The ongoing hostility between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was yet again on display on Monday as both fired salvos at each other.
Taking a dig at the Chief Minister, Mr. Purohit alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was acting against the Constitution by not responding to several of his queries to which the Chief Minister is bound to reply. Mr. Mann reacted strongly, saying it was unfortunate that under the present Central regime, “selected ones are unnecessarily peeping into the affairs of the elected ones”.
“Undue hiccups are being created to derail the smooth functioning of the State government,” said Mr. Mann in a statement, adding that “as a matter to fact the gubernatorial Raj Bhavans are now acting as the State headquarters of the BJP which is a very dangerous trend for Indian democracy.”
