Punjab 2023: Governor, CM at loggerheads; radical preacher Amritpal Singh triggers 'Khalistan' scare
The Hindu
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Governor Banwarilal Purohit sparred over SYL canal, farmers' protests, radical preacher and more in 2023.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and the Raj Bhavan sparred repeatedly over the past year, during which the AAP(Aam Admi Party) Government approached the Supreme Court and Governor Banwarilal Purohit made a veiled threat to impose President’s rule.
CM Mann had other things to worry about as well in 2023. Like floods that devastated crops, farmers who blocked highways and a radical preacher who reminded many of the days when the border State suffered under Khalistani terror decades back.
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The Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute with Haryana festered, and the Supreme Court asked the Centre to survey the portion of land which was allocated to Punjab for the construction of its part of the canal decades back.
Punjab has reiterated that it doesn’t have a single drop of water to spare for any neighbouring State.
Over the months, Governor Purohit questioned Mr. Mann on several issues, including the criteria for selecting school principals for a trip abroad for training. The CM snubbed him, saying he was accountable “only to the three crore Punjabis”.
Mr. Purohit was also accused of “interfering” in the functioning of an elected government.
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