Manpreet turns counsellor for Bathinda babus
Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal last week gave an advice to officials of Bathinda district. At a meeting at the municipal corporation office, he asked all newly elected 42 Congress councillors and husbands of several women councillors to introduce themselves to the officials. Directing the district authorities to follow the directions of new mayor and councillors, Manpreet, who is MLA from Bathinda assembly segment, said the Constitution grants special power to the elected representatives to run public institutions. “Tuhanu ehna (councillors) de thalle lag ke chalna paina hai. Nahin te kanoon badal deyo,” he said. don’t you put on OLX or social media – wanted a good Punjabi candidate for the party’s CM face,” he said to this newspaper last week. He said the party does not believe in its leadership, asking it what is wrong with (AAP state unit chief and MP) Bhagwant Mann and (leader of opposition) Harpal Singh Cheema.
Later, Manna, in his trademark style, posted a video of raid, alleging that the CM sends his officers to try and “frighten” Sidhu. “When CM promises Sidhu any key post, he turns silent,” claimed the local leader who often trains his guns at the ex-minister. opted for sarkari hospitals and when his condition became critical, he was rushed to a private hospital in Gurugram. CM Manohar Lal Khattar and speaker Gian Chand Gupta and several other politicians also went to the private hospital for treatment.