The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities got here below hearth from the opposition Congress over the “deteriorating” legislation and order state of affairs within the state on the opening day of the finances session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday.

The Congress MLAs focused the state authorities over the “spate” of murders and extortion calls from gangsters to politicians and merchants amongst others in latest days, and opposed the rejection of the discover of an adjournment movement submitted by them on legislation and order. The adjournment movement was rejected by meeting speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, stating that it couldn’t be allowed because the matter was “sub judice”.

The Congress members pressed for a dialogue on legislation and order and hastened to the nicely of the House when the demand was not met. They had been joined by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The opposition members stored elevating slogans for some time after which the Congress and BJP members staged a walkout although the SAD and BSP members stayed again. The AAP authorities’s protection was mounted by Sunam MLA Aman Arora who claimed a decline within the price of crime.

Crossfire throughout zero hour

The crossfire between the 2 sides came about throughout zero hour after chief of opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa introduced up the discover of their adjournment movement on legislation and order. “Senior most politicians have been getting threat calls. There is a rise in crime rate, but our adjournment motion has been disallowed saying the matter is sub judice. How can the entire law and order be sub-judice?” he stated, studying out the communication obtained from the speaker.

Bajwa additionally sought a clarification from chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who was current within the House at the moment, on his video assertion that his life was at risk. “Can there be anything more important for all of us if the head of a state says his life is in danger. We are all concerned. I would not have asked for discussion on law and order had the chief minister not made this statement,” he said.

Bajwa said senior Congress leader (former deputy chief minister) OP Soni had also received threat calls and filed a police complaint. “This is a serious situation,” he said. The speaker assured the LoP that adequate time will be given to the members during the session, but the latter kept insisting on a discussion, asking why the state government was shying away from it. The speaker replied that the chief minister will respond to this on Saturday. Before staging the walkout, the Congress members also protested that they wanted to raise important issues during the zero hour but were not allowed.

‘Govt not running away’

Later, Arora, who opened the discussion on the governor’s address, said the government was not running away from discussion on the issue. Citing the crime data released by the National Crime Records Bureau, the AAP said the rate of crime had gone down. Intervening, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said the security of singer Sidhu Moose Wala and others was curtailed and the details were made public. The murder could not have happened if the threat he (Moose Wala) faced was taken seriously, the Congress MLA claimed.

Bajwa, while participating during the discussion, said that Punjab passed through difficult times in 1980s and 1990s. Referring to the recent clash in Patiala, he said an attempt was made to create communal tension in the state. “We need to take law and order issue seriously,” he stated. He additionally alleged makes an attempt by senior law enforcement officials and bureaucrats to save lots of a former director basic of police on Behbal Kalan and Bargari points. Aman Arora questioned the LoP’s allegation, terming it as baseless.