Punjab Vidhan Sabha Session Highlights: Punjab Assembly Monsoon session adjourned sine die; passes Bill to bring 28,000 outsourced staff on contract
The Punjab Government passed a vote of thanks in support of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for ensuring that canal water reaches the tail-end areas.
MLA Devinderjeet Singh Laddi Dhos moved the resolution in the Assembly. After a debate, the House passed it. Following this, the week-long monsoon session of the Punjab Assembly was adjourned sine die.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, “No one can take education away from a child.”
Private schools will not be allowed to increase fees by more than 5%.
If a school collects more than 15% extra fees over three years, it will have to refund the excess amount.
Schools cannot harass or trouble students over fee-related issues.
“We have imposed a 5% cap on school fee increases,” the Chief Minister said.
Opposition Leader Partap Singh Bajwa alleged that the Punjab government has been giving most of its recent jobs to youngsters from Haryana.
Bajwa said that out of the 13 appointments made by the government in recent days, 10 were given to youths from Haryana.
He further alleged that youngsters from Haryana who are close to Arvind Kejriwal are being given jobs by the government.
Congress MLA Pargat Singh raised questions over the Punjab government's handling of the Assembly session and alleged that it was avoiding amendments to the Respect Act.
Singh said the government introduced nine bills in a single day and questioned how MLAs could properly read and examine so many bills in such a short time.
“All the bills are in English. Perhaps the government's highly educated MLAs can read them, but it is not practical to study nine bills in one day.”
He said the government should extend the duration of the Assembly session to allow adequate discussion and scrutiny of the bills.
Senior Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Sunday urged the Punjab government and Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan to extend the assembly session to allow adequate discussion on six Bills listed for consideration.
Punjab Protection of Trees Bill
Outsource Workers Bill
GST (Amendment) Bill
Common Infrastructure (Amendment) Bill
Bills for Three Digital Universities
Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill
*AAP’s BULLDOZER POLITICS EXPOSED!*
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) August 10, 2026
On the final day of the current session of the Punjab #VidhanSabha, the @AAPPunjab has listed 6 Bills ~ all of which they want to take up ‘at once’ and pass.
No time to study.
No time for proper scrutiny.
No time for a detailed discussion… pic.twitter.com/kai41XQxrG
PTC News Desk: The Punjab government is expected to table eight bills in the house on the final day of the Punjab Assembly Monsoon session. These include the Punjab Common Infrastructure (Amendment) Bill, the Un-Aided Educational Institutions Fee (Amendment) Bill aimed at curbing arbitrary fee hikes in schools, and the Punjab State Outsourced Personnel Bill.
The bill related to outsourced employees proposes bringing around 65,000 outsourced workers under the Punjab government on a contractual basis, taking them out of the existing outsourcing and contractual arrangement.
The final day of the session is also expected to witness heated exchanges with the Opposition demanding an extension of the Assembly's sitting hours.
The Congress remained particularly aggressive throughout this session. Congress MLAs arrived at the Assembly wearing black turbans and raised several issues concerning Punjab, targeting the state government. Meanwhile, the government also moved a resolution against the BJP-led central government.
Meanwhile the Assembly also witnessed heated exchanges over the AAP government's proposed anti-sacrilege law. During zero-hour, Ganieve Kaur Majithia from Majitha constituency strongly criticised the government over the law and questioned that why amendments were not made to the "controversial clauses" in the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026.
- PTC NEWS
