CHANDIGARH: Punjab cabinet schedule to provide tasks to toddlers of two Congress MLAs on’compassionate grounds’ met with stiff resistance from five or more ministers during the assembly of this council of ministers on Friday however an adamant chief minister Amarinder Singh allegedly had his manner.
For nearly half-an-hour, Cabinet ministers such as Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Razia Sultana contested the appointments on several count and known to the odd relaxations in principles, according to resources.
“But chief minister Amarinder Singh seemed determined by moving ahead with all the appointments despite all of the arguments set forth from the ministers,” said a source.
The ministers were contrary to the”selection and choose” for political factors and required that if these appointments need to be created, the state authorities must formulate a policy rather.
The appointments have been viewed as an effort to placate the 2 MLAs amid the inner tussle from the Punjab Congress.
“What kind of message does it send from the youth of this nation? The general public perception is currently against the Congress government plus it might increase the discontent.
It is going to further measure the prospects of this celebration,” said a ministry.
The Punjab cabinet eventually gave its endorsement to hone Arjun Pratap Singh Bajwa since Inspector (Group B) At Punjab Police, Bhisham Pandey as Naib Tehsildar (Group-B) in sales department.
Arjun is currently son of MLA Fateh Jung Bajwa and now Bhisham is son of Ludhiana North MLA Rakesh Pandey.
In Bajwa’s situation, it was pointed out that the schedule was to get the article of sub-inspector, however, Arjun Bajwa was believed for the inspector’s standing.
The ministers also called the contents of this FIR in 1987 and if it goes contrary to the suggestion.
They also pointed out to four important relaxations from the event to adapt your MLA’s son.
Cabinet ministers Aruna Choudhary and Rana Sodhi, nevertheless, supported the main ministry moving ahead with all the appointments.
The dissenting ministers also contested the comfort after a span of 33 years since the candidates being from wealthy families and also the appointment of contractor isn’t in your’D’ Class of workers.
The movement to give tasks to the MLAs’ toddlers were hanging fire for a while.
On Thursday, Fateh Jung Bajwa had hailed Amarinder because his chief.
Meanwhile, after resistance from 2 cabinet ministers — Randhawa and Sarkaria — from Suresh Kumar, principal chief secretary to CM, the latter failed to take part in the Cabinet meeting.
“It turned out to be a digital assembly, even when he’d come, he remained in the history,” explained a source.