Chandigarh : Tensions flared in the Punjab Assembly during a special Labour Day session as the Opposition accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of attending the House in a drunk state. Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa intensified the issue by demanding that all MLAs undergo an alcohol meter test.
The Shiromani Akali Dal also launched a sharp attack on the chief minister, releasing videos from the Assembly and levelling serious accusations. The party called it “very shameful” that Bhagwant Mann allegedly came to the Assembly after consuming alcohol on Labour Day. It asked the public to observe the chief minister’s behaviour in the House and strongly condemned his conduct.
The AAP government has convened a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on the occasion of Labour Day on May 1 to pay homage to the working class of the state. Warring asked what purpose the special session will serve for labourers, when the government is “on the last leg of its tenure and that too crippled.”
Ahead of this, BJP Punjab president Sunil Jakhar had posted on X, stating that while Assembly sessions are important, special sessions are even more significant, and controversially remarked that if breathalyzer tests were conducted on leaders entering the House, “many faces could be unmasked.”The Speaker intervened repeatedly to restore order as both sides exchanged heated remarks, reflecting the increasingly charged political atmosphere inside the Assembly during the ongoing session.
After Jakhar, Vijay Sampla said: “It is shocking to learn that the CM came drunk to the state assembly on the Labour Day.”The Speaker intervened repeatedly to restore order as both sides exchanged heated remarks, reflecting the increasingly charged political atmosphere inside the Assembly during the ongoing session.
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