The opposition Congress on Tuesday raised questions over the “official meeting” held by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with prime officers of Punjab within the absence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann.

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Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring mentioned that Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and Delhi minister Satyender Jain held an official assembly with Punjab’s chief secretary Anirudh Tewari, energy secretary Dalip Kumar and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) chairman Baldev Singh Sran within the absence Mann and state energy minister Harbhajan Singh.

“Will Punjab be puppeteered by Delhi people, in what capacity and on which issue was this meeting held? CM Sahib make it public..sar to jhuka diya he tha ab matha bhi tek diya hai kya,” Warring tweeted.

Warring additionally requested if senior officers of Punjab should mark their attendance in Kejriwal’s darbar. “Is Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann the head only in name?” he posted.

The state Congress president’s assault got here simply hours earlier than Mann was scheduled to fulfill Kejriwal in Delhi to debate the modalities to satisfy the ballot promise of offering 300 items of free electrical energy to shoppers in Punjab.

Punjab cupboard minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, nonetheless, didn’t see something incorrect with the state officers’ assembly with the celebration chief. “He (Kejriwal) is the national convener of the AAP and can hold a meeting. There is nothing wrong or condemnable about it,” he instructed a TV channel. Congress Legislature Party chief Partap Singh Bajwa additionally requested Mann to tell if the Delhi CM and ministers have certainly been assembly the state’s officers within the absence of the CM and Punjab ministers. “If so, this can be a horrible violation of our rights as a state. The individuals of Pb didn’t vote for Govt to be distant managed from Delhi (sic),” he wrote, retweeting the PPCC chief’s post.

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira also termed the meeting as “gross interference” in Punjab’s domain by outsiders “which is totally unacceptable”. “@BhagwantMann must clarify his position and reprimand officers bypassing his and his minister’s authority,” he tweeted.

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu also tweeted, “Punjab’s IAS officers summoned @ArvindKejriwal in CM @BhagwantMann’s absence. This exposes the Defacto CM and Delhi remote control. Clear breach of federalism, insult to Punjab pride. Both must clarify.”