Punjab Budget Session 2023: Partap Singh Bajwa compares CM Bhagwant Mann to ‘Hitler’
Chandigarh, March 6: High drama was witnessed on the second day of the Punjab Assembly’s Budget Session in Chandigarh on Monday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and and opposition Congress exchanging heated arguments.
The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab Assembly Partap Singha Bajwa criticised the actions of AAP government for not treating well the editor-in-chief of the Ajit Group of publications in Punjab. LoP Bajwa later claimed the freedom of speech in Punjab is retrenched.
Partap Singh Bajwa took to Twitter against the allegations made by Barjinder Singh, Ajit Group of publications and also condemned the actions made by Punjab AAP government. He said that the "soul of Hitler has entered into Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann."
"I strongly condemn this attack on freedom of the press by @AamAadmiParty
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Govt in Punjab. It seems that the soul of Hitler has entered into CM Bhagwant Mann. It's shocking that @dailyajitnews head Barjinder Singh Hamdard ji is getting threats from different agencies of Punjab Govt", Bajwa tweeted.
Earlier, the editor-in-chief of Ajit Group of publications Barjinder Singh said in his letter to the Governor of Punjab Banwari Lal Purohit that his staff reporters, special reporters, cameramen and videographers are banned to enter the ongoing Punjab budget session in the state assembly by the government.
He also stated that Punjab Government has ordered all the departments that not even a small tender notice should get published in the Ajit Group of publications. The editor-in-chief Barjinder Singh pointed out the letter which he has sent to Governor, the state police officials in Punjab are now threatening him.
Bajwa in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha stated that he will be raising this matter in the ongoing budget session. "I will be raising this issue strongly tomorrow in Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Perfect case of How Power Corrupts!" Bajwa tweeted.
The Punjab budget session is underway and will continue until March 24.
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- ANI
