Chandigarh, October 20
Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan adjourned the Vidhan Sabha after the Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa came face to face on the issue of illegal drug business in the state.
Tempers flared when the CM stood up to make his statement on the floor of the House. Replying to Bajwa’s query during Zero Hour over allegations of the Jalandhar AAP MLA that MP Rinku had links with those in the drugs business, CM Mann said, “These are inter-party matters and will be sorted out. Just like in your government, your CM Capt Amarinder Singh had levelled similar allegations against you.”
A number of Congress MLAs rushed to the well of the House. This action was replied back in the same language by AAP MLAs, including Ministers Meet Hayer and Kuldeep Dhaliwal.
Adjourning the House for 10 minutes, the Speaker left, however, the noise in the Vidhan Sabha continued for long. CM Mann walked over to the opposite camp and called Congress MLA Pargat Singh. Both had a brief conversation before Sandhwan returned and the House began again.
On Jalandhar MLA’s remark that AAP MP Rinku has links with those in the drugs business, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, “These are inter-party matters and will be sorted out. Just like in your government, your CM Capt Amarinder Singh had levelled similar allegations against you.”
