The story so far: Earlier this month, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann came under fire from the Opposition after his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal chaired a meeting of senior bureaucrats from the border State. The Opposition alleged that the absence of Mr. Mann proved that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was running Punjab from Delhi by remote. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, however, clarified that the officers had gone to New Delhi for training on his orders. Days later, on his two-day visit to the national capital to study the “Delhi model”, Mr. Mann signed a Knowledge Sharing Agreement (KSA) with Delhi to facilitate the sharing of knowledge.
The deal has provided fresh ammunition to the Opposition against the AAP-led governments, with Congress and BJP calling the pact “a lie agreement” and a “black day” in the history of Punjab.
