeting, ignoring the government’s invite. Just one of four MLAs turned up at the official function in Jalandhar presided over by MP Santokh Chaudhary. Three MLAs Pargat Singh, Bawa Henry and Rajinder Beri were absent. Sultanpur Lodhi MLA Navtej Cheema was not present at the function held in Kapurthala, while Urmur MLA Sangat Singh Gilzian did not attend the official function at Hoshiarpur presided by industry minister Sunder Sham Arora. Gilzian said he was in Chandigarh due to a personal engagement. Cheema said he was in Chandigarh for swearing-in of Hardev Singh Ladi who won recently from Shahkot seat. In Fatehgarh Sahib, food and supplies minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was deputed to preside over the function but Amloh MLA Randeep Singh Nabha was not present. Nabha said the invite came late and he had prior engagements. He was among the MLAs who met Congress president Rahul Gandhi last month to express their resentment over seniority being “ignored” in the cabinet expansion. Samrala MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon skipped the programme at Ludhiana presided over by health minister Brahm Mohindra. -PTC News
