Terminate ‘illegal’ pact between Punjab, Delhi CMS: Cong to Guv
CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Congress on Tuesday urged governor Banwarilal Purohit to terminate the “illegal” knowledge sharing agreement (KSA) inked between the chief ministers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments in Punjab and Delhi.
A party delegation led by state president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Congress legislature party leader Partap Singh Bajwa submitted a memorandum to the governor, stating the agreement was a violation of the provisions of the Constitution and rules governing conduct of business of the government of a state.
“The KSA is per se illegal and void ab initio because both the signatories i.e. chief ministers of both the states have no inherent power as per the provisions of the Constitution of India to enter into such agreement without due deliberation by the council of ministers of their respective states and without prior approval of the governor of the state of Punjab as well as of the lieutenant governor of National
Capital Territory Delhi,” according to the memorandum.
State Congress vice-president Sunder Sham Arora, deputy CLP leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal and general secretary Capt Sandeep Sandhu were part of the delegation, which also submitted another memorandum expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
Briefing reporters after submitting the memoranda, Warring and Bajwa said the governor told the delegation that in case of any violation of the Constitution, he will take necessary measures. Asserting that the CM of Punjab had committed an illegality under Article 154, the memorandum quoted the Constitution, saying, “The executive power of the state shall be vested in the governor and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this constitution.”
The memorandum said the Delhi CM also did not have any authority to sign the agreement.
“Murders, loot and robbery have become norm of the day. The incumbent government seems to have no clue about what is happening in the state,” it said.