CM reacted to Governor V.P. Singh Badnore summoning Chief Secretary, DGP.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday took exception to Governor V.P. Singh Badnore summoning the State’s top administrative brass instead of seeking a report directly from him, as Home Minister, on the law-and-order situation.
The Chief Minister said the propaganda of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on the collapse of law and order in the State was nothing more than a tactic to divert attention from the farm laws issue and if the Governor had any concerns on the situation, he should have taken up the matter directly with him, the CM, as he was the custodian of the Home portfolio.
Capt. Amarinder was reacting to the Governor summoning the Punjab Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) to question them on the alleged law and order problems in the State amid sporadic incidents of damage to some mobile towers.
Capt. Amarinder accused the State BJP leadership for “adding fuel to the…