Governor humiliated Punjabis by threatening President’s Rule: CM Mann

Terming Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit’s threat to recommend the imposition of President’s rule in the state as an insult to 3.5 crore Punjabis, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann stated on Saturday that the Governor’s threat has bruised the psyche of peaceful and hardworking Punjabis, who made unprecedented sacrifices for preserving the unity and integrity of the country besides making the nation surplus food grain production. The Chief Minister categorically said that he is not going to bow down to such threats and will not compromise with the interests of the state and its people.
Speaking with the media fraternity here, the Chief Minister said that the Governor better knows that he wrote this letter under whose pressure, but this letter has humiliated the Punjabis, who had elected their own government more than a year ago with a thumping mandate. He said that the ‘selected’ governor does not have any moral right to threaten elected representatives of the people and make malicious attempts to topple this democratically elected government.
The Chief Minister expressed deep disappointment that Punjab has endured the heavy toll of arbitrary actions and mistreatment by previous union governments, and once again, the current union government is attempting to undermine the state’s democratic values through the Governor. He said that, in fact, the governor is conspiring to seize power, which is why he is issuing threats to oust the elected government. Bhagwant Mann dared the governor to try his luck in the upcoming assembly elections of Rajasthan rather than trying to capture power through the back door.
The Chief Minister said that he has been consistently responding to the Governor’s correspondence, having already replied to nine out of the total of 16 letters.