After the historic victory of AAP, Bhagwant Mann has come into action. After his meeting with DGP VK Bhavra the previous day, an order was issued today in which the security of 122 leaders of Punjab was withdrawn. It also includes the name of former Congress state president Navjot Singh Sidhu along with his wife and Manpreet Singh Badal.
Bhagwant Mann told ANI that police stations are lying vacant. The complaints of the people are not being heard in time as most of the police personnel are busy in protecting the leaders. Now the work of the police will be taken from the police personnel. From now on they will not be entangled in other meaningless works.
Punjab: Before taking oath as CM, Bhagwant Mann in action, VVIP’s security fell on the scissor
Police stations are lying vacant in Punjab and safety of common people is more important than security of some politicians.
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According to the news of the Indian Express, the leaders whose security was withdrawn, mainly Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Razia Sultana, Pargat Singh, Rana Gurjit Singh, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Sanjay Talwar, Nathu Ram, Darshan Lal, Dharambir Agnihotri, Arun Narang, The names of Tarlochan, Tript Rajendra Singh Bajwa, Manoranjan Kalia, Madan Mohan Mittal, Tekshna Sood are included. According to the list, Raja Vading has the highest security. 21 soldiers were deployed under his protection. The soldiers posted near Akali Dal’s Parkash Singh Badal’s son-in-law Adesh Pratap Singh Kairo have also been called back.
The special thing is that Mann has also withdrawn security from his own party’s former MLAs Amarjit Singh, Jagtar Singh, Nazar Singh Manasahiya, Rupinder Kaur Ruby. Three-three Punjab Police personnel were deployed in the security of all of them. Former Congress MLA Jasbir Singh had joined AAP before the elections but his security has also been withdrawn.
On the other hand, on Saturday, Bhagwant Mann met the Governor and staked claim to form the government in the state. He was elected the leader of the AAP Legislature Party at a meeting of party legislators in Mohali on Friday. Bhagwant Mann will take oath on March 16. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Bhagat Singh’s native village. Bhagwant Mann has appointed 1991 batch IAS Venu Prasad as his Principal Secretary.