Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday as the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) moved a ‘confidence motion’, even as the Opposition termed ‘operation lotus’ as a figment of the imagination of the AAP government, created to deflect attention from the real issues concerning people of Punjab.
The MLAs of the Congress, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) opposed the move to bring the confidence motion.
The two BJP MLAs Ashwani Sharma and Jangi Lal Mahajan walked out of the House. Congress MLAs led by the Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the move, terming it as challenging the authority and power of the Governor. He said it in reference to the Governor’s recent denial of permission for bringing a ‘confidence motion only’. He also alleged that when he enquired about the ‘confidence motion’ in the Business Advisory Committee meeting, he was not given any reply.
