Chandigarh: The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously recommended that the Centre be requested not to deploy CISF personnel at Bhakra and other hydro projects of the BBMB.
Earlier, the two-day special session of the Assembly was on Friday extended by two days.
The Vidhan Sabha will meet at 2 pm on Monday and at 10 am on Tuesday.
As the special session resumed on Friday, Speaker Kultar Sandhwan said there would be no question hour, adding that since this is a special session there would be no zero hour as well. TNS
July 11, 2025 12:40 pm
The House unanimously recommended that the Centre be requested not to deploy CISF personnel at Bhakra and other hydro projects of the BBMB.
July 11, 2025 12:14 pm
Finance Minister Harpal Cheema told the opposition, “We extended the session because you said you wanted to talk. Is this what you want to talk about?”
July 11, 2025 12:13 pm
CM Bhagwant Mann told LoP Partap Bajwa, “Don’t forget that the Congress did not get even a single seat in Delhi thrice. Here, you tell us that we are not coming back. Who wanted to come in case you did your job properly?
July 11, 2025 11:56 am
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spoke in the House, asking the opposition not to mix politics with religion. Reacting to the Congress staging a walkout, Mann said, “Don’t let them go out. Lock the House. Let us discuss Punjab.” Addressing the House, Mann said, “We had an all-party meeting on the BBMB. They said they were with the state government. The day before yesterday, we had a meeting with Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil and Haryana CM Nayab Saini. “Whenever meetings happen, officials cite history. This to me has little meeting. We have a provision that agreements will be reviewed every 25 years. Water requirements keep changing. Riparian rights are with Punjab. “Only 21 per cent canal water was used for irrigation when we took charge. Now, 63 per cent is being used. It means the water requirements were not being addressed. “River waters are allocated from May 21 one year to May 20 next year. We were writing regular letters to Haryana to make the optimal use of water but they did not bother. And when they finished their quota, they threatened to open our gates. “I have told Haryana that in case you need land for canals you will give us openings for water to Punjab farmers. BBMB is a white elephant, 60 per cent of the expenditure is being incurred by Punjab.”
July 11, 2025 11:54 am
Congress MLAs were back in the House in reaction to the remarks made by minister Aman Arora.
July 11, 2025 11:30 am
Leader of the Opposition Partap Bajwa said the government is right in saying that there is no need for CISF security at the Bhakra dam but was using the Assembly as a stage for optics to impress people. Minister Aman Arora said a resolution should be brought in the House against Bajwa for comparing the august House with a stage for optics to impress people.
July 11, 2025 10:57 am
The Speaker asked MLAs not to make videos of House proceedings. He asked them to delete them in case they had made any. “We will provide you official videos from our recordings in case you need them,” he said.
July 11, 2025 10:41 am
Congress MLAs led by Partap Bajwa staged a walkout from the special Assembly session.
July 11, 2025 10:40 am
Finance Minister Harpal Cheema asked the opposition to participate in debates in the House instead of organising press conferences. He told the opposition that they were not letting the government work against gangs and drug dealers.
July 11, 2025 10:38 am
Soon after the special session resumed on Friday, Congress leader Partap Bajwa went to the Well of the House, alleging that false encounters were being held by police but the government was silent on it.
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