Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday hurled insults and unparliamentary abuses during several monologues in the state assembly.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader virtually monopolized the proceedings of the Assembly, speaking freely and without interruption in the absence of the Congress, which had walked out and boycotted the last day of the two-day special session.
Assembly Speaker Kultar Sandhwan never objected to Mann’s choice of words, even when he said derogatory things about people who were not present in the assembly.
During a discussion on a motion moved by an MLA condemning the central government for not releasing Punjab’s share of the Rural Development Fund (RDF), Mann accused the state’s governor, Banwarilal Purohit, of “old lady(someone who had nothing productive to do) who kept sending her “love letters”.
CM Mann said, “If I don’t respond, another letter is sent as to why I didn’t respond to the earlier letters.”
Mann also said that the central government has placed a ‘Rajpal’ in every non-BJP ruled state to harass the chief minister. “This man is also sometimes called the governor. In the British era, he was called Viceroy. His house is as it is from the British era. They have placed big guns outside their houses to scare the public,” said Mann.
Mann said, “Raj Bhavan is the headquarters of the BJP in the states.” “If these people don’t take Edge (create a problem) with the chief minister for a few days when he gets a call from the centre.
During another discussion, Mann said that the governor’s job was only to administer oath to the MLAs, suggesting that this has already been done after the 2022 assembly elections. He said, ‘Why doesn’t he (the governor) contest the election by taking a ticket from his party? Mann asked. “He keeps roaming in Punjab and often visits Fazilka and Firozpur.”
Mann was referring to the governor visiting different districts of the state to meet people directly and know their problems.
During the day’s proceedings, Mann also threatened legal action against the central government, lampooned Congress MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa as Pratap Singh “BJP” (BJP), and called for “some” leaders to pluck and untie beards. made a derogatory reference to An obvious reference to Sukhbir Singh Badal of the Akali Dal.
‘Warning’ to the central government?
Demanding Punjab’s share in the RDF from the central government, Mann said he was not begging, but what was the right of the state.
“What if Punjab stops giving any food grains to the Centre? How will the Center distribute food grains through its public distribution system without Punjab?” CM asked.
“The Center should release Punjab’s share of RDF in the coming few days, otherwise let me tell you that the Supreme Court is opening on July 1,” he said, threatening the central government.
value from last month Strike Targeted the central government for the decision to reduce RDF and market fee on food grains.
‘Pratap Singh BJP’
Mann took several jibes at Punjab’s Leader of the Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa, even going so far as to mimic the Congressman’s style of speaking, inviting laughs from AAP MLAs.
Referring to him as Pratap Singh “BJP”, Mann said the leader of the opposition, despite being in the Congress, appears to be overly concerned about the BJP and its “Operation Lotus” – the poaching of leaders from other parties by the BJP. Employed words for – and kept asking what came out of it.
In October last year, Mann had alleged that the BJP was trying to poach his MLAs under Operation Lotus. Thereafter an FIR was also registered but since then no information has been shared with the public.
Taking a dig at Bajwa’s brother (Fatehjung Singh Bajwa) being in the BJP, Mann said that two types of flags were hoisted at Bajwa’s house – one of the Congress at the lower level and the other of the BJP at the upper level. Mann said that there was only a gap of 12 stages between the two levels, which could be crossed at any time.
Mann did not even spare Bajwa’s dark glasses. “It is not necessary that every person wearing black glasses is telling the truth. Actually, people start looking at such people with suspicion… that they cannot see you through the eyes and speak the truth.
During another discussion, he again took aim at Bajwa and claimed that Bajwa had a tendency to look down on AAP MLAs because of their common background. “He (Bajwa) says that even those who are charging mobiles (mobile repairers) have become MLAs,” Mann said.
“Let me tell Bajwa, Assembly witch is not just a mobile charger, it is a brain healer (Not only mobile rechargers, but brain fixers have also entered the assembly),” said Mann.
Referring to the Congress boycotting the session, Mann suggested to the Speaker that the opposition should not even be invited to participate in the session, if all they have to do is sit for 10 minutes, raise slogans, and walk out.
beard on ballistic
addressing the house on a bill improve In the Sikh Gurdwara Act of 1925, Mann made derogatory reference to the plucking and plucking of beards by “certain” leaders. He was apparently referring to Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, though he did not name him.
“We are direct people. What is in our heart is on our face. Above dekh ke dadi nahin kholde (We don’t shave our beards whenever we get a chance),” said Maan.
Sukhbir Badal is seen with his beard loose or tied on different occasions, often leading to speculation in Punjab. An open beard is usually associated with devout Sikhs. In the context of untangling and plucking the beard, Mann alleged that some leaders became too pious when the need arose.
To mimic the gesture of untangling and plucking a beard on one’s own face, Mann said that some people untangled and plucked their beards whether or not there was an election.
However, he reserved some complimentary words- for himself. He said that he hadBatti Dand”(32 teeth), so everything he said was true. He also claimed that he had prior knowledge of what the opposition was doing. “After all, I am the chief minister,” Mann said.
(Edited by Asawari Singh)
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