Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that Governor Banwari Lal Purohit’s threat to recommend the imposition of President’s Rule in the State was an insult to Punjabis, and he is not going to bow down to such threats.
On Friday, the Governor had asked the Chief Minister to reply to his different queries before he decided to send a report to the President of India about the ‘failure of the constitutional mechanism’ in the State.
“...The Governor better knows that he wrote this letter under pressure, but this letter has humiliated the Punjabis who had elected their government with a thumping mandate. The ‘selected’ Governor does not have any moral right to threaten ‘elected’ representatives of people and make a malicious attempt to topple this democratically elected government,” said Mr. Mann, addressing a press conference here. He added that the Governor has demeaned the constitution of India and insulted its Chief architect Baba Sahib Dr. BR Ambedkar by such tantrums.
