According to an official order issued by Muktsar police, Head Constable Roop Singh and Constable Sarbat Singh were deputed “on duty on the shoes of CM of Punjab at Gate No. 7 in plain clothes.”
Over 1,000 villages have been hit in several districts, 323 in Gurdaspur, 101 in Ferozepur, 107 in Kapurthala, 85 in Hoshiarpur, 81 in Pathankot, 52 in Fazilka, and several others in Tarn Taran
The comedian-turned-politician brought up PM Modi's 2015 stopover in Pakistan to meet the then Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, and said that he goes to countries uninvited.
With two similar bills still pending presidential assent since 2018, the Mann government’s move reopens a volatile debate in Punjab, where past lynchings over alleged sacrilege have occurred without evidence or due legal process.
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.