Ruchika M Khanna and Rajmeet Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 11

The second day of the two-day Punjab Vidhan Sabha session began here on Thursday with the Opposition parties opposing the government resolution to adjourn the session sine die today.

The proposal moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brahm Mohindra immediately drew sharp reactions from the Opposition benches, with both Shiromani Akali Dal and AAP MLAs saying that the important issues of DAP shortage and other farmer issues needed to be debated.

Speaker Rana KP Singh said it is a special session called to hold discussion on the farm laws and other issues could not be discussed. He asked the Opposition to stick to the agenda.

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi assured the House that the bill to terminate PPAs for power would also be brought besides the Bill to regularise services of contractual employees. He said the House would continue to function till late into the night, if required.

AAP MLAs rush to the Well of the House, raising slogans against the government for its failure to ensure adequate DAP to farmers. MLAs carried empty bags of DAP as they raised slogans.

Akali MLAs walked out of the House in protest against not being allowed to discuss the important issues.

Deputy CM Sukhjinder Randhawa said that by Friday all cooperative societies would have sufficient stocks of DAP, even as AAP MLAs walked out of the House.

Randhawa moved the official resolution to reject the Central notification extending the jurisdiction of BSF from 15 km to 50 km.

Just before the resolution was brought in, two BJP MLAs Arun Narang and Dinesh Babbu left the House.

The House urged the state government to take up matter with the Centre and get the notification withdrawan. Randhawa said they would move the High Court and the Supreme Court over the notification.

SAD leader Bikram Majithia hit out at the treasury benches over “double standards” of the Congress government on deployment of the BSF. He said that on the one hand, the Home Minister is deploying BSF in jails whereas on the other he is opposing the BSF’s increase in jurisdiction along the border.

On the contention raised by Majthia, Channi said the draft of the resolution was passed at an all-party meeting. The CM said all would be taken into confidence.

Navjot Sidhu hit out at Sukhbir Badal and Majithia for being absent at the party meeting where the resolution on BSF was passed.