Want to see Punjab as frontrunner in every arena, says CM
Punjab Newsline, Baba Bakala, August 19-
CM Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday lashed out at the SAD for not addressing Punjab-specific issues in Parliament ever despite seeking votes in the name of Panth always.
While presiding over a state-level function to mark the Rakhar Puniya Festival, he pointed out that the SAD party, claiming to be panthic and pro-Punjab, had never raised issues related to Punjab in Parliament. Citing an instance from December 26, 2018, when he, as a Lok Sabha member from Sangrur, had appealed to the then Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to pay homage to the younger sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji on their martyrdom day. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Lok Sabha Speaker had agreed, and for the first time in the history of the Parliament, rich tributes were paid to the Sahibzadas on their martyrdom day.
The Chief Minister bemoaned that the SAD had never made any efforts to pay respects to the Sahibzadas in Parliament despite claiming to be panthic and pro-Punjab.
