In a significant comment, CM Saini said that if the Punjab government keeps capping water released from the dam at 4,000 cusec, excess water will overflow during monsoon and reach Pakistan. He said that the Bhakra dam reservoir has to be emptied before monsoon so that excess water accumulated during monsoon can be stored in the reservoir.
Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal described Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as unusually angry, noting that he had never witnessed such an outburst, even in high-level negotiations.
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, removed from department that didn’t exist, said he was not bothered about any department as he only wanted to serve the people of Punjab.
Bhagwant Mann has promised jobs to those who are "eligible," portraying them as victims of circumstances. He even tried to claim that US planes carrying deported individuals are being landed in Amritsar as part of conspiracy and demanded they should land elsewhere.
Punjab government officials being removed and appointed alongside the cabinet reshuffle at the whims of the top leader of the ruling party in Delhi indicates that Punjab’s autonomy is more a decorative concept than a reality.
The court rebuked the AAP government for taking a position that there shortage of funds for allocating the budget for buying modern technology tools for Forensic Science Laboratories while huge amounts are otherwise being spent.
Punjab farmers will hold a one-day protest on 26th October, blocking major roads to demand paddy procurement by govt and withdraw penalties on stubble burning
Gurpatwant Pannun declared that the Punjab Chief Minister would be prevented from hosting the tricolour on Independence Day, in Punjab and whoever will succeed in stoppping will receive a prize of Rs 1 crore from banned organisation Sikhs for Justice.