The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed key Bills, besides passing a resolution demanding the release of the Rural Development Fund (RDF) from the Centre, even as the Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the House.
Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress) sought to know the objective of a special session, asking what the purpose was if there was no Question Hour or Zero Hour. Taking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Mr. Bajwa said that the government convened a session around nine months ago after they alleged “Operation Lotus”, but so far, no action taken report had been given in that regard. Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that a First Information Report had been registered in the matter and an investigation was under way.
Last year, the AAP alleged that attempts were being made to topple the Punjab government by offering bribes to its legislators by ‘BJP agents’.
